The Art Newspaper

All hail Archie!

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Published online 23 Nov 09

We’ve always had a certain fondness for the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art (or Mocca, as its fans know it), perhaps owing to its status as a next door neighbour of our own New York offices. Last week the gallery gave us further reason to admire it when our elevator doors opened to reveal an ornate framed portrait of famed comic character Archie, decked out as King Henry VIII. The painting is part of its current show, “The Art of Archie Comics” which opened last week and features unpublished comic art, animated cartoons, vintage ads, news clippings and custom collectibles spanning over 65 years. Since Archie has somehow managed to keep looking only 17 years old despite the decades in print, we hope the exhibition also reveals his youthful secret.

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