I’ve mentioned before that one of my most popular requests at comic book conventions is Archie Comics’ Betty Cooper as Spider Gwen. A number of these mash-ups are popular such as Veronica as Wonder Woman and Betty as Supergirl or Power Girl. SpiderGwen Betty is leaving them in the dust. I will most likely
One of my most popular themes at conventions is this mash-up between Archie Comics’ Jughead and Star Trek’s Mr. Spock. Star Trek mash-ups in general tend to draw a lot of attention and at the very least stop traffic at our table at conventions. Throw in Jughead as Mr. Spock and fans can’t get enough
The Fans Of Archie Comics Facebook page is one of the BEST forums out there for discussing all things Archie! Started by the great Adam Alamo, the FOACFB page has ballooned in a very short time to about six hundred members including many Archie artists both past and present. Its a great place to
Here is an interesting commission I did in San Diego during this year’s San Diego Comic Con. A revisitation of the classic Archie piece, Three On A Straw, this one features Archie with a new blonde and a new brunette in his life. Replacing Betty and Veronica are Bettie Page and Marilyn Monroe. This
Here is a sketch of Die Kitty Die’s Kitty Ravencraft dressed as Princess the female member of the classic anime cartoon Spaceteam Gatchaman edited and syndicated as Battle Of The Planets here in the US during the late seventies. As a kid growing up during that time, I was a big fan of the show
Here are more of the unpublished Archie sketches intended for a special 75th Anniversary book celebrating the history of the Archie Comics company. The book ended up being cancelled and I talk about it and my involvement in a previous post which you can read about here: http://fernandoruizeverybody.com/archie-75th-anniversary-sketches/ As I describe in my
I’ve been posting a lot of the sketches I’m drawing as rewards for the generous donors to our DIE KITTY DIE Kickstarter campaign. This Batgirl piece is my latest.
This is new ground for me! For all of my love of comic books and for all the time I read them and drew from them, I never ever drew Man-Thing before the above marker sketch. I never really read much about him but of course, I was aware he existed. I read enough
A longtime fan of the super hero genre, one of my favorite incarnations of Archie was Archie as the super hero parody Pureheart The Powerful. Sadly, in my twenty-two years with Archie Comics, I only had a few handful of opportunities to draw Pureheart, Captain Hero, and the rest. I’ll go into those opportunities
If you’re any kind of Archie fan at all, you should be on the Fans of Archie Comics Facebook page. It’s probably the best place to go a discuss America’s Favorite Teen-Ager. Not only are the members very nice and passionate about Ol’ Carrot Top, but the page is frequented by many Archie artists
