Betty and Veronica Get New Guy to Fight Over

Friday, 28 January 2011 | by Pat's Picks

f Archie couldn’t choose, how am I supposed to? Yesterday, I noticed frequent Pat’s Papers retweeter Alex Segura Alex Segura had recently taken a job with Archie Comics. So I tweeted a photo that the legendary Archie Comics artist Dan DeCarlo did for me in Edmonton in 1992. And apparently, some people were amused to see a different guy sandwiched between Betty and Veronica. The drawing got passed around on Twitter all afternoon before landing on MTV’s Geek blog.

I met DeCarlo, who passed away back in 2001, when he was at a local comic book store signing autographs. I covered his visit for CFRN TV and my photographer, Barry Fontaine, asked him if he could draw me so my closing on-camera “standup” in the report could be cartoon Pat instead of real Pat. Dan took that and ran with it.

Archie is particularly popular in Canada, and I was among the big Archie comic fans growing up. So it was a real traet to get this great drawing and I had it framed immediately.

More about Dan DeCarlo via Wikipedia

Archie Comics Official Website