Bob Smith (comics)
Robert Allen Smith, better known as Bob Smith, is an American comic book artist, notable as an inker with DC Comics and Archie Comics.
Smith was born in Aberdeen, Washington, and grew up in Grayland, Washington. After studying at Grays Harbor College, a community college in Aberdeen, he graduated in 1974 from Western Washington State College, where he took courses in drawing and painting. After Smith became interested in comic books in 1971, he contributed to Mike Friedrich's Star Reach, published from 1974 to 1979.
Shortly after relocating in New York in 1975, Smith entered mainstream comics with the story "The Bogus-Men Will Get You if You Don't Watch Out!" in DC Comics' Plastic Man #12, continuing his art education at the Art Students League. From 1982 to 1987, he shared a studio with artist Batton Lash at 225 Lafayette Street, chosen because it is a comics historic address, the location of EC Comics in the 1950s.
He worked for DC until 2011, inking numerous titles, including Black Canary, Detective Comics, Green Lantern, The Huntress, Secrets of Haunted House, Star Trek, and Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe, while also working on DC style guides and other items for Joe Orlando's Special Projects Department.
Smith drew cartoon features for Crazy Magazine and also worked at Continuity Associates. In 1998, he began inking many titles published by Archie Comics, usually collaborating with Stan Goldberg, and also inking the Archie daily and Sunday strips. Living in Covington, Washington, he continues to embellish pages for Archie Comics.
Comic strip
Distributed by the Creators Syndicate, the Archie comic strip was written by Craig Boldman, pencilled by Fernando Ruiz, lettered by Jon D’Agostino, and inked by Smith.
Archie Comics
Bongo Comics Presents Radioactive Man #1–9 Radioactive Man #711 Simpsons Comics #98 Simpsons Comics Presents Bart Simpson #17
Charlton Neo
Paul Kupperberg's Secret Romances #1
Dark Horse Comics
Aliens: Colonial Marines #6
DC Comics
9-11: The World's Finest Comic Book Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember, Volume Two SC Adventure Comics #462, 464, 467–478 The Adventures of Superman #431, 433 Amethyst vol. 2 #6–7, 14 Arak, Son of Thunder #8 Arion, Lord of Atlantis #14–18, 20–22, 24 Atari Force #9, 11–12 Batman #319–320, 323–324 Batman Family #20 Batman: Gotham Adventures #38 Batman: Penguin Triumphant #1 Batman: Shadow of the Bat #26–29 Batman: Turning Points #3 Black Canary vol. 2 #1–2, 4–7, 9–11 The Brave and the Bold #153, 156 Cancelled Comic Cavalcade #1 Captain Atom #1–19, 22, 25–27, Annual #1–2 Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! #1, 3 Cartoon Cartoons #14, 17, 28, 32–33 Cartoon Network Action Pack #2–3, 6–8, 12–14, 16–17, 19, 21, 25, 27–28, 30–31, 33–37, 39–41, 44–45, 55 Cartoon Network Block Party #1–2, 5–6, 8, 12–14, 18 Cartoon Network Presents #2, 13 Catwoman #13–37, #0 Cosmic Boy #1–3 Darkstars #10 DC Challenge #1, 3 DC Comics Presents #39, 45, 63, 97 DC Special Series #4 DC Super Stars #17 Deathstroke, the Terminator Annual #3 Demon vol. 3 #14–17, 20, 23–29 Detective Comics #481–482, 486, 489–490, 492, 494, 496, 500, 532–533, 535–542, 545–546, 548–552, 555–567 The Flash #265, 290–292, 296–307 Forever People vol. 2 #3 Freedom Fighters #6 The Fury of Firestorm #54, Annual #4 Green Lantern vol. 2 #92, 108, 128, 154–155, 177, 199 Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #1, 5 Hardware #11, 15 House of Mystery #253, 256, 273, 275, 300–301, 310 Huntress #2–12, 15–19 Isis #4 Justice League America #54, 75, Annual #4 Justice League Europe #8, 20 Justice League of America #190, 201, 256–258 Justice League Quarterly #3, 14 Kamandi, the Last Boy on Earth #43, 45 L.E.G.I.O.N. '92 Annual #3 Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 3 #16 'Mazing Man #6, 10 Men of War #8 Mystery in Space #112, 116 The New Teen Titans #16, #21 The New Titans #68–69 Night Force #1–14 Omega Men #26–27, 36 Outsiders #22–23, Special #1 Plastic Man #12–13, 15–20 Robin #1–5 Robin II #1–4 Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #1–6 Robin vol. 4 #16, 35–41, 43–45, 47–49 Scooby-Doo #3, 7, 9, 11 Secret Society of Super Villains #1–2, 13–15 Secrets of Haunted House #9, 14, 37, 40 Shazam #32 Star Spangled War Stories #203 Star Trek Annual #1–2 Star Trek: The Next Generation Annual #4–5 Starfire #1 Starman #1–9, 11, 13–14 Super Friends #3–27, 29–30, 32, 35, 43, 45 The Superman Family #182, 184, 187, 193, 196 Tales of the Teen Titans #51 Tarzan Family #65 Teen Titans #44, 52 Teen Titans Spotlight #3 Timber Wolf #5 Time Warp #1 Tiny Toon Adventures Magazine #2 The Unexpected #200, 213 Unknown Soldier #210, 215 The Warlord #41, 43, 45, 47, 50, 70–71, 75, Annual #2, 4 Weird War Tales #69, 71, 107 Who's Who in Star Trek #2 Who's Who in the DC Universe #6, 10, 13 Who's Who in the Legion of Super-Heroes #3–6 Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #2–5, 7–18, 20–23, 25 Who's Who: Update '87 #1–2, 4 Who's Who Update '88 #3–4 Wonder Woman #269, 284–285 Wonder Woman vol. 2 #16 World's Finest Comics #244, 249, 257, 266–268, 270, 273–274, 276, 280, 297, 300
Celebrate the Century #1–4
First Comics
Warp #1–2
HM Communications, Inc.
Heavy Metal #v4#5
Malibu Comics
Prime #25–26
Marvel Comics
Crazy Magazine #15–16 Fury / Agent 13 #1 Power Man #47 Prime vs. the Incredible Hulk #0 The Savage Hulk #1
Star Reach
Star Reach #3–4
Awards and honors
In 2025, he was awarded the Inkwell Awards Stacy Aragon Special Recognition Award.