Tom King, the writer behind Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, and Archie Comics stalwart artist Dan Parent are reuniting for Jughead: Piemaggeddon. The special one-shot will star Archie’s best buddy, his bottomless pit of a stomach, and a pie-eating contest “with far-reaching consequences in a slapstick adventure,” according to Archie Comics’ press release.

“I wanted to write a comic that spoke not only to our time, but to all times – a comic that challenged facile definitions of love and literature by transcending those perpetual platonic shadows and revealing a priori the tragic and comedic conditions inherent to our own precious, dissected, humiliating, human condition. Also, I wanted to write a comic where like a lot of people are getting hit by pies,” King said. “So, Jughead: Piemageddon is definitely one of those two. Maybe both? No, probably just one. I’ll figure out which when I get my comps.”

King and Parent first collaborated on the 2024 one-shot Archie: The Decision, in which Archie Andrews decides that he needs to finally choose between Betty and Veronica.

“It’s so good to be teaming up with Tom again, especially in this very Jughead-centric story,” Parent said. “Even though I love drawing the girls, it’s nice to work on Jughead, who is probably everyone’s favorite character in the Archieverse. It’s always good to do slapstick. There is not enough slapstick in comics, or for that matter, the world, and here, Tom presents the ultimate in slapstick humor: the pie fight! And to the youth of America who are not familiar with this classic form of slapstick comedy . . . you’re welcome!”

The Jughead special features inks by Rich Koslowski and colors by Rosario “Tito” Peña. There are open to order variant covers by Jen Bartel, Elsa Charretier, Marguerite Sauvage, and Greg Smallwood, and a retailer incentive cover by Francesco Francavilla. All are available in regular and foil variants.

“What these two have created is something completely unique and fun, and also perfectly Archie, or in this case, perfectly Jughead,” Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief Mike Pellerito said. “And it’s a great time – not only is the Supergirl movie coming out this summer, based on Tom’s and artist Bilquis Evely’s iconic Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, but Tom is hard at work writing the live-action Archie movie at Universal, helmed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. So, with all these wonderful things happening – especially in the 85th anniversary year of Archie – we’ve decided to celebrate with a pie fight!”

Jughead: Piemageddon will be in comic shops on July 15.