Yes, your eyes do not deceive! This is a FULL STORY of ORIGINAL ART we are offering by Archie Comics legend Dan DeCarlo!! This lot includes all FIVE magnificent pages of this complete story! DeCarlo drew this in 1997 for the comic Betty & Veronica #117 in a story titled Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make ANY Match. The art features Betty & Veronica themselves, dealing with first world problems. The pages are each approximately 11x17”, and contain some pin holes and slight wear and tear common from production handling. The art is not signed, but was donated directly from Dan DeCarlo’s estate.
Dan DeCarlo, who passed away in 2001, is well-known for his wonderful work with Archie Comics particularly with is deft handling of the characters Betty and Veronica. Dan’s career with drawing cute girls in comics went back to the 1940s working for Stan Lee drawing the comic book Jeanie, Millie the Model, and the My Friend Irma comic strip, and later pin-up girl gag cartoons for Humorama. Dan began working on Archie Comics in the late 1950s, and has been credited with modernizing the Archie gang to be in step with their time. As a part of Archie Comics, Dan created Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Josie and the Pussycats, named after his own wife Josie.
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