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Title	Creator	Publisher	Series	Price
Nancy #2	John Stanley	Drawn and Quarterly	The John Stanley Library	$23.75 ($29.95 list)
Read more and comment...	By our count the fifth volume in Drawn Quarterly's nascent John Stanley Library. As with all previous volumes in the series, this one is a finely crafted work of book design by Seth, for whom the John Stanley LIbrary is a lifelong dream come true. This volume is a standout in that it contains one of the most popular of all Nancy comics: Four Color 1034 - Nancy and Sluggo Summer Camp, from the summer of 1959. In addition, the other issues collected each contain an episode of the John stanley creation, "Oona and her Haunted House."
Giant-Size Little Lulu, Volume One	John Stanley, Irving Tripp	Dark Horse	Little Lulu	$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	This hefty 650+ page book brings back into print the first three volumes of Dark Horse's collected Little Lulu in one big book. Here we have the entirety of the Dell Four Color, Little Lulu one-shots along with the first five issues of the stand alone title. If you (or anyone you know) missed out the first time around, now's your chance to get started with one of the most lauded kids comic book series around.
Melvin Monster, Volume 2	John Stanley	Drawn and Quarterly	The John Stanley Library	$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	by John Stanley The fun continues in this, the latest volume of The John Stanley Library, the fabulous and fetish-worthy series of Seth-designed hardcover volumes that constitute Drawn and Quarterly's ongoing effort to bring the light of John Stanley to the dim and impoverished corners of the the comics reading world. Melvin Monster is the first title to receive a second volume, and, intriguingly, this fact (that this is the second volume) is not indicated anywhere on the cover of the volume, but is only noted on the idicia located in the standard position at the bottom of the first page of the first story; perhaps this was done in homage to the original issues, which, likewise, displayed no numbers on their covers. Whatever the case may be, this volume, like the first, contains three complete 32-page issues, for a total of 96 full color high resolution scans of the original comic book pages presented on high grade flat white paper. A true treat for the already initiated, and another chance for the rest to see the light.
Art In Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940 - 1980	Sharon Rudahl, John Thompson, Willy Mendes, Pat Boyette and more ...	Abrams ComicArts		$35.00 ($40.00 list)
Read more and comment...	<<•>> edited by Dan Nadel <<•>> The long awaited follow up volume to Nadel's pioneering 2006 anthology of rarely seen and under appreciated comics, Art Out of Time, has at last arrived! This time around we have a tighter focus. While much of the work contained in Art of Time originally appeared in newspapers and broadsheets, all the work contained in this volume originally appeared in comic book form between 1942 and 1980. Extending and expanding his mission to bring art world curatorial standards to comics, Nadel has provided an informative introduction to the book as a whole, along with separate one-page explanations of the underlying reasoning behind each of the thematically groupings into which the work is divided: "Demand and Supply," "Where They Were Drawing From," "It's All In the Routine," and "Expansive Palettes." The artists included here range from the golden age superhero work of H.G. Peter and Mort Meskin, through the post-WW II "atomic age" genre work of Bill Everett, Matt Fox, Jesse Marsh and Pete Morisi, and also including early work focused on hardboiled detective, Sam Hill, by the one and only Harry Lucey, who is best know for his 1960s work on Archie Comics. Another artist whose work included here ranges far from their iconic work is John Stanley, who is best known for his multi-decade run Little Lulu. Nadel has dug up a couple of obscure horror tales from 1962 that should be quite a surprise to most Stanley collectors. Also from the 1960s we have Sam Glanzman's Kona and Pat Boyette's career high, the 25 page, "Children of Doom" from 1967. Heading into the underground era we have fairly obscure yet nonetheless era-defining work from Willy Mendes and John Thompson. And, finally, on the cusp of the undergrounds and the alternative revolution that supplanted them is Sharon Rudahl's 34 page epic, The Adventures of Crystal Night, is presented here in its entirety. Essential, we say.
Thirteen Going On Eighteen	John Stanley	Drawn and Quarterly	The John Stanley Library	$33.95 ($39.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Fans of John Stanley, who is best known for his work on Little Lulu and Tubby – as well as any fan of traditional, straight-up comic books, for that matter – are sure to be pleasantly surprised by their encounter with this, possibly the least well known of his works. And Drawn and Quarterly is so confident that not only will you agree with this assertion, but that you will be so enamored of this Stanley & Co. creation that you will be grateful for their decision to provide you with a double dose right out of the gate. That's right, this initial volume of Thirteen Going On Eighteen collects the first nine complete issues of the series and weighs in at a wollapin' 336 pages. And, as purchasers of the first two volumes of D & Q's ongoing John Stanley Library series – Melvin the Monster, and Nancy – already know, this is another beautiful Seth-designed, embossed, hardcover volume.
Nancy	Seth, John Stanley	Drawn and Quarterly	The John Stanley Library	$22.22 ($24.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Drawn and Quarterly continues their long held dream to present the works of John Stanley in deluxe, Seth-designed volumes. Pretty much everything we said about the premiere volume in this series, Melvin Monster, holds true for this one, and then some!
The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics	Walt Kelly, Bob Bolling, John Stanley, Harvey Kurtzman and more ...	Abrams ComicArts		$35.00 ($40.00 list)
Read more and comment...	edited by Art Spiegelman and Francois Mouly If the amazing kids' comics from the halycon days of yore are your thing, then you've hit the jackopot with this one! Well over 300 pages of classics, all scanned from the original comics themselves, and printed at approximately 120% of the originals. These scans have been digitally cleaned up a bit, so there's no newsprint background tones, just the flat white paper that they're printed on. While this might upset some purists, it was probably a good call as this book is clearly going to be marketed as a gift for children as well as for older fans, and lay people will have difficulty appreciating the nuances of newsprint; and they did a more than decent job of balancing the tones. The book is, somewhat arbitrarily, divided into five sections: Hey, Kids; Funny Animals; Fantasyland; Storytime; and Weird and Wacky. The book successfully draws across the spectrum of children's comics from the twenty years following the close of the second world war – the golden age of kids' comics that fed the baby boomers' imaginations before television took over. While certainly no one is going to agree with every choice, the editors – along with the board of advisors – picked a good crop of comics that is certain to contain favorites of every fan as well as win the hearts of every reader and, more importantly, is sure to capture the imagination of the next generation. Includes work by all-time greats Carl Barks, Basil Wolverton, Harvey Kurtzman, John Stanley, Bob Bolling, Walt Kelly, and many, many more (even Dr. Seuss, who started out in comics). Get a sneak peek, here (just click on the image of the open book at the top right, under "Sample Toon Treasury").
Melvin Monster	John Stanley, Seth	Drawn and Quarterly	The John Stanley Library	$17.77 ($19.95 list)
Read more and comment...	Drawn & Quarterly launches their long held dream project of a John Stanley Library with this lush, Seth-designed hardcover volume containing 112 pages of full color comics – all scanned from the original comic books, for that collector frisson (all that's missing is the smell) – that originally comprised the first three issues of the 1965 Dell series. Seth has lavished his designer attentions on this book and it is another fine fetish-worthy volume. Not sure if Melvin Monster is for you (or, perhaps, a child near you)? Well then, just take a moment out of your busy day to peruse this full color preview and see what you think.
Little Lulu: Lulu Goes Shopping #1	Irving Tripp, John Stanley	Dark Horse	Little Lulu	$9.95 ($9.95 list) OUT OF STOCK!
Read more and comment...	All we have to say is, "It's about time!" Well, that's not all, really. First off we'd like to thank the folks at Dark Horse Comics for dedicating their resources to this important project. John Stanley's Little Lulu is one of the great runs in the history of comics: 145 consecutive issues of simple yet elegant, straightforward yet disarming stories about Lulu and Tubby, their pals and their parents. Like Carl Barks, his contemporary at Dell Comics (Lulu's original publisher) John Stanley -- with the indispensable assistance of inker/finisher Irving Tripp -- had that rare ability to produce work capable of simultaneously engrossing the sensibility of a child and charming that of an adult. In this inaugural volume we are presented with the entire contests of issues #6 - 12 of Marge's Little Lulu (the full title, as the character of Little Lulu was created by Marjorie "Marge" Henderson Buell in 1935 for The Saturday Evening Post; despite the fact that she had nothing to do with the comic book series, it nevertheless kept her name), originally published by Dell in 1949. The covers are absent, however. Presumably this is a rights issue of some sort, but Dark Horse was mute on this topic, being regrettably brief in their introduction to this series, with no explanation as to this lack, nor for their reasons for initiating the series with the sixth issue. Not only are the first five issues of the numerical series skipped over, but the ten four color one-shots that preceded them. Will these be issued at a later date? Let's hope they let us know. But this is a minor quibble. Dark Horse did a fine job: the reproduction is uniformly excellent and it is printed on a decent quality, flat, bright white, 6" x 9" stock; 218 pages in all. John Stanley's Little Lulu, while long enjoying the ardent support of a core group of readers, is still under appreciated given the quality of his work. If you are unfamiliar with his work, do yourself a favor and check this book out. It may not be your cup of tea, but if it is, you'll have a lot to look forward to. In addition, this volume offers an ideal way to introduce a young reader -- or a reader of any age, for that matter -- to the joys of comics.
Little Lulu Volume Four: Sunday Afternoons	John Stanley			$9.95 ($9.95 list) OUT OF STOCK!
Read more and comment...	Another 200 page volume of classic John Stanley Little Lulu is now here. THE perfect lazy summer read.
Little Lulu Volume 2: Little Lulu Takes a Trip	Irving Tripp, John Stanley			$8.95 ($9.95 list) OUT OF STOCK!
Read more and comment...	This volume reprints the original Little Lulu issues #13 - 17. Like the first, it is a solidly produced 200 page 6" x 9" volume printed on nice flat white paper stock. We understand that one of the stories in this volume has two or four pages printed out of order, but we feel that this is a but a quibble next to the enjoyment to be found in these classics of comics innocence. To learn more, check out our comments on the first volume in the series.

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