Josie And The Pussycats Is Getting A Reboot

Archie Comics today announced a reboot of Josie & the Pussycats launching in September. The comic [...]

By Jamie Lovett

Josie and the Pussycats
(Photo: Archie Comics)

Archie Comics today announced a reboot of Josie & the Pussycats launching in September. The comic book series will follow the lives of Riverdale rockers Josie, Melody, and Valeria as they are forced to deal with the plans of nemesis Alexandra Cabot, the daughter of the band's manager.

Marguerite Bennet and Cameron DeOrdio will write the new series, with art by Audrey Mok. Mok also provides the cover for the first issue. Archie artist Veronica Fish and Afterlife with Archie artist Francesco Francavilla provide variants. All three covers can be seen in the gallery below.

"I am incredibly grateful and outrageously stoked to be working on Josie," says co-writer Marguerite Bennett in a press release. "Josie and the Pussycats is zany, high-energy, hilarious, and utterly sincere. The book can't launch soon enough."

Josie and the Pussycats is the latest series announced in Archie Comics' ongoing renaissance. It began with the reboot of flagship title Archie and continued in reboots of Jughead and Betty and Veronica. The publisher also launched an Archie Horror line, featuring Afterlife with Archie and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and the Dark Circle Comics superhero line.

Josie will also appear in the upcoming CW drama Riverdale, played by Ashleigh Murray. Riverdale is billed as a subversive take on the classic Archie Comics characters.

Josie and the Pussycats #1 goes on sale Sep. 28. The official solicitation follows.

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS #1
GRAB THE LATEST, SUREFIRE TOP-OF-THE-CHARTS NEW RIVERDALE SERIES!
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.

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