Archie/Sabrina Universe

Heather McAlpine is an associate professor in the English department at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Her previous research has examined the influence of the English emblem tradition on the work of the Pre-Raphaelite movement. W. Ron Sweeney is a writer and teacher living in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He teaches comics courses at the University of the Fraser Valley. Jess Wind is a PhD candidate in language and literacy education at University of British Columbia. Their research explores games, media, and fan spaces through queer, feminist, and anti-racist perspectives.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionHeather McAlpine, W. Ron Sweeney and Jess WindArchie Must Die: On the Many Lives and Deaths of Archie AndrewsW. Ron SweeneyOn Becoming a Citizen of Riverdale: Narrative Expansion Through Fanfiction, Interactive Fiction, and Other Apocryphal (Hyper)TextsDessa BayrockEndless Authorship: Fanfiction, Copyright, and the Extended Archie UniverseKirsten BussièreChilling Adventures in Feminism: Sabrina Is Not the Feminist Heroine We NeedKatie Stobbart“When will the world learn? Women should be in charge of everything”: Lilith as Villain, Victim, and Feminist in Chilling Adventures of SabrinaSarah Stang“Put your cape away”: Riverdale’s #MeToo MomentMelissa WehlerWatching Them, Watch Them: The Coded Movement of Betty’s Pole Dance and Our Passive Audience GazeHannah Meghan CelinskiPunk Rock Prom Queen to Covergirl: Teens and Consumption in Riverdale and Josie and the PussycatsKaarina MikalsonArchie Got Hot: How Embracing the Queer Art of Failure Allows the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina to Shift Queer Readings Away from IdentityMat WenzelDisability in Chilling Adventures of SabrinaWhitney Tiffany Renville“First as tragedy, then as farce”: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Satanic Moral PanicBrett PardyAbout the ContributorsIndex