Little Lulu, Volume 7: Lulu's Umbrella Service

Little Lulu: Graphic Novels

by John Stanley, Irving Tripp (Artist)

Book by Stanley, John

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

200 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2005

About the author

John Stanley was a comic book creator, best known for his scripting of Little Lulu's comic book exploits from 1945 to approximately 1959. While mostly known for his scripting, Stanley also was an accomplished artist who drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of Lulu. His specialty was humorous stories, both with licensed characters and those of his own creation. His writing style has been described as employing "colorful, S. J. Perelman-ish language and a decidedly bizarre, macabre wit (reminiscent of writer Roald Dahl)" with storylines that "were cohesive and tightly constructed, with nary a loose thread in the plot". Cartoonist Fred Hembeck has dubbed him "for my money, the most consistently funny cartoonist to work in the comic book medium".

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

Reviews

[Tim Field · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lulu’s Umbrella Service is number seven in Dark Horse’s inexpensive series of reprints of John Stanley and Irving Tripp’s Little Lulu stories for Dell Comics.
These stories hold up well; I laughed aloud at the dynamic art, the goofy dialogue, the imaginative tales and the endless theme and variation on the war between boys and girls.
Each volume in the series is a keeper.
Highly recommended for kids and adults.

[Ezzo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awww, sweet childhood memories. Grew up reading little lulu. It was a treat reading them as an adult in English, as I read them in a different language back then, but nevertheless little lulu’s books -all of them - are all still wonderfully amazing.

[Tim Pieraccini · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decidedly charming, and more than intermittently amusing. Edging towards a four star...

[Stewart Tame · Rating 4 out of 5]

John Stanley is one of those creators who deserve more recognition among comics fans. His simple, clean style and his pacing of gags are a constant delight. Yes, he wrote and drew kids comics, but of such quality as is rarely seen. Good stuff, highly recommended!

[♥KRiSTiN3♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love these books.
It's like a cartoon show in a book! :]

[Jae Hyun Han · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't remember but i don't think i enjoyed it.

[Mas5thgrade2011 · Rating 5 out of 5]

very funny book

[Mas5thgrade2012 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! hpe 2 start the others.....
-pbandj23

i loved this book it was so funny cant wait to read the others...
-basketballgirl-