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Daniel S. DeCarlo (December 12, 1919 – December 18, 2001) [2] was an American cartoonist best known for having developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style up until his death.
In 1946, he began drawing Archie daily and Sunday strips for 700 newspapers. He died of a heart attack on January 4, 1975, while cross-country skiing in Meredith. Dan DeCarlo then took over the strip. The Archie comic strip was written by Craig Boldman, pencilled by Fernando Ruiz, lettered by Jon D'Agostino, and inked by Bob Smith until June
Frank Doyle (November 17, 1917 – April 3, 1996) was the head writer for Archie Comics for over thirty years. He wrote over 10,000 stories featuring the Archie characters . [ 2 ] Artist Dan DeCarlo referred to Doyle as "the best".
December 10: Dave Graue, American comic artist (continued Alley Oop), dies at age 75 in a car accident. [105] December 16: Derek Bauer, South-African comics artist and cartoonist, dies in a car accident at age 45 or 46. [106] December 19: Dan DeCarlo, American comics artist (Archie Comics), dies at age 82 from a heart attack. [107]
Archie Comic Publications, Inc. (often referred to simply as Archie Comics), is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the village of Pelham, New York. [3] The company's many titles feature the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Jughead Jones, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Sabrina Spellman, Josie and the Pussycats and Katy Keene.
This is a list of American comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of comic books , graphic novels and comic strips , along with early innovators. The list presents authors with the United States as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries.
The character's essential look, however, was the work of future Archie Comics's Dan DeCarlo, who would later create Josie and the Pussycats and other Archie icons. DeCarlo's 10-year run on the series, from #18–93 (June 1949 – November 1959), was succeeded by the team of writer Stan Lee and artist Stan Goldberg , a.k.a. "Stan G.," the main ...
He became a full-time comic book writer in 1959, doing one-page gag fillers for Archie Comics' Archie's Joke Book as well as for other titles. [3] Writer and artist credits were not routinely given in comic books at that time. and Gladir's first confirmed credit is the gag page "Sign Language", drawn by Dan DeCarlo , in Archie's Girls Betty and ...