Riverdale Cast Celebrates Halloween ComicFest

While you’re getting your costumes ready and mapping out your trick or treat journey through the neighborhood, don’t forget to pencil in a stop at your favorite comic shop for Halloween ComicFest. You can pick up a load of free comics, including two different Archie books, which the cast of The CW’s Riverdale recommends you do.

Actors KJ Apa (Archie Andrews) and Camila Mendes (Veronica Lodge) took a minute to tell fans why they should stop by their local comic store this Saturday.

“Check out the free Afterlife with Archie book or the Archie main comic and tune into Riverdale early next year!”

Michael Moccio, the spokesperson for ComicFest, described the event, saying: “This year, Halloween ComicFest gets to kick off Halloween weekend festivities with its one-of- a-kind events at local comic shops. We’re excited for pop-culture fans and comic book enthusiasts alike to enjoy the free comics and HCF Mini-Comic Polypacks and participate in ‘The Greatest Halloween Costume Contest.’ Each year, we’ve seen larger participation from retailers and fans and we’re looking forward to seeing that trend continue with Halloween ComicFest 2016.”

As for what will be available, there will be 19 full size comics to choose from, including Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir – Action Lab Presents#0, Zombie Tramp vs The Doll-Faced Witch Hunter #1, Black Eyed Kids #1, The Three Stooges Halloween Hullabaloo #1, Afterlife With Archie Season 2, The Adventures of the Aspen Universe #1, Wraithborn #0, Quilte #1, Harrow County #1, DC Super Hero Girls #1, Scooby Apocalypse Hanna-Barbera Sampler #1, Shigeru Mizuki’s Kitaro – Strange Fun For Everyone, My Little Pony – The Haunted Dungeon, Star Wars Darth Vader – Doctor Aphra #1, Spidey #1, The Unbeatable Squirrel-Girl #1, The Haunted Mansion #1, Evil Dead 2 – Beyond Dead by Dawn #1, Junji Ito’s Tomie.

There will also be 13 mini size comics available for kids, including Peach and the Isle of Monsters, Archie’s Mad House, Booooooooom! Box Halloween Special 2016, Johnny Boo and the Pumpkin Tiger, Mummy’s Always Right, Grumpy Cat and Pokey! Halloween Special, The Lunch Witch Knee-deep in Niceness, Mickey’s Inferno Great Parodies, Little Tails on Halloween!, Zombie Camp, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – The Manga, John Carpenters Tales for a Halloween Night – The Traveler’s Tale, and Pokemon X & Y Pocket Comics.

Halloween ComicFest takes place on Saturday, October 29. You can find out more about it on their official website.