Dan DeCarlo
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Dan DeCarlo was born in New Rochelle, New York. He attended New Rochelle High School in his hometown, followed by Manhattan's Art Students League from 1938 to 1941, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. Stationed in Great Britain, he worked in the motor pool and as a draftsman, and painted company mascots on the noses of airplanes. He also drew a weekly military comic strip. He met his future wife, French citizen Josie Dumont, in Belgium after the Battle of the Bulge.
Later career
In addition to his comic-book work, DeCarlo drew freelance pieces for the magazines The Saturday Evening Post and Argosy, as well as publisher Martin Goodman's Humorama line of pin-up girl cartoon digests.
In his later years, he was involved in a bitter legal dispute with Archie Comics over ownership of Josie and the Pussycats characters, which were to be featured in the Josie and the Pussycats movie released in 2001 by MCA/Universal. In the midst of the dispute, the publisher terminated its 40-year relationship with him. Among his final works were a story for Paul Dini's independent comics title Jingle Belle, and stories for Bongo Comics' The Simpsons TV tie-in comic, Bart Simpson.
Death
DeCarlo, who lived near New Rochelle in Scarsdale, New York, died of pneumonia, according to his wife, although some press reports listed heart attack. He was predeceased by his twin sons, Dan Jr. and Jim, who assisted their father as inkers.