Today in Comics History, April 5: Happy birthday, Victor Gorelick!

Born on this day in 1941: Editor-in-Chief of Archie Comics Victor Gorelick!




from (top) "Editor's Notebook" in Archie (1959 series) #369 (Archie, August 1989);
(middle and bottom) Marvel Age #136 and #138 (Marvel, April 1994 and July 1994)



While not as known by the general public as Stan Lee, Victor was Also often written and drawn into his own company's comics! He's down at the bottom near the middle.


from "Running in the Fast Lane" in Archie #594 (Archie, April 2009), script by Hal Lifson, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Bob Smith, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Jack Morelli
More often, tho', Victor's appearances would definitely be on the meta side, explaining how those crazy Archie stories saw print!



from "Flower Power! " in Archie's Double Digest Magazine #150 (Archie, May 2004), script by George Gladir, pencils by Fernando Ruiz, inks by Al Milgrom, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida



from "A Simple Story" in Betty #121 (Archie, March 2003), script by George Gladir (also pictured!), pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by John Lowe, colors by Barry Grossman (?), letters by Bill Yoshida



from "Slapstick Shtick" in Everything's Archie #137 (Archie, August 1988), script by Rich Margopoulos (mentioned!), pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Rudy Lapick, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Bill Yoshida





from "Story of My Life" in Veronica #187 (Archie, April 2008), script and pencils by Dan Parent (also pictured!), inks by Jim Amash, colors by Barry Grossman, letters by Jack Morelli
Victor Gorelick passed away in 2020. His influence on the entire Archie line of comics is vital and immeasurable.


from Archie Comics cover-dated June 2020
Happy birthday, Victor Gorelick! You deserve a Whole bunch of Archie Awards!


from "The Archie Awards" in Life with Archie (1958 series) #285 (Archie, July 1991), script by Hal Smith, pencils by Stan Goldberg, inks by Henry Scarpelli