Archie: The Classic Newspaper Comics (1946-1948) - Hardcover

Montana, Bob

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1600106692 ISBN 13: 9781600106699

Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

Long before Archie Andrews had to finally choose between Betty and Veronica, cartoonist Bob Montana guided Archie and his gang into a series of outlandish antics and gags on a daily basis for nearly 30 years. Starting with these very first strips from 1946-1948, Montana's brilliant storytelling and animated flair for humor comes to life in strips that have never been reprinted previously. Fans can now marvel at the laughable love triangle, sexy women, bumbling sidekicks, and overbearing educators, and rediscover, or discover for the first time, the genius of Bob Montana in this Eisner Award-winning collection.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Montana was born into a showbiz family. His father, Ray, was a banjo player on the Keith vaudeville circuit and his mother, the former Roberta Pandolfini, was a Ziegfeld dancer. As a young boy, the future cartoonist and his sister would sometimes put on their dancing shoes and join their dad in his finale. It wasn't as a hoofer, however, that brought fame to Bob Montana—it was his talent at the drawing board. He drew inspiration from the facts, fantasy, feelings, and fun of his own high school days in Haverhill, Massachusetts to bring to life the Archie characters originally conceived by John L. Goldwater.

About this edition

• Publisher: IDW Publishing
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1600106692
• ISBN 13: 9781600106699
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 328
• Editor: Greg Goldstein