tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post1341789299357392207..comments2023-06-16T05:57:18.370-07:00Comments on STANLEY STORIES: Existential fairy tale: John Stanley writes Raggedy Ann!Frank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-65990847023401467872008-08-24T07:56:00.000-07:002008-08-24T07:56:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting this interesting story. Stanley...Thanks for posting this interesting story. Stanley sometimes used a theme about children being places they shouldn't, that they get in trouble. The good thing is that they use their own wits--or have some fortuitous circumstance arise--to get out. <BR/><BR/>The situation presented here is out of a nightmare: wandering around in limbo, in futility, with an old man who has been there for "hundreds of years". Why has he been there? Why is a rag doll thirsty and need water? I guess you could pick Stanley to pieces on such things when he was aiming for entertainment, but there are layers to stories like these that say something about the artist. <BR/><BR/>I used to get slightly creeped out by stories like this when I was a kid. I didn't know they were by Stanley, I just knew they made me squirm. It's probably the theme of the trap or being lost. Brrrr. A kid's nightmare!Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-67066712672253573612008-08-23T16:32:00.000-07:002008-08-23T16:32:00.000-07:00A comparison of John Stanley to Steve Willis? Well...A comparison of John Stanley to Steve Willis? Well, that's not something you see every day!Rick Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129581782892360872noreply@blogger.com