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’s Pal Tubby Volume 2 (2010)
Full-color reprinting of Tubby’s own comic book issues 7-12 which were written by John Stanley.
John Stanley
Irving Tripp
Little Lulu’s Pal Tubby Volume 3 (2011)
Full color reprinting of Tubby’s own comic book issues 7-12 which were written by John Stanley.
John Stanley
Irving Tripp
Little Lulu’s Pal Tubby Volume 4 (2011)
Full color reprinting of Tubby’s own comic book issues 19-24 which were written by John Stanley.
John Stanley
Irving Tripp
Tubby Volume 3 (2010)
This volume includes John Stanley’s stories from issues 9 through 12 of the Tubby comic book.
Lloyd White