The Art of Archie: The Covers

by Victor Gorelick (Editor), Craig Yoe (Editor)

Archie's new hardcover art book is a beautifully-designed celebration of over 70 years of comic book covers featuring America's reigning cartoon high school Archie, Betty, Veronica and friends. Featuring beautiful full-color artwork by fan favorite artists Dan DeCarlo, Harry Lucey, Bob Montana, Dan Parent and many more in a deluxe, oversize hardcover edition, The Art of The Covers goes behind the scenes on the all-time best comic book covers in Archie's history with a look at their inspiration, creation and ongoing cultural legacy. The Art of The Covers is the perfect purchase for comic book fans, Americana buffs and pop culture aficionados of all sorts, brought to you by Victor Gorelick and Craig Yoe, the team behind the critically-acclaimed The Art of Betty and Veronica.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Art

160 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 19, 2013

About the author

Victor Gorelick was an American comic book editor and executive.

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Art of Archie: The Covers is a collection of Archie covers and artist profiles from Archie's debut in 1941 through 2012 or thereabouts. If you're a fan of Archie, this is your book. It's a nice cross section of 70+ years of Archie covers, following trends in fashion and pop culture. It's organized by theme, like the beach or music or what have you. It's interesting to see the look of the characters evolve over time. I plan on dipping into this on rainy days for years to come.

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Badly organised, poor selection of covers, sleazy commentary.

[Steven · Rating 4 out of 5]

Goes up to 2013. Could have been a better book with more pages and more covers at full size. It’s an attractive, amusing package and tends to be a little *too* revealing about the somewhat sleazy underpinnings of the USA’s most widely seen accumulation of Good Girl Art disguised as a humor comic. The artist profiles are interesting, but a little too brief.

[Nomad nimrod · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was allright.

[Kirsti · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interesting to see how the characters and situations (and fashions) changed over time.