![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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