What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener. Dan DeCarlo More Quotes by Dan DeCarlo More Quotes From Dan DeCarlo The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books. Dan DeCarlo teenager book firsts 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 cities new-york thinking 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 bigs break successful I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me. Dan DeCarlo timely 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 long years thinking 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 big because comic book When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since. Dan DeCarlo answer job found opportunity 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 day see father book 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 direction doing go writing After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me. Dan DeCarlo after about me pay That's the problem today: Who is the creator? Dan DeCarlo who creator problem today 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 without feel you book
