Little Lulu Volume 8: Late For School [Paperback]

John Stanley (Author, Artist), Irving Tripp (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Lulu | Publication Date: February 21, 2006

Long hailed as one of the best (and funniest) comic books ever published, Little Lulu is once again a reading staple for kids of all ages thanks to these new collections of the classic material! Whether she's spinning the tallest tale of her life to sooth the savage neighbor tot Alvin, hatching schemes to invite both friends and enemies to her birthday party, or winning prizes in ski jump contest she hasn't even entered, Little Lulu's adorable antics will leave you breathless with laughing and eager to keep reading!

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The eighth volume in Dark Horse's complete Little Lulumay be more noticeably dated than its predecessors. Besides the conspicuous absence of TV, there are such anachronisms of 50 and more years' standing as handcart peddlers, soda jerks, men wearing hats, and hoboes. Heck, Lulu's pesky neighbor Alvin's portable phonograph is a remnant of "olden days" if you're under 30, and those who can appreciate the humor of Lulu successfully distracting her parents by yelling, "Look at the flying saucers!," are, if not all "seniors," very well versed in the crazes of the fifties, indeed. And since when have children uniformly been cowed by their teachers, as Lulu, Tubby, and company are at the end of the first story here? And where in the U.S.A. today could little girls lead and later pursue a live turkey all over town, as Lulu and her punk-precursor pal Annie (oh, that spiky hair!) do in "Lucky Lulu"? But if the details are historical, the humor, even if it is innocent as well as smart, is timeless. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Dark Horse (February 21, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593074530
• ISBN-13: 978-1593074531
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars DARK HORSE CONTIUES TO RE-PRINT CLASSIC LITTLE LULU, March 6, 2006

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This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 8: Late For School (Paperback)

In 2004 Dark Horse obtained the rights to re-print the Little Lulu comics and fans have been happy ever since. Seven volumes were released in 2005 with this volume, number 8, being the first to arrive in 2006. The collections reprint the Dell comics that began in 1945 featuring Marge Buell's character that was originally created for the Saturday Evening Post. The Dell comics were handled by legendary cartoonist John Stanley who wrote the stories and did the layouts. Stanley was also well known for his Nancy & Sluggo comics, also for Dell. Finished art was provided by Irv Tripp. Little Lulu at it's height was certainly as popular as Peanuts and comic fans are thankful to Dark Horse for bringing these brilliant comics back in print.

The cast of Little Lulu includes her parents. Alvin, Tubby Tomkins, Annie and more. This latest volume provides some 200 pages of single page comics, and multi-page stories. In one, Lulu decides to dress up as a boy in order to join the boys club and foil their plot to runaway from school...after all the girls can't keep being the best students in school if there are no boys to be compared to...When Lulu is given the dare of stealing the rival gang's flag, you know she's in for trouble. In another lively story, Lulu wins a live turkey from a butcher shop but refuses to have it killed for Thanksgiving and instead takes it home as a pet, but all her dad can see is diner!

Tubby not only co-stars with Lulu but also gets several solo stories of his own. In one he does his best to get away from his annoying little cousin Pete but Pete turns the tables on him in the end. In another, Tubby is asked by his mother to pickup their Christmas tree which tubby is sure is the biggest and best in town. But when that rat, rich kid Wilbur ruins Tubby's tree, Tubby has to find a quick alternative...and all he has is .15 cents. Lulu and Tubby have several adventures together including a ski trip where Tubby promises to give Lulu lessons, with remarkable results.

These collections show a true master of cartooning at work. Stanley's sense of timing, sight gags, and one-liners mark him as one of the genre's all-time greats. This is classic material in every sense of the word. This just proves again that great comic strips never get old!

Reviewed by Tim Janson

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Snap these up while you can... they are priceless!, February 6, 2007

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This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 8: Late For School (Paperback)

I recently finished plowing through the collected paperback editions of the classic 1940s/1950s "Little Lulu" comics, and wanted to put in my vote... yes! yes! yes! True, it's a little disappointing that the strips are reprinted in black-&-white and not in the original color versions, but the real genius of these works is in the draftsmanship of artists John Stanley and Irving Tripp, and once you get onto their wavelength, even these half-size B&W reprints are a pure delight. They can say so much with such economy -- a single panel of Lulu's unbridled mischief can have you laughing your head off, and here, in this multi-volume collection, you've got a real treasure trove of some of the best graphic-art humor produced in the 20th Century. Great stuff, highly recommended, and major kudos to Dark Horse for making this artwork both available and affordable.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great purchase., September 9, 2011

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This review is from: Little Lulu Volume 8: Late For School (Paperback)

Great price, I thought it was a single slim comic, but it happened to be a compile of several issues from the series. It took a while to get it after ordered though.