Talk:Archie Goodwin (comics)

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you are so totally wrong john goldwater wrote the first archie comics —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.86.12.182 (talk) 19:35, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

The opening paragraph is worded very badly and needs revised. Also citation needs to added to the first paragraph as well.

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- J Greb (talk) 01:58, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

a few points to discuss

• In the introduction it states:

"for Marvel he set up the creator-owned Epic Comics as well as adapting Star Wars into both comics and newspaper strips."

Yes, Goodwin did adapt Star Wars into both a comic book and a newspaper strip. However, Marvel Comics had nothing to do with the newspaper strip. It was the Los Angeles Times Syndicate that was responsible for that.

• In the Epic section"

"Goodwin set up the Marvel Graphic Novel series, giving a number of artists and writers their first break as well as allowing established Marvel staff to work with material too difficult or 'adult' for the monthly titles."

This really needs a citation. Goodwin didn't edit the first two issues of the series and only edited 7 of the first 14 issues. See GCD search. Also most of the Marvel Graphic Novels were by established creators (Starlin, Roy Thomas, Craig Russell, Claremont, Ron Wilson) and it's a bit of a stretch to describe the New Mutants and the Super Boxers as being "difficult or adult".

• Famous name

There is now a citation for this. As this was Goodwin's first published prose work it's a bit more than mere trivia. Other articles will cite a writer's first published work. Mtminchi08 (talk) 02:45, 29 January 2011 (UTC)

Was he named after "the real" Archie Goodwin in Rex Stout's books? Or is it completely a coincidence? By the time he was born, 3 or 4 Nero Wolfe books had been published. Wastrel Way (talk) 22:21, 13 August 2022 (UTC) Eric

Archie's mini-series, Goddess, is the most movie-able comic series I have even seen. Ten times better than Batman, Superman, or John Carter. And totally topical as an incredible extension of the Gaia hypothesis, albeit with fantastic adventure, world-shattering scenes, and really bad guys. I'm amazed no one has made a movie of this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.64.240.34 (talk) 03:08, 31 March 2012 (UTC)