AIPT’s 31 Days of Halloween is back! After a four-year absence, we’re celebrating the spooky season with a new article every day throughout October. Follow along as the AIPT staff explores horror across comics, movies, games, music, and more, with plenty of monsters, scares, and Halloween favorites along the way. Check back every day for something new, all the way through October 31.
Happy Halloween, comic book fans! This week, we’re getting into the spooky spirit with two creators who know a thing or two about making readers uncomfortable: Patrick Horvath, the mind behind Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees, and Tyler Crook, the acclaimed artist of Harrow County and Out of Alcatraz.
The two are teaming up for Archie in Hell, a new horror series from Oni Press that takes Riverdale’s favorite redhead and throws him into a nightmare of ancient gods, occult conspiracies, and even a trip back to Puritan America in 1690.
We dig into why Archie is the perfect target for cosmic horror, how the creative team balances Riverdale’s wholesome charm with seriously disturbing imagery, and why Tyler initially turned down the project. We also get into their creative process, the book’s surprising influences, and how far they’re allowed to push the gore in an Archie comic.
Plus, since it’s Halloween, we talk favorite horror traditions, spooky movies, and which Riverdale characters would survive a night in a haunted house.
But first, we’ve got a week’s worth of comics news to unpack and some new comics to review. So grab your candy, turn down the lights, and let’s get into it!
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AIPT Comics Podcast Best Books of the Week:
- Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1 (Kelly Thompson, Mattia de Iulis)
- Batman: Bad Seeds – Gotham General #1 (Greg Rucka, Rosa Ekedal, Steve Lieber)
- Absolute Wonder Woman #25 (Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman)
- Fireborn #5 (Curt Pires, Timmy Heague, Franklin Jonas, Patrick Mulholland, Brian Andane)
Standout KAPOW moment of the week:
Alex: Satanic Panic #1 (Matt Miner, Clay McCormack)
Dave: Amazing Spider-Man #1002 (Pepe Larraz, Joe Kelly)
In our Judging by the Cover segment, Dave picks Mark Brooks’ Spider-Woman #1 variant, and Alex picks Martin Simmonds’ Lone Gunman #1 variant! Check out both below.
The golden demise: A history of King Ghidorah
The Boulet Brothers talk 10 years of ‘Dragula,’ season 7’s VHS horror and what comes next
Television
X-Men Monday #357 – Ashley Allen Talks ‘X-Orcists’
Comic Books
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Lights Out: Mystery at the Meridian’ brings a Halloween whodunit to graphic novels in 2027
Comic Books
An odyssey of honor and loss: David M. Booher & Drew Zucker detail ‘Canto: The Clockwork Chronicles’
