Melvin Monster: Collected from the First Three Issues of the Dell Comic Book Series 1965: v. 1 - Hardcover

Stanley, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 189729963X ISBN 13: 9781897299630

Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly, 2009

Synopsis

A first republication of alternative works by the late children's comic strip creator best known for the Little Lulu cartoons includes the complete ten-issue series about an oddball monster boy who wants to go to school and behave nicely.

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About the Author

JOHN STANLEY (1914-93) was a journeyman comics scripter in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his scripts for the majority of the Little Lulu comics produced by Dell, and is considered by many comics historians to be the most consistently funny and idiosyncratic writer ever to work in the field. He left comics bitterly sometime in the late 1960s, never to return.

From the Back Cover

The classic children’s comic strip in a handsome new archival series, designed by Seth
John Stanley is celebrated as one of the great children’s comics writers for his work on the Little Lulu series. In fact, the Lulu work is a small part of his output; he drew and continued to write many other comics―notably his work on the 1960s teen comics from Dell (Thirteen, Dunc and Loo, and Kookie) and his monster comedy strip, Melvin Monster.
Drawn & Quarterly is planning to launch an extensive reprinting of much of Stanley’s work in sleek volumes designed by Seth. The first in this series is the two-volume Melvin Monster collection featuring all ten issues about the oddball monster boy who just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he’s told. Designed to fit nicely with Drawn & Quarterly’s reprinting of Tove Jansson’s Moomin series, these comics are great reading for all ages. Stanley’s reputation as a great storyteller and visual comedian is richly deserved―few golden- or silver-age comics stand the test of time the way these comics do.

Edition details

• Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 189729963X
• ISBN 13: 9781897299630
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 280