Archie and Me: An Archie Comics Podcast

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Betty & Veronica Friends Forever Rock and Roll #1. Show notes:  Beware spoilers in this episode!  Betty & Veronica Friends Forever Rock and Roll #1 "Betty and Veronica in Rock Candi" by Holly G, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli “Josie and the Pussycats in Brawn in Beautiful” by Frank Doyle, dan DeCarlo, Rudy Lapick, Bill Yoshida, and Barry Gr...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the 2017 miniseries The Archies by Alex Segura, Matt Rosenberg, Joe Eisma, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Beware spoilers in this episode!  Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the 2016 miniseries Betty & Veronica by Adam Hughes, José Villarrubia, and Jack Morelli.  Beware spoilers in this episode!  Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon interview writers Casey Gilly and Amy Chase. Casey is the writer of “Be Mine or Die” in Betty: The Final Girl #1, and “Thirst Trap published in the 2022 one-shot The Return of Chilling Adventures in Sorcery #1. Amy is the writer of “Die-and-Dash” in the upcoming Pop’s Chock Lit Shop of Horrors one-shot. In this interview, Casey and Amy talk about their new Archie stories, writing...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Chilling Adventures Presents... Betty: The Final Girl #1 Show notes:  Beware spoilers in this episode!  Chilling Adventures Presents... Betty: The Final Girl #1 “Rosemary’s Babysitter” by Micol Ostow, Laura Braga, Ellie Wright, and Jack Morelli “Be Mine or Die” by Casey Gilly, Carola Borelli, Ellie Wright, and Jack Morelli “Melody’s Next” by Sam Maggs,...

Josh and Brandon interview Dan Parent—the legendary creator with over 35 years of experience illustrating and writing for Archie Comics. He’s also the creator of Kevin Keller and the co-creator of Prasad Arora, who premiered this month in the new collection The Archies in India .  In this interview, Dan talks about his career at Archie Comics, creating Kevin Keller, and the new Archies in India co...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Archie's Valentine's Spectacular #1.  Show notes:  Beware spoilers in this episode!  Archie's Valentine's Spectacular #1 "More than Meets the Eye: Rise of the Short Kings!" by Jamie Lee Rotante, Holly G, Jim Amash, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli "Valentine's Day Dilemma" by G. Crosby, P. Kennedy, and J.D. Agostino "Sweets to the Sweets" by Craig Boldm...

Josh and Brandon interview Sina Grace and Derek Charm—the creative team behind the 2019 miniseries Jughead’s Time Police.  Sina is also the creator of Rockstar and Softboy and Superman: The Harvests of Youth. In addition to Jughead’s Time Police, Derek worked on the 2015 Jughead series and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. In this episode, Sina and Derek talk about Jughead's Time Police, collaborating...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about Jughead's Time Police—including stories published between 1988-1991 and the 2019 reboot.  Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Jughead's Time Police (2019) was created by Sina Grace, Derek Charm, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Jughead's Time Police (1988-1991) includes stories by Nate Butler, Rich Margopoulos, Gene Colan, Doug Crane, Jon D'Aostin...

Josh and Brandon interview Aubrey Sitterson—writer of Archie vs the World #1 and "Jughead the Burgarian." Aubrey is also the co-creator of Savage Hearts, No One Left to Fight, and The Worst Dudes.  In this episode, Aubrey talks about Archie vs the World, comics storytelling, and how Jackalopes ended up in the Archie apocalypse.  Show notes:  Beware spoilers for Archie vs the World #1!  Follow Aubr...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Archie vs the World #1. Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Archie vs the World #1 was created by Aubrey Sitterson, Jed Dougherty, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at the archives beneath Pop's to talk about Archie's best friend (and fashion icon) Jughead Jones. Show notes: Why did Brandon repeatedly refer to Bart Beaty as "Paul" in this episode? We'll never know. Sorry Bart!  Sources used for this episode include Twelve-cent Archie by Bart Beaty, The Archie Encyclopedia, and the Jughead Jones Wiki page. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter,...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Pep Digital #51: Jughead Jones Private Eye. Show Notes: Beware of spoilers! Pep Digital #51: Jughead Jones Private Eye was created by Alex Simmons, Rex Lindsey, Jim Amash, Jack Morelli, Digikore Studios, Tyra WM, Tim Kennedy, Pat Kennedy, Mike Pellowski, Al Milgram, George Gladir, Stan Goldberg, Rudy Lapick, Bill Yoshida, Barry Grossman, and Doug Crane....

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop's to talk about the 2015-2017 Jughead comic series.  Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Jughead vol. 1-3 (2015-2017) was created by Chip Zdarsky, Erica Henderson, Ryan North, Ian Flynn, Derek Charm, Mark Waid, Andre Szymanowicz, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to celebrate the new year and talk about their favorite stories from Pep Digital #36: Betty & Veronica New Year's Resolutions. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon celebrate Christmas at Pop's and talk about their favorite stories from A Very Archie Christmas and the new Happy Horror Days #1 comic. Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Happy Horror Days #1: "'Twas the Night Before Christmas" was created by Frank Tieri, Joe Eisma, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. "Cat Got Your Tongue" was created by Joanne Starer, Butch Mapa, Glenn Whitmo...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to be merry and talk about the new Archie Christmas Spectacular #1 comic. Show notes: Beware spoilers in this episode! Archie Christmas Spectacular #1: "Ms. Beazly in Christmas Pie Guy" was created by Tom DeFalco, Holly G, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, and Jack Morelli. "Betty & Veronica in Holiday Lights" was created by Bill Golliher, Jim Amash, Glenn Whitmore, and Jac...

Josh and Brandon interview James III—a comedian, podcaster, and the writer of Bob Phantom #1. In this conversation, James talks about writing for Archie Comics, rebooting a golden age hero, and launching a Kickstarter campaign for his new comic Junior. Show notes: Bob Phantom #1 was created by James III, Richard Ortiz, Juan Bobillo, Glenn Whitmore, Jack Morelli, Tim Seeley, and Matt Herms. Follow...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to drink hot cocoa and talk about their favorite stories from the Archie: 80 Years of Christmas collection. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to celebrate Thanksgiving and talk about their favorite stories from Pep Digital #185: Thanksgiving Feast. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about the webcomic series Bite Sized Archie by Ron Cacace and Vin Lovallo. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to celebrate Election Day and talk about their favorite stories from Pep Digital #26: Archie's Campaign Trail. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about their favorite Fall stories from Pep Digital #24: Archie Fall Fun. Follow Archie and Me on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook . If you enjoy this podcast, please consider leaving a review. 

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about the "Month of Mayhem" comic one-shots that were released this month. Show notes: Chilling Adventures of Salem #1 was created by Cullen Bunn, Dan Schoening, Ben Galvan, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Fear the Funhouse #1: "Snack Attack" was created by Micol Ostow, Lissette Carrera, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. "Suburban Legend" was created by Michael Nor...

Josh and Brandon meet at Pop’s to talk about Vampironica, Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica, and Vampironica: New Blood. Show notes: Vampironica was created by Greg Smallwood, Meg Smallwood, Greg Scott, Matt Herms, and Jack Morelli. Jughead: The Hunger vs. Vampironica was created by  Frank Tieri, Pat & Tim Kennedy, Joe Eisma, Bob Smith, Ryan Jampole, Matt Herms, Lee Loughridge, and Jack Morelli....