Been recently re-reading through a lot of my old ARCHIE Comics and once again I was taken aback by how great the artist of the strip Harry Lucey was! Harry was the primary ARCHIE artist during the sixties (and beyond), and he was the one who first illustrated the gang as the Mod, Peace and Flower Power scenes hit! He was even the guy illustraing most of those early issues where Archie and his friends formed their musical act, The Archies! Now, my favorite character in the Archie Comics series has always been Betty Cooper, and this is probably one of the main reasons why I love Harry Lucey so much- Besides drawing Archie and the Gang with perfect zest, Harry always drew the cutest, most adorable portrayals of Betty, and I just had to scan some of these terrific illustrations to share with y’all! These are just random passages from various strips, but I think Lucey really captured the essence of everything Miss Elizabeth Cooper is all about!
I’ve also scanned some complete Archie stories featuring Betty that I’ll have to upload on some future post!
