Vampironica #1

Vampironica #1

Written by Greg and Meg Smallwood
Art by Greg Smallwood
Lettering by Jock Morelli
Published by Archie Comics under the Archie Horror Imprint

This Party Sucks

Cheryl Blossom’s parties are so lively. Thus, it is the perfect place for a vampire attack! Just when it looks like the fiends will suck the life out of this bash, enter Veronica Lodge to the rescue!

Archie Comics has been on fire in the past couple of years. They take an outdated character in the eternal teenager Archie. Then they totally reboot him without loosing his core essence of hopeless boy in love with two girls. And then Archie Comics adds monsters, zombies, and horror to the mix!

In the vein of Afterlife with Archie and Jughead: The Hunger, Vampironica introduces vampires to the people of Riverdale. Image if Ronnie was Buffy the Vampire Slayer! There’s definitely an added element of Marvel’s Blade mixed in as only instead of being a normal human cheerleader,Veronica is a vampire. And she kills other vampires!

Keep It Quick

Vampironica #1 was an extremely quick but chilling read. Greg and Meg Smallwood kept me on the edge of my seat with this chiller. I hate that I read my advance copy so fast because it’s going to be a couple of months before I get to know what happens in issue #2.

Greg Smallwood’s art was really phenomenal. It had a lot of elements from Fiona Staple’s work in the Archie reboot written by Mark Waid.

Francesco Francavilla has been doing the art for the other Archie Horror books and I really enjoy it. But I am glad that Archie Comics decided to go with Smallwood here. You don’t want to over do it with Francavilla. By having a different artist in Greg Smallwood, it definitely helps to keep the Archie Horror franchise one of the freshest comic universes on the current market.

This first issue was a mach-1 thrill ride with twists, turns, and lots of blood and gore. Tasteful blood and gore. I loved it! And I think you will to when you get a chance to sink your teeth in it this March!

Worth Consuming!

Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.

Vampironica goes on sale March 14th, 2018.