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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Another Tip Top Tipple: A Nancy and Two Sluggos (feat. McOnion) from 1959

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As is evident from even a quick reading, John Stanley was a bit burned out on Little Lulu in 1959. He had every right to be. Fifteen year...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Scavengers of Snacks and Sexual Status: "Tom and Jerry" from Our Gang 19, 1945

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John Stanley co-opted the "Tom and Jerry" feature in Our Gang Comics in 1945. For a few precious stories, he converted it into ...
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Saturday, July 14, 2012

"The Little King" Pt. III: Stanley's 1950s Man-Child

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In the mid-1950s,  John Stanley was fully occupied with his work on the best-selling Little Lulu and Tubby comic books. The potentially ...
Monday, July 2, 2012

Addled Inventor Creates Already-Extant Mammals, Ungulates, Junk Mail; Mute Assistant Suffers Self-Evident Fate With Stoic Calm; three stories from Clyde Crashcup 2, 1964

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It's getting tougher to find something suitable to present to you, here at Stanley Stories . Yet there are a still new-to-blog goodies...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

For Safiyyah: A Pair of Nice, Long “Little Lulu” Stories from 1947 (via Four-Color one-shot 139)

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I am occasionally made aware of younger readers of Stanley Stories . Recently, I got this nice e-mail from reader Safiyaah Khan: A...
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Saturday, May 19, 2012

Looking For "Tub" In All The Wrong Places: Proto-Tubby Stories from Our Gang Comics 15, 1945 and New Funnies 107, 1946

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While working on my just-released bibliography of John Stanley's 1940s comic book work, I gave every non- Little Lulu Stanley story ...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Poison Salads, Anyone? "Andy Panda" from New Funnies 88, 1944: story, lettering and some art by John Stanley

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Here is the third in a series of rare early John Stanley stories scanned for our enjoyment by Michael Barrier , who kindly helped me compl...
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