Bob Smith, a Washington native, began working in mainstream comic books as an inker shortly after moving to New York in 1975, working on DC Comics’ Plastic Man. Bob continued to work at DC Comics inking numerous titles including; Star Trek, Secrets of Haunted House, The Huntress, Green Lantern, Detective Comics, and Black Canary.

Beginning in 1998, Bob began inking a variety of titles at Archie Comics, collaborating with industry legend Stan Goldberg the majority of the time, while also inking the Daily and Sunday Strips for ARCHIE COMICS.