Yeesh, kill one prostitute and suddenly you find yourself in a state correctional facility for twelve months!
But thanks to the combined efforts of a prison-issue spork, a Rita Hayworth poster, and a little bit of elbow grease, I'm back to celebrate the anniversary of my last post by making fun of a talented artist whose body of work I greatly admire!
There are many great things that can be said about Dan DeCarlo. Heck, the guy basically defined the Archie style while creating every character that people actually remember outside of the regular cast (Case in point, if you mention Li'l Jinx to someone, most people think you're referring to an obscure rapper). And there are plenty of blogs out there that sing his praises on a regular basis.
Only on my blog, though, do you get to hear about his sordid history of crappy celebrity caricatures!
Well, okay, he could draw celebrities fairly well while adhering to the strict guidelines he always followed. But this picture is just weird.
Are those pictures all supposed to be of Brad Pitt? That's what the dialogue seems to imply, though it just looks like a collection of Archie Comics-Style Generic Pretty Boys tm. They don't even look alike. Also, one looks just like Reggie.
Maybe Archie singled out Brad Pitt for... some indiscernible reason? Okay, it's clear Dannyboy should've just drawn a bunch of Brad Pitt pics, because I have no idea what's going on with this cover. But which one is supposed to be Pitt anyway?
Oh, clearly it's.... I have no idea....
Well, whatever's the case, I'm sure we can all forgive Dan for deigning to look at a picture of a celebrity for the cover of an internationally-distributed comic book so that he could focus his energy on what was really important: depicting Veronica's right breast. That he never phoned in.
So, depending on when the Feds finally close in on my undisclosed location, I'll be back soon with more comic-based commentary! Stay tuned!
