Sad Archie Club News #1

President and co-publisher of Archie Comics, Richard Goldwater, passed away last week at the age of old. He was the son of John Goldwater, one of the heads of MLJ, the comic book company that created Archie. MLJ gave birth to Archie in a 1941 issue of Pep Comics. If you're like me, you remember thinking the day that issue came out, "He's no Cubby Bear." It was the elder John who arranged the deal with Spire Christian Comics to allow Al Hartley use of the Riverdale characters for a line of "Christian Archies." Anyway, his son Richard started working for the company in the fifties and remained there until his death. Archie Comics made the official announcement concerning Goldwater's passing over the weekend and you can read it here. Funny enough, most of the obits I've read so far did the same thing I just did and spoke primarily of his father's achievements. Sorry about that Rich. (In the photo L-R: managing editor Victor Gorelick, co-owner and publishers Michael Silberkleit and Richard Goldwater. Click to enlarge.)

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[Banyon II]

RIP old chum...he never answered the letter I sent him about how to write for Archie comics two years ago.