Thirteen Going on Eighteen: The John Stanley Library
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (634 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1897299885 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Make a Date with Val I can't write about this comic book series better than Seth, the designer of this set, does in the introduction. He helped me see things in it I'd not seen before. But what I did see before was the same whimsical, wonderful writing that animates John Stanley's Little Lulu comics, and the first time I came upon a Thirteen comic, I said, 'Wow, where have you been all my l. Stanley's teen comic -- a real revelation! Drawn & Quarterly has already done well enough by John Stanley with its collections of the creator's work on Dell's NANCY and MELVIN MONSTER. What those earlier volumes (especially the latter) lacked was a sense of perspective for those of us who are still catching up with Stanley's LITTLE LULU work and want to know how, exactly, these lesser-known efforts compare with . Michael R. Brown said Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic". Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about "Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic"" according to Michael R. Brown. Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about 2 teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior 2 volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic" Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about 2 teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior 2 volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the 3 for the Me. for the Me. teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior "Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic"" according to Michael R. Brown. Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about 2 teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior 2 volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic" Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about 2 teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior 2 volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the 3 for the Me. for the Me. volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the Big volume in the JSL reprinting his "teen comic" Well, here we are with the third in Drawn & Quarterly's "John Stanley Library". This is the first volume reprinting Stanley's teen comic "Thirteen Going on Eighteen", about 2 teen girls, Val & Judy.Unlike the prior 2 volumes in the Library, Melvin Monster & Nancy, this volume is BIG, as it reprints *9* comics from that series, #1-9. This, as compared to the 3 for the Me. for the Me
John Stanley (1914–93) was a journeyman comics scripter in the 1950s and 1960s.He is most famous for his scripts for the Little Lulu comics produced by Dell, and is considered by many comics historians to be the most consistently funny and idiosyncratic writer to ever work in comics.He left comics bitterly in the late 1960s, never to return.
The main agenda of Thirteen is humor, ranging from gently observed to flat-out wacky, but there’s a warmth and genuineness here that their Riverdale counterparts lacked. Most were short-lived, but Thirteen (Going on Eighteen) lasted 29 issues. --Gordon Flagg . It centers on boy-crazy ’tweens Val and Judy, whom it’s tempting to view as a grown-further-up Lulu and Annie, but as alt-cartoonist Seth observes in his introduction, they’re more like Archie’s Betty and Veronica with an inner life (Stanley revisits childhood in backup stories featuring Judy Jr.—apparently a younger version of Judy—a despotic tyke who makes Lucy Van Pelt look like Gandhi). From Booklist After Stanley left Little Lulu, around 1960, he created other comic books in various genres. The firs
D+Q has embarked on an archival series of Stanley's comics, including Melvin Monster, Around the Block with Dunc and Loo, Kookie, and Thirteen Going on Eighteen. Thirteen Going on Eighteen focuses on the friendship and rivalry of two teenage girls, Val and Judy. Stanley's stripped down approach perfectly captures the fever pitch of the teenage years. Each comic is a darkly hilarious look at the social maneuverings and betrayals of the teen set. THE LATEST TITLE IN THE JOHN STANLEY LIBRARY DESIGNED BY THE CARTOONIST SETHIn the early to mid-1960s, John Stanley turned his attention to drawing and writing his own series rather than working with the already established licensed characters he is most well-known for, such as Little Lulu. He creates a teenage sitcom and turns it into an anguished character study.