NYC – Art of Betty and Veronica Signing

 

Dan Parent, Fernando Ruiz, Victor Gorelick, and Craig Yoe appear at the Strand on January 10th from 7:00PM – 8:00PM.

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Press Release:

If you were a fan of Archie Comics as a kid, are a fan now, or are just a general comic book lover, you’ll enjoy this evening in the Rare Book Room. Victor Gorelick, the Editor-in-Chief of Archie Comics, along with Dan Parent and Fernando Ruiz, writers/cartoonists of the strip, and Craig Yoe, a comic book historian and archivist, will talk in depth about the popularity, longevity and influence that the Archie Comic strip has had on popular culture.

Buy a copy of The Art of Betty and Veronica or a $10 Strand gift card in order to attend this event. All options admit one person. Please note that payment is required for all online event orders at the time of checkout. The event will be located in the Strand’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at our store at 828 Broadway at 12th Street.

The Strand
828 Broadway (at 12th St.), New York, NY 10003-4805

NY – Art of Betty & Veronica Signing

Co-editors Victor Gorelick (Archie Comics Editor-in-Chief/Co-President) and Craig Yoe (Eisner award-winning comic book historian) appear with Archie fan-favorite artists Dan Parent (Kevin Keller) and Fernando Ruiz (Life with Archie) at Barnes & Noble in White Plains, NY on Friday, December 14th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm as part of a book fair to help raise funds for the local White Plains Performing Arts Center. Archie Comics is happy to be a part of such a great event to support the local arts community and spread holiday cheer Archie-style with FREE sketches for all who purchase a copy. A gift wrapping table will be available to assist with your holiday shopping.

Barnes & Noble
230 Main Street, White Plains, NY 10601
914-397-2420

NYC – Art of Betty and Veronica Book Club

Craig Yoe and Victor Gorelick appear on Friday December 28th at 6:30PM at Midtown Comics Downtown!

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It’s the Midtown Comics Book Club! Join us for our monthly Graphic Novel book club at our Downtown store. This month’s book will be The Art of Betty and Veronica, and editors Craig Yoe and Victor Gorelick will be there to discuss the book with the club! If that’s not enough to entice, free donuts will be served!

Don’t have the book yet? Save 25% off cover price at any of our three stores (in-store only). Just mention the Midtown Comics Book Club at the cash register!

The Book Club will meet on Friday December 28th at 6:30PM at Midtown Comics Downtown.

SEATS ARE VERY LIMITED!

Midtown Comics
64 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038

Archie Comics Signing Schedule at NYCC 2012

Press Release:

Archie Comics isn’t just about the FREE SWAG at New York Comic Con! Okay, so you’ve been to one of our awesome panels and you got your FREE gift bag filled with Archie goodies, but what’s the next step? Get those comics signed by your favorite Archie creators, of course! This year’s signing schedule is packed with so much talent that we can barely believe it ourselves, so be sure to work some Archie signings into your busy NYCC schedule. Stop by the Archie Booth, BOOTH #1720, and meet the talented individuals who make Archie Comics possible. We’ll see you at the show!
ARCHIE COMICS SIGNING SCHEDULE – NYCC 2012

All signings will take place at the Archie Comics Booth #1720 unless otherwise noted
Thursday, October 11th

5:00 – 6:00: Fiona Staples (Life with Archie)

6:00 – 7:00: Mike Norton (Life with Archie, New Crusaders)
Friday, October 12th

1:00 – 2:00: Pat & Tim Kennedy (Life with Archie)

2:00 – 3:00: Fernando Ruiz, Andrew Pepoy, Janice Chiang (Life with Archie)

3:00 – 4:00: Ian Flynn, Alitha Martinez, Mike Norton, Ryan Jampole (New Crusaders)

4:00 – 5:00: Dan Parent, Alex Simmons (Archie: Clash of the New Kids)

5:00 – 6:00: Ian Flynn, Jamal Peppers (Sonic the Hedgehog/Mega Man)

 

Saturday, October 13th

10:00 – 11:00: Paul Kupperberg, Pat & Tim Kennedy (Life with Archie)

11:00 – 12:00: Michael Uslan, Janice Chiang, Jack Morelli (Life with Archie)

12:00 – 1:00: Tom DeFalco, Fernando Ruiz, Tom Chu, Jack Morelli (Man from R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E.)

12:00 – 1:00: Ian Flynn, Spaz, Jamal Peppers (Sonic the Hedgehog /Mega Man) – CAPCOM Booth #2120

1:00 – 2:00: Ian Flynn, Spaz, Jamal Peppers (Sonic the Hedgehog /Mega Man)

2:00 – 3:00: Craig Yoe, Victor Gorelick (Art of Betty & Veronica)

3:00 – 4:00: Ian Flynn, Alitha Martinez, Ryan Jampole (New Crusaders)

4:00 – 5:00: Batton Lash, Paul Castiglia (Best of Archie 1 & 2)

5:00 – 6:00: Dan Parent, Alex Simmons (Archie: Clash of the New Kids)
Sunday, October 14th

11:00 – 12:00: Michael Uslan, Fernando Ruiz, Jack Morelli (Life with Archie)

12:00 – 1:00: Dan Parent (Kevin Keller/Archie Meets KISS)

12:00 – 1:00: Ian Flynn, Jamal Peppers (Sonic the Hedgehog /Mega Man) – CAPCOM Booth #2120

1:00 – 2:00: Ian Flynn, Jamal Peppers (Sonic the Hedgehog /Mega Man)

3:00 – 4:00: Ian Flynn, John Workman (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Abrams ComicArts Booth Schedule at NYCC 2010

Press Release:

Abrams ComicArts, an imprint of ABRAMS, returns to New York Comic Con to showcase the 2010 line up of high-quality comics related titles.

Some highlights from this year’s list that will be featured at New York Comic Con include Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics by N. C. Christopher Couch; Shazam! The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal by Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear; Archie Marries. . . by Michael Uslan, illustrated by Stan Goldberg and Bob Smith; The Night Bookmobile by Audrey Niffenegger; The Art of Jaime Hernandez by Todd Hignite; The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis by Matt Groening; Art in Time by Dan Nadel; Wacky Packages New New New; and The Horror! The Horror! by Jim Trombetta.

Authors and artists who will be present at New York Comic Con this year include: Jerry Robinson (participating in a panel and signing at the Abrams ComicArts booth), Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, Jack Morelli, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, John Goldwater and Victor Gorelick (participating in panels and signings), Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear (signing at the ABRAMS booth), Rick Meyerowitz (author of Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great, signing at the Abrams ComicArts booth. Authors and artists can be made available for interviews in advance or at designated times at the show.

“We are thrilled to return to the New York Comic Con for the fifth year in a row,” says Charles Kochman, editorial director of Abrams ComicArts. “Our eagerly anticipated fall titles will make their debut alongside our award-winning list of backlist titles, and many of our authors will be joining us to celebrate. I can’t imagine a better publication party than to share our new art books and graphic novels with over 75,000 potential fans.”

Friday, October 8

3:00 – 4:00      Signing – Jerry Robinson signing Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics
at Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

3:15 – 4:15      Panel – Archie Means Business (room 1A14)
Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, Jack Morelli, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Victor Gorelick, and John Goldwater

4:30 – 5:30      Signing – Archie Group signing Archie Marries. . . at Autograph Alley
Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, Jack Morelli, Bob Smith, Glenn Whitmore, Victor Gorelick, and John Goldwater

8:15 – 9:15      Panel – A Conversation with Chip Kidd and Dash Shaw (room 1A14)

Saturday, October 9

11:00 – 12:00  Signing – Rick Meyerowitz – signing Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Writers and Artists Who Made the National Lampoon Insanely Great
at Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

1:00 – 2:00      Signing – Chip Kidd w/Geoff Spear signing Shazam! at
Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

1:15 – 2:15      Panel – Jerry Robinson and Al Jaffee Gold & Silver Age of Comics Living Legends (room 1A14)

2:30 – 3:30      Signing – Jerry Robinson signing Jerry Robinson: Ambassador of Comics
at Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

Sunday, October 10

10:30 – 11:30  Signing – Michael Uslan and Stan Goldberg signing Archie Marries. . .
at Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

12:00 – 1:00    Panel – Archie Creators Tell All (room 1A14)
Stan Goldberg and others

1:00 – 2:00      Signing – Laura Lee Gulledge signing galleys of her upcoming young-adult book Page by Paige at Abrams ComicArts booth #2327

NYC – An Evening with Archie

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA is pleased to present an evening of Archie Comics with Archie Co-President/Editor-in-Chief Victor Gorelick and Archie writer Arie Kaplan!

Thursday January 21st, 7 PM
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members

Victor Gorelick (born in Brooklyn) is an American comic book editor and executive. Currently the Editor-in-Chief and Co-President of Archie Comics, the oldest humor comics company in the United States, he has worked for the company for over fifty years in a wide variety of roles.

Victor Gorelick joined Archie Comics as an art assistant, and has served as production coordinator, art director and now as Archie Comic’s Editor-in-Chief and Co-President. Mr. Gorelick has unique knowledge of every facet of the editorial process required to create and publish successful comics. He has done it all from writing to coloring, and everything in between. He has highly regarded artistic skills and an eye for meticulous detail. He also has a well honed sense of the wholesome content of Archie Comics that has been the basis for the bond of trust built with readers by Archie Comics down through the years. He has worked closely with numerous companies designing various custom comic books. For example, he has overseen collaborations between Archie Comics and Kraft General Foods, Radio Shack and even the F.B.I.! He is a moving force on the Comic Magazine Association of America’s Code Authority Guidelines Committee, a  member of the Board of Advisors of the Joe Kubert School where many of today’s comic artists first learned their craft, and he has taught
cartooning as an instructor at the Kingsborough Community College in New York City.

Arie Kaplan is a comedian, MAD Magazine writer, and author of the book From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books (JPS). He also wrote the comic book miniseries Speed Racer: Chronicles of the Racer (IDW Publishing), and he’s written for MTV, Cartoon Network, and PBS Kids. Other comic book credits include the DC title Cartoon Network Action Pack, the Bongo Comics anthology Simpsons Winter Wingding, the Archie Comics title Archie & Friends, and the Papercutz series Tales From the Crypt. Arie will discuss his work as a comic book writer, nonfiction author, and animation scribe.

Arie Kaplan will be signing copies of his award-winning book From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books after the talk.

MoCCA Thursdays are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

On view at MoCCA THE ART OF ARCHIE COMICS

now through Februrary 28, 2009

SPIDER-MAN #50, volume 2 by John Romita, Jr., Scott Hanna and J. Michael Straczynski

now through Februrary 28, 2009

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, 594 Broadway, Suite 401, New York, NY 10012

www.moccany.org

212-254-3511