I have reported here and elsewhere about the goings-on at Archie Comics. While DC keeps on hitting the reset button like a monkey in a crack experiment, and Marvel keeps on doing endless – literally endless – mega-events, Archie has been slowly making history. In the past several years they’ve added a major gay character…
With four months of digital success under their belt, Archie Comics brings their superhero stable back to comic shops with the first print issue of New Crusaders, in comic shops this week. Each issue collecting the four weekly “acts” of the digital release, the comic is a response to the many requests from readers who…
Comic Con is just around the corner, and Archie and the gang are all set for whatever adventures (or misadventures!) may come their way. Which one of the girls will win the Cosplay Costume Contest? Can Chuck Clayton strike a publishing deal for his new comics? And just how will the gang crack the Crooked…
Jim Sokolowski, formerly of Marvel and DC Comics, joins Archie Comics as Senior Vice President – Sales and Business Development. “Ski” will oversee the company’s sales efforts in the direct, bookstore, digital and newsstand markets and guide plans to expand the reach of the company’s iconic characters and storylines. “Ski” brings a wealth of experience…
In October, one gay icon meets another, in Archie Comics. Kevin Keller #6 will co-star George Takei, best known as Lieutenant Sulu. And it was at a comic convention that George met Kevin’s creator Dan Parent and succumbed to Parent’s request that the two meet in person. George and Kevin, that is. Here’s hoping Kevin’s…
Have we achieved peace in our time? The Associated Press piece is skeptical… The two CEOs of the company that publishes Archie Comics on Wednesday ended their court feud over control of the comics kingdom, but now some relatives are accusing both sides of funny business. A judge on Wednesday signed off on a settlement…
Let Them Talk Hugh Laurie Produced by Joe Henry Warner Bros. Records Let us stipulate up front that Hugh Laurie is an insanely talented individual. He’s a comedian, a comic actor, a dramatic actor, a comedy writer, a novelist, plays piano, guitar, and percussion, and, apparently, deep down in his soul, according to the liner…
This may be one of the stranger announcements out of the San Diego Comic-Con, and we think you actually can judge this book by its cover. KISS returns to comics later this year with two major projects from publishers Archie Comics and IDW Publishing. This marks the first time that two major publishers have entered…
Bidding on these items ends May 8 at 10pm. To bid, email Cliffmeth@aol.comTwo cover recreations, one of THOR #126 (originally rendered by Jack Kirby), the other of SUB-MARINER #8 (by Gene’s pal John Buscema) — both reimagined here by the team of Gene Colan and Michael Netzer (12×18). Starting bid on each: $1200.00 Complete 6-page…
…unfortunately, I couldn’t tell if the driver was a redhead.
We haven’t done one of these in a while, and things are getting a bit backed up here with March Madness, so if we don’t do it now, we may never get around to it because our computer will collapse under the weight… Charlie Sheen visits Riverdale?! Archie, you just waited too long… at least…
UPDATE: Archie Comics, the last remaining subscriber to the Comics Code Authority, dropped their participation. That’s it for the Code. My heart goes out to every cartoonist who lost his or her job in the 1950s when that rat-bastard started dropping its load on the comics medium. Or, as they say in Oz, “Ding dong,…
