Josie and The Pussycats Get Their Very Own Ongoing Series

John F. Trent |

Jun 12, 2016

The mega-famous rock band Josie and The Pussycats featuring Josie, Valerie, and Melody join the New Riverdale in their very own on-going series!

Josie and The Pussycats #1 comes to us from the creative team of co-writers Marguerite Bennett and Cameron DeOrdio and artist Audrey Mok.

This new series will follow Josie and The Pussycats on their journey to achieve their dreams of musical stardom. It will explore the foundations of the friendships between Josie, Valerie, and Melody and their rivalry with Alexandra Cabot.

This is the latest series in Archie Comics ‘New Riverdale’ re-launches which includes Archie and Jughead series as well as this July’s Betty & Veronica series.

“I am incredibly grateful and outrageously stoked to be working on JOSIE,” says co-writer Marguerite Bennett. “JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS is zany, high-energy, hilarious, and utterly sincere. The book can’t launch soon enough.”

Josie and The Pussycats #1 hits comic book shelves on September 28th. It will feature covers from Veronica Fish, Francesco Francavilla and more.

Here’s the official solicitation:

Friends, countrymen, lend me your long tails and ears for hats—the Pussycats are back! In this series kick-off, Josie’s getting the band together to help achieve her dreams of musical stardom. But for the group to last, it needs a strong foundation of friendship and trust. Can the girls get going, or will Alexandra’s plotting put a stop to the whole thing? Don’t miss comics’ supreme songstresses’ return to the limelight in this exciting first issue!