Josie & The Pussycats Are Next In Line For A Manga-Makeover!

Posted: Friday, March 4, 2005
Posted By: Rik Offenberger

When Archie Comics hired newfound, award-winning talent Tania del Rio to give SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH a manga makeover, the bright young artist brought the title soaring to new heights of popularity! In the process, Tania has become as much a superstar as the character she writes and draws. It was only, natural to ask Tania to work her magic on some other superstar characters in the Archie Comics stable, so this June, Josie and the Pussycats get the manga treatment, too!

Josie and her friends have enjoyed 42 years of popularity in comic books, animated cartoons and even a major motion picture. Now, they're poised to expand upon that popularity with the unique .visual look and storytelling finesse that manga fans have come to expect In these all-new stories from Tania del Rio, Josie and the girls are the little local band that could. This means going through all, the ups and downs a working band encounters... including not-so-great gigs, embarrassing endorsements, tacky gimmicks and more! Fans can expect the same humor and intrigue they've grown to love in the pages of the manga version of SABRA It's sure to be "music" to any Josie fan's ears!

It all begins in TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #2: In the story, "Opening Act," the girls decide a steady opening act will be good for business... but will auditioning these wanna-be rockers be good for their eardrums?!

Then, in SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #68, Their agent, Alex gets the band a new gig... playing at an 8-year old's birthday party! However, this child's father happens to be a playing card mogul-- does Alex have an ace up his sleeve?! Find out in the uproarious tale, "It's in the Cards"!


TALES FROM RIVERDALE DIGEST #2,
ships 5/4. Full color digest format, $2.39 US.
SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #68, ships 6/29 32-page, full color comic, $2.19 US.

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