 Shortly afterward, Arnold was concerned over what he saw as Fine's undynamic storytelling, and had Fujitani and DiPreta do pencil-breakdowns for a story each that Fine would finish penciling and inking; DiPreta's starred the character Uncle Sam.At some point, he studied at Columbia University and the University of Connecticut.DiPreta's first generally accepted solo art credit in comics is a one-page humor filler in publisher Quality's "National Comics" #8 (Feb. 1941).