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Dan DeCarlo Quotes

Dan DeCarlo quotes

American Cartoonist December 12, 1919 – December 19, 2001

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Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it to Richard Goldwater, and he showed it to his father, and a day or two later I got the OK to do it as a comic book. Dan DeCarlo
Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to well and somehow when I got on it became quite successful. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me."
I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me. Dan DeCarlo
I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustrations that I had influenced by Norman Rockwell and a couple of the other big boys. That's all I had, that's all I brought. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as..."
What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener. Dan DeCarlo
Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't have the book that you have. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young..."
The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books. Dan DeCarlo
There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and then finally just the three of them, the Big Three. Dan DeCarlo
I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they were going to go with Josie. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "That's the problem today: Who is the creator?"
That's the problem today: Who is the creator? Dan DeCarlo
Once publishers got interested in it, it was a year in developing, and it was launched, I think, in 1960. But Willie Lumpkin didn't last long - it only last a little better than a year, maybe a year and a half. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job..."
When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since. Dan DeCarlo
Dan DeCarlo quote: "After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me."
After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me. Dan DeCarlo

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