Artist: Dan DeCarlo, American (1919 - 2001) Title: Archie's Pals 'n' Gals #196, May Year: 1952 Medium: Ink on Paper Size: 16 x 11 in. (40.64 x 27.94 cm)
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Sabrina the Teenage Witch No. 1: Original Cover Art Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1996 Description: Original cover art to Sabrina the Teenage Witch #1 (1996) by Dan DeCarlo. Pen and ink on bristol board with vellum paper overlay with production notes, and clear acetate overlay with logo, Comics Code, and UPC box pastedowns. 11½x17" including margins. Very fine condition, foxing to margins. Cover art for the first ish of Sabrina's 1996 TV tie-in reboot. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Veronica No. 61: Original Cover Art Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1996 Description: Original cover art to Veronica #61 (1996) by Dan DeCarlo. Pen and ink on bristol board with logo, Comics Code, and UPC box pastedowns. 11½x16½" including margins. Very fine condition, offsetting to pastedowns, issue number pastedown lacking, signed by DeCarlo in black Sharpie in the bottom margin. Jet-set siren Veronica Lodge gets pampered for her passport pic. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Veronica No. 59: Original Cover Art Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1996 Description: Original cover art to Veronica #59 (1996) by Dan DeCarlo. Pen and ink on bristol board with logo, Comics Code, and UPC box pastedowns. 11½x17½" including margins. Very fine condition, offsetting to pastedowns, signed by DeCarlo in black Sharpie in the bottom margin. Riverdale's resident dream girl, looking lovely in her designer nightie, returns home from a somnabulistic shopping spree at Saks and Bloomie's. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Betty No. 55: Original Cover Art Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1997 Description: Original cover art to Betty #55 (1997) by Dan DeCarlo (inks by Alison Flood). Pen and ink on bristol board with logo, Comics Code, and UPC box pastedowns. 11¼x17½" including margins. Very fine condition, offsetting to pastedowns, signed by DeCarlo in black Sharpie in the bottom margin. Betty sports her mom's hippie-era duds in a bid for retro-chic. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Betty and Veronica No. 117: Original Cover Art Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1997 Description: Original cover art to Betty and Veronica #117 (1997) by Dan DeCarlo (inked by Alison Flood). Pen and ink on bristol board with logo, Comics Code, and UPC box pastedowns. 11½x17½" including margins. Excellent condition, signed by DeCarlo in black Sharpie in the bottom margin. Archie's tennis love collides with Betty & Veronica's passion for fashion. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Archie and Veronica Original Pin-Up Art [with] Single-Page Gag Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: c. 1997 Description: Original pin-up art by Dan DeCarlo (the comic in which it was published is unknown). Pen and ink on bristol board. 12x17" including margins. Fine condition, 1" tear with creasing and fingermarks to top edge, 1x1" abrasion with tape to verso, signed by DeCarlo in black Sharpie in the bottom margin. Included is a single-page story, ink on bristol board with several pasteovers, offsetting to pasteovers, signed by DeCarlo. Web Pleb: Archie gripes that Ronnie spends too much time online instead of "on mine" in this pin-up page. Included is a single-page gag strip in which the Archie gang gamely (read: lamely) tries to stay hep in the Internet age. A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Heading: Author: [Original Comic Art] DeCarlo, Dan Title: Dan DeCarlo Hand-Colored Original Art for Archie Comics "Say No To Drugs" Public Service Ad Place Published: Publisher:Archie Comics Date Published: 1998 Description: Original Dan DeCarlo artwork, pen and ink on heavy art board, hand-colored with watercolor paints by an unknown colorist (possibly DeCarlo himself), dated February 1998 on verso. Signed by DeCarlo. 11½x16½" including margins. Very fine condition, small scrape to bottom margin, marginal fingermarks, some color bleeding to bottom text box. A grinning, bug-eyed Archie Andrews holds hands with Betty as hearts and butterflies the size of softballs dance in the periphery of his vision. Who needs drugs? This image appears to have been intended for display in grocery stores (the blurb says the message is courtesy of "Archie Comics and Your Local Dairy"). A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com. Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Two prints by cartoonist/erotic artic Dan DeCarlo (American, 1919-2001) published by Fogelcomix in 2001. One titled "Burlesque", the other "Hot Number". Both likely limited edition prints, but only "Hot Number" has the small, CoA, signed by Jamie LeCarlo and Dan Fogel, which states it is 253 of a limited edition of 300. Both in clear plastic frames, as issued (?). From the collection of Albert J Raman. Size: 11" X 17".
CARTOON ILLUSTRATION ORIGINAL ART TITLED "LITTLE WHIMSY OF HERS, "WEARING THOSE SUNGLASSES" ; SIGNED DSD. WITH DAN DE CARLO STAMPS INVERSO - 10 1/4" x 14"
Autographs Historic Discovery Archive of Original WWII Airplane Nose & Tail Artwork Designs By Dan Decarlo Pre ARCHIE Comics Fame DAN DECARLO (1919-2001). Famous American Artist and Cartoonist Best Known as the Artist of the "Archie" Comics starting in the late 1950s and early 1960s, Drafted into the U.S. Army stationed in Great Britain creating Painted Mascot and Insignia Designs on the Noses and Tails of American military airplanes. When the United States entered World War II, a young man named Dan DeCarlo was drafted into the Army Air Forces. DeCarlo was then a Graphic Artist for the Army Information Office in Europe and he became very popular with friends by drawing colorful "Pinup Girls" for the noses of American bombers. This historical "Discovery" Archive is the most extensive and important collection of Artist Dan DeCarlo's WWII Hand-Painted original Design Drafts of Airplane Nose and Tail Art. This collection is comprised of Twenty Five (25) different, diverse and colorful examples of his Hand-Painted of Airplane Nose and Tail Art designs. To our best knowledge nothing else like it is known to exist for the now celebrated Dan DeCarlo, later of "Archie" Comics fame. These 25 exceptional original "Folk Art" style Hand-Painted examples are certainly well worthy of public display. In 1941, DeCarlo was drafted and stationed in Great Britain, where he worked in the motor pool and as a draftsman. He also painted company mascots on the noses and tails of airplanes, and also Drew a weekly military Comic Strip titled, "418th Scandal Sheet". This is a wonderful collection of his original Artworks that were preserved by his surviving family. There are 25 Original Hand-Drawn Folk Art Color Drafts (one being stuck to the back of another its face design not being seen). It is well documented and known that DeCarlo created such wonderful original artworks for the military airplanes. Nose art is largely a military tradition, being a decorative painting or design on the fuselage of an aircraft, usually on the front fuselage. While begun for practical reasons of identifying friendly units, the practice evolved to express the individuality often constrained by the uniformity of the military, to evoke memories of home and peacetime life, and as a kind of psychological protection against the stresses of war and the probability of death. The appeal, in part, came from nose art not being officially approved, even when the regulations against it were not enforced. Its highly individual and "unofficial" nature, these designs are considered "Folk Art" in style, each being representative of an archived group. It can also be compared and considered to be a form of sophisticated graffiti. In both cases, the Artist is often anonymous, and the art itself is ephemeral. In addition, it relies on materials immediately available. Some designs have been identified as to which Army Air Force Squadron or Group for which they were specifically designed. Plus, there are two additional designs created by other artists. Some of these Artworks are Signed, "D. DeCarlo" or Initialled, "DD" by Decarlo. Below find a brief listing of each individual Artwork, being photographed and displayed on our EAHA website's Online Auction Catalog: www.EarlyAmerican.com 1. Flaming Sword with Wings, Signed. 2. Figure riding a Lightning Bolt, Spitting Bullets from a Machinegun Barrel, Initialled. 3. Angel Wolf with Blood Dripping from it's Tongue, Initialled. 4. Demon Cat holding a Lightning Bolt, Initialled. 5. Running Twin Red Devils, Initialled. 6. White Rabbit Throwing Lightning Bolts, Initialled. 7. Winged Machinegun Firing, Signed. 8. Blue and Yellow Bullseye with Wings and crossed Arrow and Sword, Signed. 9. Red Devil being hit with Lightning Bolts, 384th Fighter Squadron. 10. Fist Punching up out a Cloud. 11. Angel Wolf with Blood Dripping from it's Tongue. 12. Skull with Bloody Sword and Bullet Holes Thru it, 363rd Fighter Squadron. 13. Blue Shield with Red and Yellow Zig-Zag Pattern, 55th Fighter Group. 14. Figure Riding Lightning Bolt Firing a Machinegun, 63rd Fighter Squadron. 15. Shield with a Compass and Gear, Aviator Wings and Bomb with Lightning Bolt, Ribbon at top "Ninil Impedit quominus", list of colors to used in pencil at lower left. 16. Winged Nut and Screw Riding two Machineguns holding a Lightning Bolt, 359th Fighter Squadron. 17. Heraldic Eagle clasping Arrows and an Olive Branch, Lightning Bolt Chevron on Breast, Ribbon at top "Cave-Toni Trui", Ribbon below "Fifty-Sixth Fighter Group", "PFC Vincent W. Grzclak" at bottom center. 18. Horseshoe and 4-Leaf Clover with three die and Boxing Gloves, 362nd Fighter Squadron. 19. Rabbit Riding a Carrot Firing a Machinegun. 20. Bulldog with Aviator Goggles and Helmet Biting a Lightning Bolt. 21. Crow Riding a Snake firing a Machinegun, 364th Fighter Squadron. 22. Shield with Chain Links, Ribbon below "Above The Foe", Initialled. 23. Circle with Poker Hand, 4-7s and an Ace, Signed. 24. Shield with Sunburst above, Signed. 25. Cardinal Head with Human Face in Beak, Lightning Bolt, Initialled. 26. Bugs Bunny Riding a P-38 Fighter, 435th Fighter Squadron, Signed "Nichols" at lower right. The 435th flew air defense prior to overseas duty, then flew combat in the European Theater of Operations from May 26, 1944 to April 25, 1945. This is the original Artwork design that was adopted as the Official Emblem for the 435th Squadron, approved on February 25th, 1944 as part of the 479th Fighter Group. A wonderful, important historical collection for WWII and Military Aviation Collectors and institutions, being offered at an extremely conservative estimate. Dan DeCarlo, Cartoonist who Drew Archie Comics, a cartoonist for 43 years who specialized in teenagers, drawing Archie, Veronica and Betty, creating Josie and the Pussycats, and Sabrina the Teenage Witch. DeCarlo died Dec. 18, 2001 in his native New Rochelle, N.Y., of pneumonia. Red-haired, bow-tied teenager Archie was created by Bob Montana for Pep Comics in 1941. But it was DeCarlo, who began freelancing for Archie Comics in 1957 and became its chief artist at Montana's death in 1975, who gave the Riverdale gang its contemporary look. DeCarlo, who often discussed the Archie crew as if the youths were part of his own family, gave Betty her trademark ponytail, Veronica her sports car, and kept all the characters in modern clothing as teenage tastes changed from mini-skirts to cargo pants. DeCarlo also added the third Archie girl, Cheryl Blossom, to the cast of characters. He patterned Josie after his own wife, French-born Josette Dumont, whom he met in Belgium during World War II. She became the real-life model for his DeCarlo girls, perky female characters with wide-set eyes, snub noses and voluptuous but properly clad figures. A cat costume that Josie DeCarlo wore to a costume party on a Caribbean cruise became the garb of Josie's all-girl band, and a bouffant hairstyle she adopted in the late 1950s became the norm for Josie and her pals Pepper and Melody. DeCarlo tried to sell "Here's Josie" as a comic strip in the late 1950s, but with no success. He later presented it to Archie Comics, which produced it as a comic book from 1963 to 1982. The company also spun off a cartoon "Josie and the Pussycats" with its theme song, "Josie and the Pussycats/Long tails and ears for hats." A big-screen movie adaptation was released last Easter weekend, with DeCarlo listed as a creator in the credits. But by then his little ink-sketch Josie had become the center of acrimonious litigation, and DeCarlo was so embittered that he refused to see the movie. In 2000, he sued Archie Comics for greater credit and cash for creating Josie only to have the company say that he was paid to create the character and that Archie Comics owned all rights. The company fired DeCarlo in May of that year. A federal court ruled that DeCarlo had waited too many years to sue over the issue, and in the end he was permitted to sell his past work but forbidden to draw the Archie gang and other characters anew. He was allowed to draw Josie, and remained in popular demand at comic book conventions. DeCarlo most recently drew characters from "The Simpsons" for a comic book and was planning two new series, "Lower East Side" and "Jessica and the Bunnygirls." DeCarlo grew up drawing, producing characters on friends' jackets and cars. He hoped to become an illustrator like his idol, Norman Rockwell, and studied at the Art Students League for three years. But when the U.S. entered World War II, DeCarlo was drafted into the Army Air Forces. He was a graphic artist for the Army information office in Europe and became popular with friends by drawing pinup girls for the noses of bombers. When DeCarlo met the real Josie in Belgium, he was unable to speak French, so he communicated with her through cartoons. It was then, inspired by her appearance, that he began drawing what would become the "DeCarlo girl" of his comics. After the war, the couple and their twin sons, Dan Jr. and Jim (now both deceased), moved to New York. Answering a help-wanted ad, DeCarlo got a job with Stan Lee at Timely Comics (later Marvel) drawing popular comics such as "Millie the Model" and "My Friend Irma," romance stories and westerns. Together with Stan Lee, he created a comic strip called "Willie Lumpkin." He also contributed several one-panel cartoons to men's humor magazines. DeCarlo began freelancing for Archie Comics a few years later. Despite the vitriolic dispute over ownership of the Josie characters, DeCarlo did receive credit as co-creator with George Gladir of "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," which was also converted from comic books into a television hit.
Dan DeCarlo Humorama Men's Magazine Cartoon Illustration Original Art (Humorama, 1959). This cartoon was used many times and was last seen in the July 1970 issue of Fun House. Caption: "I'll give you two good reasons why I like the new fashion." This illustration has an overall size of 10" x 15", and the art is in Very Good condition.
DAN DECARLO (American, 1919-2001) Men's magazine cartoon illustration, 1955 Ink on paper 12 x 9 in. Initialed lower left Caption: "Sandy never gets to work on time, but she makes a good showing." From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
DAN DECARLO (American, 1919-2001) Men's magazine cartoon illustration, 1956 Ink on paper 13 x 9 in. Initialed lower right Caption: "I told him I wanted something that would hang around my neck and attract attention." From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
