Riverdale was supposed to be a quiet town. It never quite managed it.
Based on the Archie Comics characters created by Bob Montana in 1941, The CW's Riverdale arrived in 2017 and immediately made clear it had no intention of being a straightforward teen drama. Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge and Jughead Jones — familiar names from decades of wholesome small-town Americana — were transplanted into a world of murder investigations, family secrets, gang warfare, serial killers, musical episodes, time jumps, supernatural cults and storylines that accelerated so far beyond the source material they eventually arrived somewhere entirely their own. Riverdale committed to every twist with complete, unironic conviction. That, it turned out, was exactly the right approach.
Seven seasons produced one of the most devoted fandoms in recent television — an audience that watched partly for the drama, partly for the aesthetic (the neon, the diners, the perpetual autumn atmosphere), and partly for the genuine pleasure of finding out what Riverdale would do next and whether it could possibly top the previous week. It usually could. The characters, played by a cast that threw themselves into the material with admirable dedication, became genuinely beloved across the full arc of the show. Cheryl Blossom alone is worth the entire seven-season commitment.
Our Riverdale collection brings together officially licensed figures, accessories, apparel and gifts — from Funko Pops and keyrings to prints and homeware for fans of Riverdale's particular brand of gloriously unhinged small-town drama. For those who were there from the beginning and stayed for all of it.
In Riverdale, the darkness is always just below the surface. The merchandise, fortunately, is considerably more cheerful.
