Archie Comics stalwart Jughead Jones sets off a culinary chain reaction for the ages in the one-shot comic JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON this July!
Archie’s best pal Jughead has a bottomless stomach that’s led to some serious hijinks over the course of Archie Comics’ 85-year history, but nothing as catastrophic as what’s coming in July! Bestselling author Tom King (SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW) and legendary Archie artist Dan Parent will reunite for a pie-eating contest with far-reaching consequences in a slapstick adventure one-shot comic that could only be called JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON.
“I wanted to write a comic that spoke not only to our time, but to all times—a comic that challenged facile definitions of love and literature by transcending those perpetual platonic shadows and revealing a priori the tragic and comedic conditions inherent to our own precious, dissected, humiliating, human condition. Also, I wanted to write a comic where like a lot of people are getting hit by pies,” King said. “So, JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON is definitely one of those two. Maybe both? No, probably just one. I’ll figure out which when I get my comps.”
“It’s so good to be teaming up with Tom again,” Parent said, “especially in this very Jughead-centric story. Even though I love drawing the girls, it’s nice to work on Jughead, who is probably everyone’s favorite character in the Archieverse. It’s always good to do slapstick. There is not enough slapstick in comics, or for that matter, the world, and here, Tom presents the ultimate in slapstick humor: the pie fight! And to the youth of America who are not familiar with this classic form of slapstick comedy . . . you’re welcome!”
The creative pair first teamed up on 2024’s one-shot comic ARCHIE: THE DECISION, depicting the escalating series of events after Archie decides to decide between Betty and Veronica, his two competing love interests. Both comics thoughtfully grapple with elemental aspects of Archie Comics lore in a way that King’s fans will find familiar from his searing works with franchise characters like Batman, Supergirl, The Vision, and many more.
“What these two have created is something completely unique and fun, and also perfectly Archie, or in this case, perfectly Jughead,” said Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito. “And it’s a great time—not only is the Supergirl movie coming out this summer, based on Tom’s and artist Bilquis Evely’s iconic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but Tom is hard at work writing the live-action Archie movie at Universal, helmed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. So, with all these wonderful things happening—especially in the 85th anniversary year of Archie—we’ve decided to celebrate with a pie fight!”
JUGHEAD: PIEMAGEDDON releases July 15 in comic shops nationwide, with inks by Rich Koslowski, colors by Rosario “Tito” Peña, letters by Jack Morelli, open-to-order variant covers by Jen Bartel, Elsa Charretier, Marguerite Sauvage, and Greg Smallwood, and a retailer incentive cover by Francesco Francavilla, all in regular and foil variants. It’s available for pre-order at comic shops today.
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