Hermes Press bliver da bare bedre og bedre. I år vil de udgive en samling af definitive interviews med de store amerikanske humor serieskabere, og det er altså Pantheon, der er tale om her: CARL BARKS, WALT KELLY, HARVEY KURTZMAN, FLOYD GOTTFREDSON, JOHN STANLEY og MARGE BUELL. Måske kender I ikke Marge Buell, men det var altså hende, der skabte figuren Little Lulu som en ét-billeds gag strip til aviserne, før den blev til den mere kendte comic book serie, skabt af John Stanley og Irving Tripp. Jeg har en sjælden, gammel, pæn hc samling af Marge Buells “Little Lulu”, som jeg købte billigt på et tegneseriemarked i London i 80’erne. Jeg kan huske, at en 18-årig mand fra Sierra Leone morede sig meget over, at jeg kunne købe noget så barnligt. De andre tegneserier, jeg slæbte hjem til vores pensionat, syntes han var fede nok, men Little Lulu! Hold kæft, hvor blev jeg til grin hos ham! Han lo og lo ad mig, længe og hjerteligt.
From the Marge (Marjorie Henderson Buell) Papers at the Schlesinger Library, originally published in the Saturday Evening Post
Her er en af de tidlige hc’er med Marges “Little Lulu”, fra 1937:
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Illustrator and author of “Little Lulu” cartoon strip, Marjorie Buell was born in Philadelphia and lived in Malvern, Pennsylvania. She also did illustrations for the “Saturday Evening Post”, “Country Gentleman”, “Ladies Home Journal” and “Colliers”.
Og her er forsiden til den nye interview bog fra Hermes Press, som vi kan forvente senere i år, Hermes Press er bare for fed. Her er The Duck Man i gang med hvad der skulle blive det første af Another Rainbows signerede litografier, “Sailing the Spanish Main”, som jeg desværre ikke havde råd til dengang. Jeg havde kun råd til maleribogen, men den er jo også fed at eje.
Deluxe Paperback with endleaves and cover flaps: $39.00
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Creators of Humor in Comic
By Thomas Andrae
Now for the first time read definitive interviews and commentary on the greatest creators of humor comic books: CARL BARKS, WALT KELLY, HARVEY KURTZMAN, FLOYD GOTTFREDSON, JOHN STANLEY and MARGE BUELL.
Pop-culture historian Thomas Andrae, author of Creators of the Superheroes and co-author with Batman creator Bob Kane of Batman and Me, guides readers, with rare definitive interviews and commentary, through the history of humor in comic books presenting in-depth dialogues with Carl Barks, Walt Kelly, Harvey Kurtzman, Floyd Gottfredson, John Stanley and Marge Buell. See unpublished artwork by Barks, Kelly Kurtzman and Stanley. A must-have for fans Scrooge McDuck, Pogo, Mad, Micky Mouse, Little Lulu and Melvin Monster.
Og nu har Marge Buells to sønner skænket alle deres moders papirer om Little Lulu til Harvard universitet i USA, så er Little Lulu serien måske alligevel ikke så barnlig?
Little Lulu comes to Harvard
By Ken Gewertz
Harvard News Office
The Little Lulu papers have found a home at the Schlesinger Library.
One might wonder why this cartoon character with her button eyes, sausage curls, and frilly bloomers peaking out beneath the hem of her bell-shaped red dress deserves a place beside the likes of Emma Goldman, Amelia Earhart, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. But as her boyfriend Tubby often found to his chagrin, Lulu is no one to trifle with … or ignore.
According to Lawrence Buell, the Powell M. Cabot Professor of American Literature, Lulu’s feistiness and independence have a significance that transcends the world of cartoon characters of which she was part.
“Lulu seems to me to be of great historical interest as a barometer of young women’s assertiveness in a male-dominated culture,” Buell said.
Buell, whose normal area of expertise encompasses Emerson, Thoreau, and other figures of 19th century American literature, is specially qualified to speak with authority on Little Lulu. His mother, Marjorie Henderson Buell, created the cartoon character in 1935. This year, Buell and his brother Fred Buell, professor of English at Queens College of the City University of New York, gave their mother’s papers to the Schlesinger, America’s premier library of women’s history.
Lulu will hardly be out of place there. Her creator was the first female cartoonist in the United States to achieve worldwide success. Little Lulu has appeared as a syndicated newspaper strip, in comic books, animated cartoons, and as a spokesperson for Kleenex. And she has been translated into many languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, and Japanese.
“At one time, Little Lulu was second only to Disney in terms of sales and visibility,” Buell said. “But my mother made a decision to remain a small contractor rather than become a fast-track entrepreneur. She used to speak of her success in tones of wonder and bemusement.”
