Josie and the Pussycats (comics)
| Josie and the Pussycats | |
|---|---|
Josie and the Pussycats 48 Page Giant #1 (1993). Cover art by Dan DeCarlo. | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Archie Comics |
| Schedule | (vol. 1) Varied (vol. 2) Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing |
| Publication date | (vol. 1) February 1963 – October 1982; 1993 (vol. 2) September 2016 – 2017 |
| No. of issues | (vol. 1): 106 (vol. 2): 9 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Dan DeCarlo |
| Written by | (vol. 1) Various (vol. 2) Marguerite Bennett and Cameron DeOrdio |
| Artist(s) | (vol. 1) Dan DeCarlo (vol. 2) Audrey Mok |
Josie and the Pussycats (initially published as She's Josie and Josie) is a teen-humor comic book about a fictional rock band, created by Dan DeCarlo and published by Archie Comics. First published in 1963, with regular issues through 1982, additional one-shot issues followed on an irregular basis. A reboot of the comic for the New Riverdale imprint launched in September 2016.
Hanna–Barbera adapted the comic as a Saturday-morning animated TV series in 1970, paired with an eponymous pop album. The band was subsequently portrayed in a 2001 live-action film, with musical performances released on an eponymous soundtrack album. Josie and the Pussycats appear as part of the 2017 live-action television drama series Riverdale on The CW, with the character of Josie recurring in the Katy Keene spin-off series.