Ketchup by Ramón Pérez

i seem to be catching up on my ketchups... it's a sad state of affairs really.

so my official "ketchup" is ol' benny grim. i had hoped to colour him up... but time did not allow.

i had hoped to be more prolific with my post this week as i haven't posted in a dogs age on the twarts. but with work, webcomics, trying to buy my first home and all... spare time seems to be at a standstill.

since my offerings are slim, i thought i'd also share a partially inked ARCHIE as well as the pencils for my HELLBOY twart, both of which i hope to ink soon.

Archie by Nathan Fairbairn

Nah, this isn't some horny teenage fantasy of Veronica running off to have hot lesbian sex with Betty. I just always thought it was stupid how these two clever and smoking hot girls would let a tool like Archie (or any guy, for that matter) string them along. Even as a kid, I always expected the next story to be the one where the girls decide to be friends and tell Archie to go screw.

Archie by Ramón Pérez

okay, it's sunday night and i'm halfway there.

i was hoping to get this done before the week was out, but i was a guest at the new toronto wizard world this weekend which put an end to that thought. however i will try to ink it up before the end of next week and append it to this post.

unlike my fellow twarters i wanted to keep the classic feel of archie but render it more akin to the the newspaper strips of the era like juliet jones by stan drake. i also went so far as to steal a piece of americana by using a composition from a classic norman rockwell image which i have included bellow...

ARCHIE by Chris Samnee

In keeping with the "edgy" Archie theme we've got going this week, I've hidden a joint somewhere in this drawing. See if you can find it!

Scroll down for the answer.

It's in his desk! ;)

ARCHIE by Mr. Hawthorne

The entire gang is here, represented in one way or another. "No-Prize" to whoever can figure out the back story behind this. ;)

Oh, and you'll also notice a couple of nods to Andy's piece :)

best,
Mike

PS - Before anyone calls me on it, I KNOW that a state pen. would never allow someone that close the fence where they can reach inmates. Trust me, I know. Used my artistic license, so sue me.

EDIT: I posted the made up back story to this piece over on my blog. Thanks!

ARCHIE by Francesco Francavilla

(click on the above image for larger view)

No cover next week, I promise! ;)

Hope you guys dig it :)

EDIT: I just posted the original rough sketch and a few notes about the making of this cover over at my Pulp Sunday Blog: check it out, if you like that kind of things :)

Cheers,
Francesco

Archie & the Gang by Ron Salas

I know I haven't posted my Dan Dare yet but I got this idea for this week's topic that I wanted to get a jump on it.

I need to work on my cartooning more.