Sweet! The Art of Archie is one of the best exhibits of comic art I’ve ever had the privilege and pleasure of seeing is in its very last days at the terrific MoCCA museum. Certainly some of the finest artists to take up pen an ink for comics have been part of the Archie stable, and this exhibit beautifully showcases their work. On the walls you’ll find choice art by Bob Montana, Archie’s incredible first artist; Dan DeCarlo, who deftly defined the characters for the modern age; Harry Lucey, one of the great storytellers in comics; Stan Goldberg; Joe Edwards; and more.

In this exhibits, there are treasures like DeCarlo’s recreation of the first Archie cover; an unpublished Cold War story; and the art for a comic story when the Archie characters visited MoCCA with Ellen Abramowitz and Karl Erickson, who head up the museum, as part of the tale!

MoCCA even offered a printed guide to the exhibit, which identified the artist of each piece of art in the exhibit. The guide was a great keepsake to take home.

Few weeks later, I went back to take more in when FIFTY YEAR Archie veteran, the amazing Archie editor Victor Gorelick spoke about his work. I’m planning to go back once more tonight at 7:00 pm, when Jim Salicrup interviews a bunch of Archie writers (due to weather conditions please call to confirm at 212-254-3511). It will be fascinating. See you there!