tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post447323694742817376..comments2023-06-16T05:57:18.370-07:00Comments on STANLEY STORIES: Tubby and his Clubhouse Pals: A John Stanley MasterworkFrank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-12148340279392961432009-11-14T17:34:45.220-08:002009-11-14T17:34:45.220-08:00Thanks so much for posting the rousing adventures ...Thanks so much for posting the rousing adventures of Tub and his gang! I hope you take heart in learning how much your work is appreciated by all of us, your readers. Along with praising John Stanley for his wondrous, intricate plots and his character-based humor, I'd like to mention another aspect of his work that gives so much happiness. Stanley is deeply insightful in capturing the world of childhood, with all its joys and sorrows, its deep yearning and weirdly unrealistic fantasies and daydreams. He captures the carefree summer days, the happy-go-lucky adventures of childhood, and also portrays the dark, unreasoning fears, and the huge, frustrating gulf between the minds of adults and children. He's the poet laureate of childhood's days of wonder.Mr. Fantasyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05507795931965070759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-90000457725985928892009-08-06T09:12:37.739-07:002009-08-06T09:12:37.739-07:00Thanks for these great John Stanley TUBBY classics...Thanks for these great John Stanley TUBBY classics, Frank! This particular book was a staple in my childhood comic book library from the moment I acquired it back in the fall of '56!! Although I always fancied Stanley's LULU output much more, there was an undeniably odd quality that the best of his TUBBY tales achieved--despite the often lackluster finished art that Lloyd White provided. <br />Reading the Granpa Feeb stories today it is fairly remarkable how utterly frank and honest Stanley's depiction of old age was. When I first read these stories as an innocent 8 year old, the sad undercurrent of their meaning was totally lost on me. Just one more reason why John Stanley is, for me at least, the true unsung genius of 50s comic story-telling. Thanks again!!Elliothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12185207359423885242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-22301232745616223212009-08-04T08:33:57.993-07:002009-08-04T08:33:57.993-07:00So those are Lloyd White's finishes over Stanl...So those are Lloyd White's finishes over Stanley's layouts? Pencils? Makes one really appreciate Irving Tripp even more. I wondered what happened to the artwork in the "Tubby's" as opposed to the "Lulu's".<br /><br />Great stories- thanks. I didn't read Dells as a kid, I was strictly a National/ DC reader back then. It's been a real treat to discover John Stanley's great comics, as well as Carl Barks.Bret Littlehaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09673324807003717781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-64544529870131641142009-08-01T14:28:32.056-07:002009-08-01T14:28:32.056-07:00It says something for the staying power of this pa...It says something for the staying power of this particular comic that both stories were as familiar to me as if I'd read them last week. not an an easy 50+ years ago. Thanks for posting. I can't remember what else was in that special issue but I'm sure it'll ring more bells when you put them up.Chris Riesbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361434968521805027noreply@blogger.com