Rudy Lapick

Rudolph E. "Rudy" Lapick[1] (17 November 1926[2] – 27 February 2004)[3] was an American comic book artist who worked as an inker for Archie Comics for many years.

After he married Mary Zema on May 30, 1948, the couple moved to nearby Yonkers, New York.

They had a daughter, Lorraine and two sons, Rudy Jr. and John.

Lapick maintained a long friendship with fellow Timely/Atlas artist Gene Colan, dating to their working together in the Timely art room starting in 1946.

[citation needed] Almost five decades later, he inked some of Colan's late-career work at Archie Comics.

Original art panels of Archie Andrews and Veronica Lodge , "The Reformer", in Betty and Veronica #157 (1969). Penciled by Dan DeCarlo and inked by frequent collaborator Lapick.