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Maurice Coyne (born Morris Cohen, September 15, 1901 – May 9, 1971) was an American publisher of magazines, books, and comic books; together with Louis Silberkleit and John L. Goldwater, he co-founded the company that became known as Archie Comics.
Louis Horace Silberkleit (/ ˈ s ɪ l b ər k l aɪ t /; [1] 17 November 1900 – 21 February 1986) was an American publisher of magazines, books, and comic books; together with Maurice Coyne and John L. Goldwater, he co-founded MLJ Magazines (later known as Archie Comics), and served as its publisher for many years.
Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Archie Comics), is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the village of Pelham, New York. [3] The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Sabrina Spellman, Josie and the Pussycats and Katy Keene.
Richard H. Goldwater (July 25, 1936 – October 2, 2007) was an American comic book president and publisher of Archie Comics, co-founded by his father, John L. Goldwater as MLJ Comics. [2] Goldwater originally joined his father's company after college, working various jobs before becoming editor-in-chief, with the goal to create family friendly ...
Henry Allan Hartley [2] (October 25, 1921 – May 27, 2003) [3] known professionally as Al Hartley, was an American comic book writer-artist known for his work on Archie Comics, Atlas Comics (the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics), and many Christian comics. He received an Inkpot Award at the 1980 San Diego Comic-Con.
Goldwater was born in East Harlem, New York on February 14, 1916, to Jewish parents. [2] " His mother died giving birth to him... and his father succumbed to grief, abandoning his baby and dying soon afterward," leaving the orphaned John to be raised by a foster mother, Rose Ettinger. [4]
Daniel S. DeCarlo (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001) [2] was an American cartoonist best known for having developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death.
After studying at the School of Industrial Art (now known as the High School of Art and Design), Gorelick joined Archie Comics at age 16, when it was being run by its original founders, John Goldwater and Louis Silberkleit. Gorelick began in the publisher's art department, making corrections, and learning how to color and ink.