Archie #2 solicitation

The first issue of Archie hasn't come out yet, but you know how this goes: you gotta solicit issues months in advance, so it’s time to order issue 2. Here’s my cover and the solicitation:

Written by Ben H. Winters
Art by Fábio Moon
Cover A by Stuart Immonen
Cover B by Fábio Moon
Cover C by Rachael Stott
Variant Cover (1:10) by David López
Legacy Variant (1:20) by Dan Parent
Variant Cover (1:50) by Matt Kindt
B&W Variant (1:100) by Stuart Immonen
It’s a Riverdale High reunion . . . and Josie and the Pussycats are about to bring the house down!
The groundbreaking return of the most joyous comic book icon of all continues as New York Times bestselling writer and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, The Last Policeman Trilogy) and multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) reveal the interlocking past lives of Riverdale’s elder generation—and just what they might mean for Archie Andrews’s future—in a party for the ages!
It’s reunion weekend at Riverdale High, and Archie is playing waiter—all while gathering wisdom from returning alumni about how to lead a life well lived. “You always have to make sure you’re living in the moment and having fun. You don’t want to look back on what you missed! But also! Don’t forget, you need to work hard or you’ll never get anywhere.” Thanks for delivering the ultimate contradiction! With a looming date night and a crushing academic deadline, Archie’s newfound ideals will soon be put to the test. Does he have what it takes to make the next step toward adulthood? Will Jughead eat all the hamburgers before they make it to the guests? Will Josie and the Pussycats play an encore?!
These are the pressing questions of our generation . . . and all will be answered as the year’s must-read new ongoing series greets a new day!
$4.99 | 32 PGS. | FULL COLOR | ON SALE OCTOBER 14, 2026

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I’m constantly amazed by the amount of variant covers in each issue. Nowadays, comicbook stores can have their own exclusive variants, and then there are conventions with specific variants, and sometimes even artists can have their own print run of exclusives to sell just like they were a comic book store. By the time this issue comes out, I wouldn’t be surprised if more variants popped up.

I had seen Stuart Immonen’s cover when I started thinking on mine, so I followed his waiter’s outfit design, and I couldn’t resist the chance to draw Josie and the Pussycats. You’ll notice the final cover is a mix of both sketches, using Archie’s pose of the second sketch on the first sketch’s composition.

I delivered another cover last week, so the rest of the month will be all about drawing pages.

Be safe, be kind, be curious.