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John Stanley (March 22, 1914 – November 11, 1993) was an American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu comic book stories from 1945 to 1959. While mostly known for scripting, Stanley also drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of ''Little Lulu'' and its ''Tubby'' spinoff series. 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)",〔(Welcome to Stanley Stories--The Blog! )〕 with storylines that "were cohesive and tightly constructed, with nary a loose thread in the plot".〔"John Stanley" by Don Phelps in the 1976 New Con Program Book〕 He has been compared to Carl Barks,〔Seth (2009) "John Stanley's Teen Trilogy", in Ben Schwartz, ed., ''The Best American Comics Criticism'', Fantagraphic Press, Seattle, Washington. This is an updated version of an article in ''Comics Journal'' #238 (2001).〕 and cartoonist Fred Hembeck has dubbed him "the most consistently funny cartoonist to work in the comic book medium".〔(IGN: The Fred Hembeck Show: Episode 42 )〕 Captain Marvel co-creator C. C. Beck remarked, "The only comic books I ever read and enjoyed were ''Little Lulu'' and ''Donald Duck''".〔Beck, C.C. "The Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics". Hamerlinck, P. C., editor. ''The Fawcett Companion''. TwoMorrows Publishing, 2001. p.48〕 ==Biography== John Stanley was born March 22, 1914.〔"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VS6C-55S : accessed 04 Mar 2013), John Stanley, November 1993.〕 Details about Stanley's early years are sketchy. He had an older sister Marion, two younger brothers, Thomas and James and a younger sister, Marguerite. He received a scholarship to attend art classes at Textile High School in Chelsea, Manhattan. Fellow student and future comic book artist Gill Fox when interviewed by ''Alter Ego'' magazine reminisced about Stanley "You wouldn't believe how good his work was at 16-as good as most professionals today." 〔("A Conversation with Gill Fox - Artist, Writer, and Editor (1940-43) of Quality Comics Group" Conducted and Transcribed by Jim Amash, ''Alter Ego'' no.12 (January 2002) )〕 There are also references to his attending an institution known variously as the New York School of Design or School of Art. Afterward he began working at Max Fleischer's studio as an opaquer and eventually in-betweening. He left in 1935 to work for Hal Horne contributing artwork to the then just starting ''Mickey Mouse Magazine'' (3rd series). From there he went to work on Disney merchandise art for Kay Kamen, while selling gag cartoons to various magazines (including ''The New Yorker'').〔(Stanley's New Yorker cartoon: A Second (MUCH Closer) Look ) Stanley continued contributing to the ''New Yorker'' for some years, including this example from the March 15, 1947 issue〕 In this period (1935–37) Don Phelps in his piece for the 1976 New Con program book notes that Stanley attended classes in lithography at the Art Students League of New York. Stanley then started working as a freelancer out of the east coast office of Western Publishing under editor Oskar Lebeck in 1943. Stanley during this time did stories for a range of characters, including Bugs Bunny, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda, along with his own creations such as Peterkin Pottle and Jigg & Mooch. His scripting was done much like a storyboard in animation, with rough drawings to guide the artists and the dialogue in balloons. Stanley was respected by his peers. Artist Dan Noonan who was a contemporary at Western Publishing during the 1940s in an interview stated that Stanley was, “one of the few truly capable and funny writers in the business. His stuff, the ideas he sent to ''The New Yorker'', for example, I would say had as high a sales percentage as anything from anyone in their history... And an omnivorous reader, always. He reads everything he can lay his hands on. I’d say he’s an authority on writers like Samuel Pepys and Boswell. He has a very strange, wonderful feel for words.”〔''Graphic Story Magazine'' #9 (Summer 1968)〕 Walt Kelly as an in-joke in an Oswald the Rabbit one-shot (''Four Color'' #102, 1946) has a pirate refer to a cannon that "in 1927 wouldn't say anything but 'John Stanley'-she's fickle" 〔("Just Saying" ) an installment of the ''Beautiful Balloons'' column in ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1664 (April 2010) p.17〕 Calling his story for ''Raggedy Ann and Andy'' #38 (July 1949) a classic, Maggie Thompson opined "Until John Stanley took over the Raggedys, they were a cheery duo whose adventures demonstrated that loving kindness was the attitude of choice. Suddenly, their world is a dark, unsettling place that is the equal of any nightmare: in this case, a castle that is an endless maze of despair. Yikes!"〔("Favorites" ) an installment of the ''Beautiful Balloons'' column in ''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1643 (July 2008) p.146〕 Stanley and his wife Barbara had two children, Lynda (born in 1958) and James (born in 1962). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Stanley (cartoonist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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