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> [Once publishers got interested in it, it was a year in developing, and it was launched, I think, in 1960. But Willie Lumpkin didn't last long - it only last a little better than a year, maybe a year and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/once-publishers-got-interested-in-it-it-was-a-year-in-developing-and/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

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## More by Dan DeCarlo

> [The first book that they gave me was Jeannie, a young teenager. I went on with her maybe ten books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/the-first-book-that-they-gave-me-was-jeannie-a-young-teenager-i-went/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/when-i-found-this-opportunity-to-answer-the-ad-i-got-the-job-and-i-ve/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [Because they feel that without them telling you to do this, you wouldn't have had the characters that you have, you wouldn't have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/because-they-feel-that-without-them-telling-you-to-do-this-you-wouldn/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [I started working with Timely in 1946. Stan Lee hired me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/i-started-working-with-timely-in-1946-stan-lee-hired-me/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [After about twenty issues of Josie, they decided to pay me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/after-about-twenty-issues-of-josie-they-decided-to-pay-me/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [Then is when I decided to take it to Archie to see if they could do it as a comic book. I showed it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/then-is-when-i-decided-to-take-it-to-archie-to-see-if-they-could-do/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [Once publishers got interested in it, it was a year in developing, and it was launched, I think, in 1960. But Willie Lumpkin didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/once-publishers-got-interested-in-it-it-was-a-year-in-developing-and/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [Then he took me off Jeannie and he gave me Millie the Model. That was a big break for me. It wasn't doing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/then-he-took-me-off-jeannie-and-he-gave-me-millie-the-model-that-was/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [That's the problem today: Who is the creator?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/that-s-the-problem-today-who-is-the-creator/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [I designed all the characters, anyway, and Frank Doyle was doing all the writing. I didn't have any more input on what direction they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/i-designed-all-the-characters-anyway-and-frank-doyle-was-doing-all/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [There were eleven publishers in New York City, and when it was all over, I think it went down to four or five, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/there-were-eleven-publishers-in-new-york-city-and-when-it-was-all/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [I brought samples in, because I didn't have any comic book samples, and I brought all these illustrations that I had influenced by Norman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/i-brought-samples-in-because-i-didn-t-have-any-comic-book-samples-and/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

> [What made me want to go into doing comics was I was working as a laborer with my father, a gardener.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-decarlo/what-made-me-want-to-go-into-doing-comics-was-i-was-working-as-a/)

[Dan DeCarlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-decarlo/)

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