Archie Comics is back into horror, hitting the ground running with Archie Comics: Judgment Day. Crafted by Aubrey Sitterson and Megan Hutchison, the third issue was released this week to scare and horrify fans. Filled with all sorts of demons and an Archie claiming destructive powers of his own, the Archie Horror imprint is alive and well.
Let Hutchison break it down for you with two designs below!
For more on Archie Comics: Judgement Day, don’t miss our interview with Sitterson and Hutchison!
“Betty and Veronica were a lot of fun,” Hutchison said. “Aubrey came up with them having elongated limbs that tangle around each other (an idea I absolutely loved). I’m super into Slender Man and Pumpkin Head with their stretched bodies. The uncanny valley of the long, spindly arms and legs, like a spider or a crab. It feels alien — gravity doesn’t matter. They don’t belong to this plane of existence. Aubrey also suggested that they’re still in their cute lingerie, which is such a good juxtaposition to the body horror. I wanted to make them creepier (always). What ups the creep factor better than talons, multiple eyes, horns, fanged teeth, and jaws that unhinge?”
“Also, weirdly sexy? And I don’t know why, but my whole life, I’ve been into balancing on a point — Veronica has no hands or feet but can still operate (deadly, I might add). There’s something so elegant and utterly horrifying about walking around on a perfect point. But maybe that’s just me and all the ballet classes I was forced to take as a child.”
“Good ol’ Pop,” Hutchison continued. “It was a task turning him into a monster; he’s always been so kind! The easiest design choice for his creature form was making him bigger and heavier — playing up his already round figure. I wanted to keep the visual elements that make him Pop, such as the hat, the apron, and the bowtie. I always love the perversion of something so wholesome being twisted and giving you hope that there’s a remnant of who you know still in there.”
“The face on the apron was a suggestion by Aubrey, and as a child who grew up with TMNT, the Krang vibes were calling to me! I wanted to allude to his lifelong passion for running the diner, and what better than knife fingers (Wolverine has nothing on monster-Pop) covered in boils from the fryer fat? Also, it looks metal as hell.”
You can purchase Archie: Judgment Day #3 wherever comics are sold.
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