Archiving Mid-Century Comics & Americana With Jerico Woggon

About this episode

Artist and comic archivist Jerico Woggon discusses his grandfather's legacy and his ongoing archiving project.

Artist and comic archivist Jerico Woggon chats with Washington Square Review editor Melissa Ford Lucken. Woggon, grandson of Ink Pot award recipient Bill Woggon who created the Archie comics’ character Katy Keene, inherited his grandfather’s decades old research, original art, and documents collection. While the mission of organizing the truckload of materials into an archive is new and ongoing, this artist has been living and leading in creative worlds his entire life. Note: The Katy Keene character discussed in this episode is the same character of the CW’s short-lived Katy Keene television series. Jerico on Facebook Jerico on Instagram Jerico’s Hand-crafted ties Article: Biding Time Under Lockdown with Legendary DTLA Artist Jerico Woggon Jerico’s Music Festival Art Installation _________________________ Website: Washington Square Review Melissa's Website: Adventures in MFALand Facebook: Melissa Ford Lucken Instagram: Melissa Ford Lucken

People in this episode

Host: Melissa Ford Lucken

Guest: Jerico Woggon

Topics covered

• comics
• archiving
• Americana
• art
• interview

Keywords

• comics
• archiving
• Katy Keene
• Bill Woggon
• art
• Americana
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Washington Square Review

Books & works: Katy Keene

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