Best of the Sixties

Archie Americana #5

by Archie Comic Publications, Frankie Avalon (Introduction), John L. Goldwater (Contributor)

The sensational sixties… a time of dreams, hopes, revolution and sociall change! At the forefront of the decade were the nation's youth-- enjoying the latest fads, speaking their minds and defining a generation. Ever timeless, Archie and his friends came along for the ride, exploring both the fun and unique brand of humor, as only they could! Journey back with us now in this eagerly anticipated volume.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Humor, Fiction, Comix, Americana

96 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 1995

Reviews

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Archie Americana Series: Best of the Sixties collects a sampling of Archie stories from that turbulent decade.

I'll keep this short. I bought it during one of the many sales Archie had during 2020. The first and last stories were in the Archie 80th Anniversary Digest I read last week. As for the stuff in the middle, it's standard Archie stuff. I wish the artists were credited but it's the usual suspects of Sam Schwartz, Bill Vigoda, Dan DeCarlo, and the rest of the gang.

[Amory · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first book in the Archie Americana series that I actually liked! The plotlines for the 60s comics were more interesting and less repetitive than the 40s and 50s Archie comics

[Greg Kerestan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Archie can be very, very corny- occasionally it's a bit much to take, but sometimes it's endearing. Even more than the fifties volume, which started to lean that way, the first "Best of the Sixties" volume is packed with "topical" sketches: what if Archie wore skinny jeans? What if Jughead was a hippie? What if everyone was a hippie? It's all variations on "a new trend comes to Riverdale," with a lot less of the character-driven silliness and occasional absurdity of the last two books. This isn't high art, it's a "best of Archie" digest, but I still feel like this one was a bit of a let down.

[David O'Donnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Americana Series really goes downhill with this volume. You could overlook the lack of credits in the past for the decent reproductions — all that is still the same, but the story selection is way too skewed to tired trend tropes from here on out. The paperback collections they put out recently (though now out of print, get them while they’re still cheap!) under the Archie Superstars Presents label are better.

[Joe Stevens · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun if dated romp through the swinging 60s as Archie and the gang caught all the fads of that crazy era. The art has improved across the years since the 40s and 50s, but it still isn't too the level of the later artists.

[Remy]

2013 me reading this: who the fuck are the beatles--

2021 me, kicking myself across the jaw:

[Namratha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was read as a palate cleanser after attempting to sit through twenty minutes of Netflix' latest adaptation of the ARCHIES.

And it did its job.