Every week, Paste takes a look at the most interesting releases due out Wednesday in comics, graphic novels and other goodies. This week sees a hilarious mashup between everybody’s favorite group of Riverdale teens and everybody’s favorite intergalactic bounty hunter with a mandible, while Bandette and Angry Youth Comix receive handsome new collections. 
Angry Youth Comix #1
Writer/Artist: Johnny Ryan
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Confession: I’ve never read Johnny Ryan’s abrasive, politically incorrect cartoon diatribes, otherwise known as Angry Youth Comix. But with Fantagraphics releasing every single issue in one hardcover collection this week, that situation can be easily and artfully addressed. The opening chapter features listless youth Loady McGee searching for a new room to crash after his girlfriend kicks him out for carving “a picture of Al Jaffee in her ass with a railroad spike!” Sold…I think. With a legacy that draws on Robert Crumb and Peter Bagge, I can’t wait to be offended by this subversive, dirty little bombshell of infuriated honesty. Sean Edgar
Archie vs. Predator #1
Writer: Alex De Campi
Artist: Fernando Ruiz
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Archie gets around, eh? Clearly emboldened by the excellent (if sporadically published) Afterlife with Archie, Archie Comics has teamed up with Dark Horse to murder its characters in brand new ways under the pen of Grindhouse and No Mercy writer Alex de Campi. In dour horror onslaught of Afterlife with Archie, Francesco Francavilla’s haunting art makes it clear you’re not in familiar Riverdale anymore. Here, America’s favorite teenagers are rendered in Fernando Ruiz’s clean, nostalgic Archie house style, making each fatality that much more unsettling. It’s a familiar beat to praise Archie Comics for staying current—they’ve been on top of that for a few years now—but they deserve credit for not taking their properties too seriously. Imagine what sort of series we’d see if other publishers took that advice to heart. Steve Foxe
Bandette Vol. 2: Stealers Keepers!
Writer: Paul Tobin
Artist: Colleen Coover, Jonathan Hill, Lucy Bellwood, Sheli Hay
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
One of our 10 Great Comics for Adolescent Girls, Bandette exudes cool. A mischievous gal in a cape and domino mask skitters along the Parisian skyline, stealing invaluable goodies and solving mysteries. What more do you want in your fiction? Colleen Coover’s vivid art conveys shades and textures for optimal immersion, while writer Paul Tobin balances quips, intrigue and action in a masterful juggling act that guarantees whimsical happiness. Even as a title whose origins began online, Bandette’s printed collections simply breathe with a life and tactile quality that make them the best medium to enjoy this homage to European cartooning escapism. Sean Edgar
Bloodshot Reborn #1
Writer: Jeff Lemire
Artist: Mico Suayan
Publisher: Valiant
After wrapping the electric, lean miniseries The Valiant with Matt Kindt, Jeff Lemire takes the dangling thread of a man with red eyes, white skin and guns (“lots of guns”) and goes deep. This first issue is pretty damn dark, diving into the pathos of a solider without a war whose last mission ended in horrifying failure. Lemire and artist Mico Suayan dissect a war vet suspended in self-inflicted purgatory, as he struggles to divorce himself from a past only to realize that his former killing sprees may be the only way he can define himself. With an antihero whose ‘80s action-orgy name encompasses much of his legacy, this character-centric approach works wonders for yet another alluring title from Valiant Comics. Sean Edgar
Chrononauts #2
Writer: Mark Millar
Illustrator: Sean Murphy
Publisher: Image Comics
I’m not sure what I expected with Mark Millar’s first Chrononauts installment, but last month’s debut issue wasn’t it. Yeah, there was time travel—a botched trip back to 1886 was a highlight, thanks to some other-worldly visuals by Sean Murphy. But the heart of Chrononauts is the Channing Tatum-worthy buddy comedy between our two time-traveling heroes, Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly. It’s goofy, it’s bro-tastic. Most importantly, it made issue one a hilarious, quick read. And while the final pages of Chrononauts threatened a premature nail in the coffin of this relationship, I’m already anxious to see these two dudes reunited. Tyler Kane
