Abrams and Archie Comics answer the question: Betty or Veronica?
Mar 15, 2010
Abrams ComicsArts is teaming with Archie Comics to
publish Archie Marries, a special
deluxe hardcover collection of the Archie
mini-series focused on which of Archie's longtime female interests-beautiful
heiress Veronica Lodge or Betty Cooper, the cute girl next door-will land
Riverdale's famous redheaded teenager. Abrams will release a 100,000 copy first printing of the book in October. It is written by Michael Uslan and illustrated by longtime Archie artist Stan
Goldberg.
The seven-part mini-series on the Archie, Betty and
Veronica love-triangle was published between August 2009 and February 2010 in
commemoration of the 600thissue of Archie Comics. Charles Kochman, executive
editor, Abrams ComicsArt, said the "the reaction to the Archie wedding story
reminds us that comic book characters hold a special place in our collective
memory. We follow their lives and their decisions as we do those of our friends
and family."
Archie Marries will also feature new material created specifically for the hardcover edition; including new front and back cover art by Goldberg, script excerpts, sketches, annotations and vintage cover art. In addition there's an exclusive interview with Uslan, Goldberg, inker Bob Smith and the rest of the creative team that produced the series. And finally the hardcover edition will also include a facsimile reprint of a classic Archie comic.
Archie Comics co-CEO Jon Goldwater, said, "We are absolutely thrilled with the designs for the special edition and know that Archie fans the world over will be thrilled as well."
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