Minnesota NBC affiliate KARE11 recently turned an eye toward the comics scene in an ongoing video series called "Job Swap" — in which a reporter trades jobs for a day with various professionals. In the May 22 episode of the series, reporter Rena Sarigianopoulos traded jobs with Archie colorist Stephanie Vozzo. "There are a lot…
Born in 1947, Barbara Slate started out in greeting cards before moving to comics. In 1974, she met with a greeting card buyer from Bloomingdales and showed him 24 feminist greeting cards she had designed. Thus, the "Ms. Liz" line was born. Ms. Liz then became a comic strip in Cosmopolitan, and then an animated…
[Editor’s Note: There was a big emphasis on kids at this year’s New York Comic Con, with a sizeable chunk of Sunday’s programming geared toward the youngest of the comics-reader age bracket. While we consider ourselves a pretty young-at-heart crew, we thought it best to go to an actual member of the event’s target audience…
Archaia Studios Press, the New Jersey-based publisher best known for its ongoing Mouse Guard series, just announced a hefty slate of new titles. The company is also putting out a Mouse Guard role-playing game, which was designed in large part by series creator David Petersen. It’s a diverse bunch, and a sign of ASP’s growth…
Over at ISB, Chris Sims has remixed panels from old Archie strips to the tune of William Shatner’s Pulp’s "Common People" with disturbing and, as always, hilarious results. (Oh, and that loud noise you just heard was the sound of millions of British rock fans’ heads simultaneously exploding after reading the previous line of text.)…
Kids, Grab Your Wallets! It’s the last shipping week before Christmas, and the Funny Book Elves have unloaded an avalanche of new comics and DVDs. ComicMix Radio gives you the inside intel needed to make you ready to shop! Plus: • 2000 AD finally gets into the 21st century • Larry Hama is back and he…
Archie Comics president and co-publisher Richard H. Goldwater died from cancer, according to a press release from Archie Comics. He was 71. Richard shared top duties at Archie with chairman and co-publisher Michael Silberkleit. He was the son of John Goldwater, Michael is the son of Louis Silberkleit. Together, John and Louis partnered with Maurice…
37 years ago today, Josie and the Pussycats premiered in ABC’s Saturday morning lineup. Based upon the Archie Comics series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo (and based on Dan’s wife, Josie) Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band that toured the world with their entourage, getting mixed up in…
Back in 1961, cartoonist Dan DeCarlo created a newspaper strip called Josie. Unsuccessful at selling into that crowded market, it was picked up by Archie Comics , and the feature evolved into Josie and the Pussycats. Dan based the lead character on his wife, Josie as sort of a different look at the Archie environment….
The middle-of-the-week Big ComicMix Broadcast is up and cooking with a look at the reality make over for Betty & Veronica (Archie‘s publisher speaks!), more variants from Marvel, the latest Late List of comics, and Supergirl clothes take off. Comics fans weigh in on Spider-Man 3 and we trip back to a time when the…
Transformers sell out, Bendis and Bagley invade The Mighty Avengers, the awesome Bob Bolling (one of the all-time great writer/artists) returns to Li’l Archie, Galactica‘s Apollo shares even more television wisdom (complete with a season review), and the low-down on this year’s Free Comic Book Day! But most important, you get a peek under Annette’s…
If you’ve ever wanted to read the original Archie stories from way back in 1941, this summer you’ll get your chance. To celebrate his 65th anniversary, Archie Comics Digest will reprint both the very first Archie story, from Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) and the complete Archie Comics #1 (Winter 1942/43). Rounding out the celebratory…
