Jetta

by Dan DeCarlo

Black and White reproductions of Jetta comics.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Art, Science Fiction

62 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Daniel S. DeCarlo was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style. As well, he is the generally recognized creator of the characters Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, Josie and the Pussycats (with the lead character named for his wife), and Cheryl Blossom.

Reviews

[Andy]

Dan DeCarlo's short lived comic series from the early Fifties serves up a Space Age spin on the Archie comics style. There's Neutron High School instead of Riverdale High, Joe's Blast-Inn instead of Pop's Chocklit Shoppe, etc. Jetta's boy friend is named Arky (sounds familiar!) and there's a Veronica Lodge style-vixen named Hilaria.

I thought the comics had an Archie's Mad House vibe about it because it was so weird. I could've done without the interpretations of Jetta drawn by obscure artists; I found it distracting from the book in a bad way.

[Nik Havert]

Dan DeCarlo created Jetta and Arky in the mid-1950s and had fun with these teens a Neturon High School in the far future dealing with the same things kids still deal with today. The art is delightful, and having these hard-to-find comics in one collection is a good deal.

[Neil Orts]

Really enjoyed these humorous 1950s visions of future teen life (where they will still play records!) from one of the best Archie artists ever. These are not the best comics ever made, but really interesting for the historical record, especially for the development of Dan DeCarlo's style.

The added pinups were distracting if not occasionally disturbing and for my part were completely unnecessary. But I suspect the sexed up versions of the teenaged Jetta was intended for the gay male audience (me).

[ISMOTU]

A fun slice of comic book history drawn by noted Archie Comics artist Dan DeCarlo. Basically a teen comedy set in the far flung future of 2052 (as imagined in 1952). Fairly standard teenage hijinks punctuated with phrases like "Now you're cooking with Uranium" but all brought to life with DeCarlo's unmistakable clean lines. (I'm not sure if we'll get jet-mobiles by then though)

[Eric]

Back to the future, Dan DeCarlo style. Great cartooning!