Archie Comics relaunches JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS this Fall 2016
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS joins the New Riverdale movement where it has relaunched ARCHIE, JUGHEAD, and this coming July – BETTY & VERONICA. Under the helm are co-writers Marguerite Bennett (DC Comics’ Bombshells), Cameron DeOrdio and artist Audrey Mok (Heroine Chic). The new JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS series will explore the foundations of the friendships between Josie, Valerie, and Melody and their rivalry with Alexandra Cabot.
[CHECK OUT… RIAN GONZALES covers the New BETTY & VERONICA #1]
“I am incredibly grateful and outrageously stoked to be working on JOSIE,” says co-writer Marguerite Bennett. “JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is zany, high-energy, hilarious, and utterly sincere. The book can’t launch soon enough.”
JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS #1
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Friends, countrymen, lend me your long tails and ears for hats—the Pussycats are back! In this series kick-off, Josie’s getting the band together to help achieve her dreams of musical stardom. But for the group to last, it needs a strong foundation of friendship and trust. Can the girls get going, or will Alexandra’s plotting put a stop to the whole thing? Don’t miss comics’ supreme songstresses’ return to the limelight in this exciting first issue!
Script: Marguerite Bennett and Cameron DeOrdio
Art: Audrey Mok
Cover: Audrey Mok
Variant Covers: Veronica Fish, Francesco Francavilla, and more!
On Sale Date: 9/28
32-page, full color comic
$3.99 U.S.
Josie and the Pussycats #1 is scheduled to be launched at your nearest local comic book store on September 28th!
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