IDW Publishing and its imprint, YOE Books, are proud to announce the debut of the deluxe full-color hardcover coffee table history book, ARCHIE: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE TEENAGERS, edited and designed by Eisner award-winner Craig Yoe, at New York City's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art annual festival this weekend. MoCCA Fest attendees will get a first look at this impressive and lovingly crafted tome, which will be
available nation wide by April 30th.
ARCHIE: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE TEENAGERS features more than 200 pages of fascinating history, exciting biographies and rare or unpublished art, all offering a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most iconic comics of all time.
"We're excited and honored to have our history presented so expertly by Craig and our friends at IDW," said Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon Goldwater. "This is the kind of book that fans everywhere will cherish for some time. It's an essential volume for longtime and new fans of Archie and the Riverdale gang."
Archie and his pals are some of the most beloved and enduring characters in the comics medium, and have a long history stretching back to their origins in 1941. Yoe's exhaustive research turned up a plethora of rare and unpublished art by Bob Montana, Dan DeCarlo, and Harry Lucey, vintage photographs, unknown ephemera, and a previously unpublished autobiography of John Goldwater, co-founder of MLJ/Archie Comics. All this rich material serves as the basis for the book, which celebrates both the characters and the immensely talented artists behind them.
Expected to be an immediate sellout after the official launch later this month, only a small number of the sought-after ARCHIE: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE TEENAGERS will be available to MoCCA
attendees. Also debuting at MoCCA Fest from IDW and YOE Books will be
the sea-and-see worthy POPEYE: THE GREAT COMIC BOOK TALES BY BUD SAGENDORF.
MoCCA Fest is taking place this weekend, April 9th and 10th at the
Lexington Avenue Armory, at 68 Lexington Avenue in New York City. For
more details, visit http://www.moccany.org/.
ARCHIE: A CELEBRATION OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE TEENAGERS ($49.99, 224 pages, hard cover, full color) will be available in comic and books stores on April 20, 2011. ISBN 978-160010-7542.
For more information about Yoe! Books, visit http://www.yoebooks.com/
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