Background
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Smith grew up in Grayland, Washington.
Born in Aberdeen, Washington, Smith grew up in Grayland, Washington.
After studies at Grays Harbor College, a community college in Aberdeen, he graduated in 1974 from Western Washington State College (now Western Washington University), 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 District of Columbia"s Plastic Manitoba, 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 European Commission Comics in the 1950s.
He worked for District of Columbia until 2001, inking numerous titles, including Star Trek, Secrets of Haunted House, Green Lantern, The Huntress, Who"s Who in the District of Columbia Universe, Detective Comics and Black Canary, while also working on District of Columbia style guides and other items for Joe Orlando"s Special Projects Department.
Smith drew cartoon features for Crazy Magazine, and he also did work at Continuity Associates. In 1998, he began inking many titles published by, usually collaborating with Stan Goldberg, and also inking the Archie daily and Sunday strips.
Living in Covington, Washington, he continues to embellish pages for
Distributed by the Creators Syndicate, the Archie comic strip is written by Craig Boldman, pencilled by Fernando Ruiz, lettered by Jon Doctorate’Agostino and inked by Bob Smith.