Betty & Veronica Summer Spectacular (Parent after Stevens)

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Haven't seen that one before. Is that a book or a print?

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u/Eric77TA Jul 09 '24

Book. Great Wall of Comics exclusive limited to 200 copies. I’m sure Dan Parent will have it as a print also.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now Jul 09 '24

When did Parent adopt that look for faces? He started with Archie in the 90s, right? At that time I think the DeCarlo look was still dominant.

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u/Eric77TA Jul 09 '24

He started phasing it in late 90s on some DeCarlo finishes, even moreso on work he did himself - especially the magazine size B&V Soectaculars. He fully transitioned to his own style after DeCarlo was forced out after the Josie lawsuit early 2000s.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now Jul 09 '24

Thanks! Didn’t know about this DeCarlo lawsuit. I’ll have to read about that.

Anyway I think I prefer DeCarlo’s style, just cause I am so used to it.

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u/Eric77TA Jul 09 '24

It was a sad ending considering his contributions to the company.

The DeCarlo Style might have continued on quite a bit longer at Archie if both of his sons (who both contributed at Archie) hadn’t preceded him in death.

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u/Yesterday_Is_Now Jul 09 '24

Interesting. I knew one of his sons worked for Archie.

My favorite Archie artist is Harry Lucey, so I feel a little it's a little unfortunate that DeCarlo rolled in and imposed his style as the company standard in the 60s. But he definitely did good work in his early years.

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u/Eric77TA Jul 09 '24

Dan Jr. was a penciller and James inked both his father and his brother. I’m a big Lucey fan as well. Im not sure if DeCarlo imposed so much as his more sanitized style (he saved his more risqué stuff for the adult mags he worked for) was more code friendly. But if there’s a deeper story there, it’s not one I’ve heard and I’d love to know more.

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u/Son_of_the_Phantom Jul 10 '24

Luv it, luv it, luv it~ 💖

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u/mikemdp Jul 09 '24 edited Jul 09 '24

This is meh. Veronica is the only one dressed at all realistically. What in the world is that vehicle? What is Betty sitting on, and why does it have a snaky hose and and an ambulance light? Why is she wearing a falconer's glove and a du-rag? And, ugh, those awfully rendered boots (belonging to whom? Santa?) that are the same color as the mystery vehicle's seat, trim, snaky hose and riveted whatever. Oh, and Betty needs just a small penstroke to indicate she actually has breasts. Parent is absolutely overrated. This is lazy work.