Tania Del Rio

Archie 636

Having attracted much attention and some controversy prior to its release, Archie 636’s “The Big Switcheroo!” turns out to be a gentle screwball comedy reminiscent of Thorne Smith’s whimsical supernatural romances of the 1930s.

Archie & Friends 153

This themed issue looks at four successive April Fools’ Days in the life of Riverdale High’s premier prankster, Reggie Mantle. Each story is by a different artist/writer combo, each a little different from the Archie ‘house style’ – retaining enough of the characteristic flourishes so that the characters remain on-model, but still giving a slightly different flavour to each tale.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch 58-100

Before Tania Del Rio became writer and artist, Archie Comics’ Sabrina title had been featuring the same sort of short stories as all of the other titles featuring the Archie Riverdale characters. The most important thing that Del Rio did was to tell a larger story over forty-two issues, something unusual anywhere, let alone at Archie.

This interview is with writer/artist Tania Del Rio, whom Archie Comics Publications entrusted with the task of giving one of their most popular properties, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, a daring new manga-style look.