Alley Oop. Daily Strips from June 21, 1947 to Aug. 30, 1948.

Alley Oop (Kitchen Sink Reprint) #2

by V.T. Hamlin

Book by Hamlin, V. T.

Genres: Comics

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1991

Reviews

[Charlie Eckhaus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing into 1947-48, we have the lemme-at-em caveman founding ancient Egypt and being remembered via a most familiar monument. The pacing and the inter-episode segues are brisk. Hamlin's oft-impressionistic faces continue to intrigue me. I enjoy his costuming and backgrounds.

[Dan Blackley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is Oops adventure in Egypt.

[Dominick · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good collection of prime strips. The standout is perhaps the fourth dimension storyline, in which Oop and Boom end up in a wonky version of the Arabian Nights,ccomplete with genie and flying carpet, but it is all fun stuff, beautifully rendered, as one expects from Hamlin. Ooola is something of a fifth wheel, if not an actual irritant, though, for most of this volume, with the jealous girlfriend bit getting rather overplayed after the initial amusing kidnat story in Moo, in which Ooola tries to show Oop that she needs taking care of like other women--manifestly untrue. It starts to feel like Hamlin doesn't really know what to do with her. Nevertheless, dandy comic strips any fan of the medium should appreciate. Includes a brief introduction and a detailed chronology of Hamlin's life.

[Michael P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have become a fan. Alley Oop is a light-hearted, fun, and entirely readable sci-fi comic strip about an eon-hopping cave man. Most of his adventures in this collection take palce in Ancient Egypt after a sequence in pre-historic times. This is one of the better and more unsung comic strips I have read.