It’s onerous to consider it’s been almost two years since Archie Comics debuted Bite Sized Archie. The weekly on-line humor strip by author Ron Cacace and artist Vincent Lovallo has provided readers a brief, three-to-four-panel comedian set on the planet of Archie and his buddies. The sequence is approaching its a hundredth installment, and immediately The Beat is happy to announce that Bite Sized Archie will start its first multi-part storyline with this week’s subject #92. A second print assortment for the strip, titled Bite Sized Archie: Going Viral, can be coming in Spring of 2023.
The first print assortment for Bite Sized Archie, which launched again in April of this 12 months, collected the complete first 12 months of the strip. It appears protected to assume the second assortment may also function a full 12 months’s price of tales, which would come with the upcoming multi-part story.
“Is it surprising that people enjoy our webcomic? No. We planned for that. Is it surprising that we’re getting a second print collection? No, we planned for that too. Everything in my life has led to this moment and things are occurring exactly as I envisioned,” mentioned sequence author Ron Cacace. “Thanks for reading our comic every week on social media, just as I predicted you would. The next thing I see happening is you going out and pre-ordering BITE SIZED ARCHIE: GOING VIRAL for when it arrives in May. It’s really great being the smartest and most humble writer in the world.”
Artist Vincent Lovallo, who additionally serves as Archie Comics’s Art Director, took a unique tone, however was no much less pleased with the sequence. “Having a print collection of BITE SIZED ARCHIE was already such an incredible accomplishment,” he mentioned. “Having a second print collection is the icing on top of an already delicious (bite-sized) cake! I’m so grateful that I get to continue working with Ron on a strip that delivers good and hearty fun week after week and am also eternally thankful to the fans who’ve continued to cheer us on! Please enjoy this second course of strips in print!”
As for the upcoming multi-part storyline, which you’ll learn the complete first installment of beneath, Cacace described it as a celebration of the sequence up to now. “It’s been a dream to work on BITE SIZED ARCHIE with Vincent and to have the support of our fans and the folks at Archie Comics,” he mentioned. “Publishing a weekly webcomic for almost two years straight is not a simple feat and we wanted to celebrate by doing something exciting as we get towards the end of Year Two.”
As for what the storyline will likely be about, Cacace provided few specifics: “This week’s comic is the prelude to a multi-part story that will culminate in strip #100. There are callbacks to earlier strips, and characters you thought existed for just a one-off gag will be making their unexpected returns. While we’re adding stakes and a multi-part story, BITE SIZED ARCHIE will remain the same at its core: fun, weird, and inscrutable to anyone who still has an AOL.com email address.”
Check out Bite Sized Archie #92, which finds a quartet of miffed mascots becoming a member of forces to type a type of Riverdale Revenge Squad, beneath. You can learn all the sequence’ earlier installments on the Archie Comics web site, on the TinyView app, or in print when Bite Sized Archie: Going Viral hits shops in April 2023.
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