John Stanley
(1914 - 1993)
John Stanley was an American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing the comic book Little Lulu from 1945 to 1959.
While mostly known for scripting, Stanley also drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of Little Lulu and its Tubby spinoff series.
His specialty was humorous stories, both with licensed characters and those of his own creation.
His writing style has been described as employing “colorful, S. J. Perelman-ish language and a decidedly bizarre, macabre wit (reminiscent of writer Roald Dahl)” with storylines that “were cohesive and tightly constructed, with nary a loose thread in the plot.”
He has been compared to Carl Barks, and cartoonist Fred Hembeck has dubbed him “the most consistently funny cartoonist to work in the comic book medium.”
Captain Marvel co-creator C.C. Beck remarked “The only comic books I ever read and enjoyed were Little Lulu and Donald Duck.”
Bibliography
Little Lulu Volume 19 (2009)
The nineteenth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics switches to full color and contains issues 88-93.
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Little Lulu Volume 2 (2005)
The second volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics.
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Little Lulu Volume 20 (2009)
The twentieth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics switches to full color and contains issues 94-99.
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Little Lulu Volume 21 (2009)
The twenty-first volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics switches to full color and contains issues 100-105.
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Little Lulu Volume 22 (2010)
The twenty-second volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and contains issues 106-111.
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Little Lulu Volume 23 (2010)
The twenty-third volume of this reprint of John Stanley’s Little Lulu comics is in full color and contains issues 112-117.
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Little Lulu Volume 24 (2010)
The twenty-fourth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and contains issues 118-123.
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Little Lulu Volume 25 (2010)
The twenty-fifth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and contains issues 124-129.
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Little Lulu Volume 26 (2011)
The twenty-sixth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and contains issues 130-135.
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Little Lulu Volume 27 (2011)
The twenty-seventh volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and reprints Marge’s Little Lulu Giants #3 and #4.
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Little Lulu Volume 28 (2011)
The twenty-eighth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and reprints Little Lulu Giants #5 and #6: Marge’s Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp and Marge’s Little Lulu and Tubby Summer Fun.
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Little Lulu Volume 29 (2011)
The twenty-ninth volume of this reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics is in full color and reprints Marge’s Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp #2 and Marge’s Little Lulu and Tubby Halloween Fun #2.
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Little Lulu Volume 3 (2005)
The third volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics.
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Little Lulu Volume 4 (2005)
The fourth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics.
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Little Lulu Volume 5 (2005)
The fifth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics.
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Little Lulu Volume 6 (2005)
The sixth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 18-22.
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Little Lulu Volume 7 (2006)
The seventh volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 23-27.
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Little Lulu Volume 8 (2006)
The eighth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 28-32.
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Little Lulu Volume 9 (2006)
The ninth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 33-37.
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Little Lulu’s Pal Tubby Volume 1 (2010)
Full color reprinting of Tubby’s own comic book issues 1-6 which were drawn as well as written by John Stanley. The first four issues were actually four colors #381, 430, 444, and 461. Marge’s Tubby than began with issue 5.
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