Bob Montana Originals

I'll never be able to pick a favorite Archie artist. Each one brought something important and unique to the character. These strips were drawn by Archie co-creator Bob Montana, upon whose work every other Archie artist built.

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Archie's Cousin, Andy Andrews

Archie Comics has posted the original art to an old story featuring Archie's cousin, Andy Andrews. Link

Archie With a Twist

My eight-year-old daughter developed a new cartooning style for herself last week. She decided to draw the Archie characters in this new style and posted the results here on her art blog. I think Archie Comics should give her a holler and put her to work.

Archie Sunday Comic

Archie Sunday Comic

Archie Sunday Comic

Archie Sunday Comic

Archie Sunday

Archie Sunday

Archie Sunday

Bob Montana Original Archie Sundays

Bob Montana is one of my favorite cartoonists. Among Archie artists, it's awful hard to pick a favorite... but when I see Bob Montana's work, it just feels like I'm seeing the way Archie was meant to be. He was Archie's co-creator (which took several decades for Archie Comics to admit, and even then, not until after his death) and did the newspaper strips up through the 1970s.

These are original Montana Sunday strips. The inking is awesome.