Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Comic star Archie to die 'heroically' – but he won't be gone for good
Archie Comics publisher confirms plans to kill off Archie: 'It's the biggest story we've ever done, and we're supremely proud of it'
Internationally known: Archie comics on display at Oxford Book Shop in Calcutta, India, in 2007. Photograph: Bikas Das
Archie Andrews, the clumsy lothario whose freckled face is among the most recognizable in American comics, will meet his end in a bloody incident this July. Not much is known about how or why, though the creative minds behind Archie Comics have apparently chosen a "heroic" way for one of their most popular characters to die. The death will be written into issue #36 of the five-year-old series called Life With Archie. "This story is going to inspire a wide range of reactions, because we all feel so close to Archie," said Archie Comics publisher and co-CEO Jon Goldwater in a statement on Tuesday. "It’s the biggest story we’ve ever done, and we’re supremely proud of it.” Archie Comics CEO: "We’ve been building up to this moment." Photograph: /Archie ComicsMore
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