The Best Loved Man In Comics: A Birthday Tribute To Archie Goodwin

Archie Goodwin, born this day in 1937, had a career in comics that's staggeringly impressive by virtually any standard, but that's never really the first thing anyone talks about when his name comes up. Mention him, and the response you get won't be about the writing and editing that he did in thirty years working on superheroes, or his collaborations with artists like Walt Simonson, Howard Chaykin and Alex Toth, or how he was at the forefront of revitalizing the industry through licensed comics, or how he helped to shape an entire generation of creators, or even his long tenure working on newspaper strips. At least, not at first. No, the first thing that anyone will tell you about Archie Goodwin is that he was, in the words of Tim Plcher and Brad Brooks, "the best-loved comic book editor, ever." Continue reading…