Fiona Staples gives Josie and the Pussycats a bit more edge

Saga artist Fiona Staples takes Josie and the Pussycats from bubblegum idols to real rockers in her variant cover for October’s Life with Archie #24. ” This storyline take place about ten years into the future, so I did a grown-up version of the band!” Staples writes on her blog “It was inspired in part by the 2001 Pussycats movie, and Alison Mosshart from The Kills, who wears a lot of animal print.”

It’s also a very different look from the standard Life with Archie cover dress, but in a way it reflects the contents better. The comic is already a weird combination of indy and Archie — it would be cool to see the creators take it even further in the indy direction.