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His first published work was issue 4 of Betty and Veronica.

In 1951 DeCarlo starting freelancing for the company for which his name would become synonymous with, Archie Comics.

However, after approaching and being rejected by a couple of publishers he decided to shelve the idea. He was inspired by his wife’s cat costume for a fancy dress party, and subsequently naming the character after her. Interesting side note, Willie Lumpkin actually had a cameo in the 2005 Fantastic Four movie, played by none other than, Stan Lee.ĭuring this time DeCarlo came up with a character, Josie, of Josie and the Pussycats fame. He continued working for Timely on a freelance basis and in 1960 partnered with Stan Lee again to create a newspaper comic strip, “Willie Lumpkin the Mailman”. He drew for magazines The Saturday Evening Post and Argosy. This did, however, present some good opportunities. Transforming a poorly performing title into a huge success.ĭuring the comic industry’s falter mid-1950’s, DeCarlo was forced to give up his full-time position at Timely and become freelance. Starting in 1949, DeCarlo wrote and drew the romantic (mis)adventures of Millie Collins for a whole decade. Under the employment of Timely he got his big break when he was reassigned to Millie the Model. Common for the time, DeCarlo’s work on Jeanie was uncredited. Lee hired DeCarlo and assigned him to the teen-humour series Jeanie. Responding to the advertisement, DeCarlo was invited to meet Timely’s editor-in-chief, Stan Lee. Timely Comics had advertised a call for artist. She would later become his wife and a source of inspiration.Īfter the war, the couple returned to New York. Whilst overseas he went on a blind date with a Belgium girl called Josette Dumont. DeCarlo also painted cartoon mascots on the nosecones of fighter planes. There he designed posters and advertisements, as well as drawing the weekly military comic strip. However, once his artistic skills were quickly noticed and he was assigned to the drafting department.

Stationed in Great Britain, he originally served in the 8th Air Force worked. Inevitably, DeCarlo enrolled in the same university that Rockwell’s once attended, the Manhattan’s Art Students League.Īfter three years at art school, in 1941 DeCarlo was drafted for World War II. Young DeCarlo attended the New Rochelle High School and upon graduating, he actually phoned Rockwell to discuss his university options. DeCarlo grew up in a poor neighbourhood of New Rochelle, New York but dreamed of becoming an illustrator like his hero, Norman Rockwell. DeCarlo was an illustrator and comics artist best know for his work with Archie Comics.