In 2005, aged thirty-four, Archie Moore undertook a residency for emerging First Nations artists organised by Campfire Group at FireWorks Gallery, Meanjin/Brisbane. He produced seven large, unstretched canvases that turned on his sharing his first name with the famous American comicbook character. The paintings implicitly emphasise his different childhood experiences as an Aboriginal boy—experiencing bullying, poverty, shame, low self-esteem, and abuse—with those of the American white middle-class teen. Moore went on to create related, but very different, works. After his winning the Golden Lion at Venice in 2024, it’s an interesting moment to look back at these ‘early works’.