KEVIN SMITH AND ARCHIE COMICS JOIN FORCES
FOR THE CROSSOVER NO ONE EXPECTED!
Acclaimed filmmaker’s View Askewniverse crash-lands in Riverdale
in the pages of ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB one-shot comic in July!
On Wednesday, July 9th, Archie Comics & Secret Stash Press is releasing Kevin Smith Presents… ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB!
Acclaimed filmmaker, director, writer, podcaster, and comic book fan Kevin Smith brings his talents to the world of Archie Comics & pens a mature readers, oversized one-shot crossover with his View Askewniverse characters, in which Archie gets a job at the Quick Stop convenience store made famous in the Clerks film series. The one-shot comic is in continuity, set after the events of Clerks III.
“I believe it was Stoic philosopher Epictetus who first said, ‘Everything’s Archie.’ And he was right,” Smith said. “Whether it be Veronica in CLERKS or the Mister Weatherbee conversation in CHASING AMY, the influence of Archie Andrews is mixed into the brick and mortar of my pop cultural foundation. So, there was no way I was passing up this incredible opportunity to collide the worlds of Riverdale and the Askewniverse, and introduce icons on the order of Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Moose, Reggie, and Josie to reprobates like Jay and Silent Bob.”
Here’s a look at the covers, synopsis, and preview pages
for this week’s new release from Archie Comics…
Kevin Smith Presents… ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB (One-Shot)
Story by Kevin Smith
Line Art by Fernando Ruiz
Inks by Rich Koslowski
Colors by Matt Herms
Letters by Jack Morelli
Covers & Cover Artists:
Fernando Ruiz w/ Rich Koslowski & Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover A)
Fernando Ruiz w/ Rich Koslowski (Cover B – Homage Greyscale Variant)
Francesco Francavilla (Cover C)
Phil Hester & Matt Herms (Cover D)
Dan Parent w/ Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover E)
Ty Templeton (Cover F)
Dan Panosian (Cover G – 1:10 Incentive Variant)
Michael Allred w/ Laura Allred (Cover H – 1:25 Incentive Variant)
Fernando Ruiz w/ Rich Koslowski & Rosario “Tito” Peña (Cover I – Foil Variant)
Francesco Francavilla (Cover J – Foil Variant)
48-page, full-color comic
$7.99 U.S. (Regular Covers)
$11.99 U.S. (Foil Variants)
On Sale Date: 7/9
SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES, ARCHIE FANS!!!
Yes, you read that right—acclaimed writer, director, actor, producer, and podcaster Kevin Smith takes the teens you know and love from Riverdale on the wildest ride of their lives.
What’s supposed to be a summer job at Quick Stop for Archie Andrews turns into so much more; from a budding friendship with co-worker Randal Graves, crashing a Pussycats concert, a potential new love interest, Jay and Silent Bob being, well, Jay and Silent Bob, and a musical number that will be burned into your brain forever. Plus, could Jay and Silent Bob even help Archie to finally choose between Betty and Veronica? SNOOGANS!!
Featuring legendary Archie artists Fernando Ruiz and inker Rich Koslowksi, this is a DOUBLE-SIZED, CAN’T-MISS event FOR MATURE AUDIENCES unlike anything we’ve ever done before!
“ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB is a crossover like we’ve never done before! Kevin has brilliantly brought two legendary, generation-defining worlds together to tell a story that’s so funny, totally wild, and also heartfelt and moving,” said Archie Comics’ Jesse Goldwater, who was instrumental in making the project happen. “Kevin Smith — a true genius — tells a story that feels both quintessentially View Askewniverse and classically Archie, honoring the incredible legacies of these beloved iconic characters. I cannot wait for readers to check out what I believe is going to be the greatest crossover in the history of entertainment!”
PREVIEW
ADDITIONAL ART
Following in the footsteps of now-legendary Archie crossovers like ARCHIE MEETS PREDATOR, ARCHIE MEETS RAMONES, and more, ARCHIE MEETS JAY AND SILENT BOB #1 presents readers with an unlikely, historic, and completely bonkers pairing — in partnership with Smith himself. The end result, courtesy of Smith’s sly wit, takes Archie, Jay, Silent Bob, and the rest of the gang through a raucous 48 pages of hijinks as they crash a Pussycats concert, meet a potential new love interest, and blaze through a musical number that will be burned into your brain forever.
“I couldn’t be happier that the first crossover Secret Stash Press has ever done is with Jesse and the good folks at Archie Comics,” Smith added. “Everything’s Archie, and Archie is everything.”
About Secret Stash Press:
It’s Kevin Smith’s comic book label, brought to you by Dark Horse Comics!
Secret Stash Press is a comic book label founded by filmmaker and comic book enthusiast Kevin Smith. It operates in partnership with Dark Horse Comics and is named after Smith’s comic book store, Jay and Silent Bob’s Secret Stash, located in Red Bank, New Jersey.
About Archie Comics:
The Archie Comics line of comic books is one of the most successful, longest running brands in the history of the comic industry. Archie Comics have sold 2 billion comics and are published in a dozen different foreign languages and distributed all over the world. Archie Comics has spawned characters whose popularity have spilled over into other media and who have become part of popular culture. SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH and JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS are just some of the many legendary franchises that are part of the Archie Comics Library.
