Only a handful of men have drawn as many comic books as Dan DeCarlo. He was widely recognized as the supreme Archie artist. Didn't create the character, didn't even invent the broad strokes of the art style. But he did it so well that others were told, "Draw like Dan," and they all tried. He did create Josie (of Josie and the Pussycats) and co-created Sabrina the Teen-Age Witch. At the time of his death — alas, this morning — he was fighting a losing legal battle over those two successful properties. This is a hell of a thing to see happen to a man who drew such sexy girls and funny guys.
Dan was a charming man, impossible to dislike unless, perhaps, he was suing you. But maybe not even then. He lived cartooning and did it so well — and so often with little reward or recognition — that you couldn't help but love the guy.
Actually, in the last few years, he was starting to get some of the recognition he deserved. At comic conventions, the feeling towards him from his fans and fellow professionals was one of genuine love and respect. I'm sorry to see his life end when the recognition he deserved had so recently begun.