RIVERDALE’S GIRL-NEXT-DOOR IS A NEW HORROR ICON!
The one-shot horror anthology BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL slashes into stores in February!
Archie Comics icon Betty Cooper — known for 80 years as the girl next door with a ready solution for every problem, might have finally found her match in CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL, a one-shot anthology from the renowned Archie Horror imprint, on-sale in February!
The slasher sub-genre’s most widely loved trope, the “final girl” is the clever survivor who carries a relentless plot across the finish line, taking it to the bad guy in the last scene. Writer Micol Ostow (Fear the Funhouse, Riverdale: The Ties That Bind) immediately turned to Betty when she thought of marrying the genre with Archie’s core cast of characters.
CHILLING ADVENTURES PRESENTS… BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL (ONE-SHOT)
Script by Micol Ostow, Casey Gilly, Sam Maggs
Art by Laura Braga, Natalie Nardozza, Carola Borelli
Colors by Matt Herms
Letters by Jack Morelli
Cover Artists:
Main Cover by Laura Braga
Variant Cover by Megan Hutchison-Cates
32-page, full color comic
SRP: $3.99 U.S.
On Sale Date: 2/15
Veronica has invited Betty to her luxurious mountaintop chalet for a cozy weekend of skiing. But their girls weekend is interrupted when Archie shows up and whisks Veronica off on their own snowy romantic adventure. What could go wrong at a fancy remote cabin in the mountains all by herself? Betty’s mind races and she can’t tell fact from fiction as she suddenly realizes she might not be so alone. Is Betty believing too much in the horror movies she’s watched, or is someone (or something) really out to get her? Find out in this BRAND NEW horror anthology one-shot that‘s equal parts Scream and When a Stranger Calls.
“I’m a diehard horror fan, and I’ve been obsessed with how seamlessly Archie’s been able to integrate different styles, levels, and aesthetics of spookiness into their Archie Horror library,” Ostow said. “And while I don’t have *one* favorite scary movie or book, I’ve always been a sucker for the ‘final girl’ trope. It hit me that Betty would make a fantastic final girl: blonde, kick-ass, capable!”
Micol’s framing story, “Rosemary’s Babysitter,” with art by Laura Braga (Blossoms 666), takes Betty and Veronica to a secluded mountaintop chalet for a weekend of skiing. When Betty is left alone, her mind begins to race and dangers appear around every darkened hallway and every creaky door. Each new fright introduces a new story starring a different girl from the Archie Comics roster: “Be Mine or Die” by Casey Gilly (Return of Chilling Adventures In Sorcery) and Natalie Nardozza (Gemini Crisis), and “Melody’s Next” by Sam Maggs (Critical Role) and Carola Borelli (Deadliest Bouquet).
“When Micol Ostow first pitched the idea of doing a ‘final girl’-style story with Betty as the eponymous final girl, I was immediately interested; the idea of a ‘final girl’ is so synonymous with horror that it would be silly NOT to do it,” said Archie Comics Senior Director of Editorial Jamie L. Rotante. “Every good teen/college horror flick utilizes that idea, so fitting it into the Archie universe was a lay-up. In keeping with our practice of horror anthologies, we also wanted to have there be more than one ‘final girl,’ so, the final girls of Betty, Brigitte, and Melody all came into play!”
A love letter to slasher movies and horror in general, the comic features two open-to-order covers by Laura Braga and Megan Hutchison-Cates celebrating the heroic final girl archetype. Archie Comics Art Director Vincent Lovallo said, “When considering the covers for BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL, we kept in mind the survival themes of fear and dread. Laura hit the mark perfectly with the eerie atmosphere of the forest, the frightening figure in the distance, and a battle-bloodied Betty who’s prepared to face the unknown. And from Betty’s bewildered expression to the neon-like glow of the surrounding demons, Megan’s variant creates an air of uncertainty; which horrors are real and which are fake?!”
BETTY: THE FINAL GIRL releases February 15th in comic shops nationwide and is available for pre-order now. Visit the official Archie Comics website for more information and be sure to follow them on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook (links below) for the latest news and updates!
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