Tag: Archie Goodwin

Classic 70s horror from Archie Goodwin, Tom Sutton, Wally Wood and more in Vampirella Archives Volume Two

The 2019 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards were presented at San Diego Comic-Con International on Friday, July 19 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront hotel. In categories stacked with talent, the big winners for...

    https://youtu.be/Wsykqt5D8yg   "Comics have become a big business, high stakes....making millions and millions of dollars." A quote from yesterday's Beat comment thread? No, from a 1978 documentary about comics called  "The World of Comic Books" which was apparently produced...

Pop quiz: What was the first graphic novel to make the New York Times' bestseller list? Most people would guess MAUS, and although we don't know exactly what book holds that honor, MAUS was predated by ALIEN: THE ILLUSTRATED STORY, by Archie Goodwin and Walt Simonson. First released in 1979 as a graphic "Album", it was an unusually serious (for its time) movie adaptation with the usual stellar work by the great team of Goodwin and Simonson, who also collaborated on Manhunter. The book sold so well it did make the NY Times bestseller list at the time.