tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post8481820473792132546..comments2023-06-16T05:57:18.370-07:00Comments on STANLEY STORIES: Pottle Poses As Pirate; Puzzles Parents, Peers; Performs Proudly; from Raggedy Ann and Andy 34, 1949--story and art by John StanleyFrank M. Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673579882180372546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-80666324826940788492012-10-08T11:48:19.183-07:002012-10-08T11:48:19.183-07:00WOW! I did read the Pottle stories when they were...WOW! I did read the Pottle stories when they were new and I was 6 years old. I remember searching comic racks for more after the series was inexplicably terminated. Your hunch is right: I was and still am "sensitive" and introverted. Thanks to comics like this (among other influences), I chose writing as a career. What a pleasure to see Peterkin again after more than 60 years! THANK YOU.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07913395146439572475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7157513690234917810.post-16790798878219918522010-06-23T07:58:28.220-07:002010-06-23T07:58:28.220-07:00Thanks for sharing such a lovely story. I think it...Thanks for sharing such a lovely story. I think it might be worth some publisher's while to collect all 7 (?) of the Pottle stories into a single volume and hire you to write a nice intro and accompanying notes. The Pottles left me cold when I first read them, but I must admit they are growing on me. I liked the pirate adventure very much. I loved how how Pottle blasts 3 masts at once and makes Swiss cheese out of a ship's hull. The humor here, and the way the images run as a kind of secondary, parallel storyline reminds me very much of Lulu's fantasies that she spins out to Alvin. In any case, how great that Stanley built up a significant body of stories that pay tribute to the fertile realm of children's imaginative fantasies without being treacly.Paul C.Tumeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05398929835829679477noreply@blogger.com