Twelve-Cent Archie (Comics Culture)

by Bart Beaty

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For over seventy-five years, Archie and the gang at Riverdale High have been America's most iconic teenagers, delighting generations of readers with their never-ending exploits. But despite their ubiquity, Archie comics have been relatively ignored by scholars - until now.

Twelve-Cent Archie is not only the first scholarly study of the Archie comic, it is an innovative creative work in its own right. Inspired by Archie's own concise storytelling format, renowned comics scholar Bart Beaty divides the book into a hundred short chapters, each devoted to a different aspect of the Archie comics. Fans of the comics will...Read more
  • ISBN13 9780813563855
  • Publish Date 28 February 2015 (first published 30 November 2014)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Rutgers University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 232
  • Language English