KC COLUMN: ARCHIE ANDREWS 1941-2014
Life With Archie Magazine #36
KC Carlson looks at the upcoming death of Archie and explores the first time he “died”!
KC Carlson looks at the upcoming death of Archie and explores the first time he “died”!
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!
EC: 50 Girls 50 and Other Stories HC
Westfield’s Wayne Markley looks at books that surprised him, including IDW’s Rip Kirby, Archie’s Life With Archie, and Fantagraphics’ EC Comics reprints.
COMIC BOOKS THAT TIME FORGOT: The Original Life With Archie #21
Life With Archie #21
KC Carlson talks about an early favorite comic, the original Life With Archie #21.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Looking Ahead and Peeking Behind
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Westfield’s Wayne Markley shares some thoughts on what he’d like to see happen in comics in 2011.
Markley’s Fevered Brain: Everything’s Archie
by Wayne Markley
When I was young, a very long time ago, I loved DC Comics; Flash, Green Lantern, Dial H for Hero, Land that Time Forgot and, of course, Superman and Batman. But even as a youth, I wanted a change now and then from the superheroes and I would turn to Archie Comics. Archie in the ‘50 & ‘60s had a style that was clean, colorful, entertaining, and almost always five or six pages with a gag at the end. Or they were one page gag strips. As an adult, I learned who was behind all these wonderful stories; Dan DeCarlo, Stan Goldberg, Frank Doyle, and others. (Archie rarely give credit to the creators back then even though Marvel and DC did.) To this day I can re-read stories from that time period and it still makes me feel happy, brings a smile to my face, and lifts my spirits. We are fortunate that we live in a time when there is a revival of interest in these classic strips and there are a number of excellent collections for those that may not have had the pleasure of reading these classics when they were first published.