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I am still looking for the following stories viewers have asked about. Do you know what issue any of these are in? If so, please contact me at dmmaki@MichelesWorld.net
If you are looking for your favorite Little Lulu or Tubby story, you might find it in the list below of Found Lulu Stories. Or you might look at Jon Merril's Little Lulu Comic Index or Tubby Index.
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1. A white bracelet
2. Tubby Tomkins more
famous than Napoleon
3. Fudge that makes wishes
come true
4. Lulu looking
around a bush down at little space ships
5. Lulu watching a
magician sawing a woman in half
6. Tubby and a
Chinese laundry ticket
7. A girl in the snow
like the Little Matchbox Girl story
9. Lulu told not to hold a
bakery-bought cake by the string
10. Lucretia and the
midget jewel thief
11. Santa tossing presents
down to people from the sky
12. A dome worn that
affects music ability
14. "No more
____, no more pool, you must go to summer school"
15. A Martian
wearing a "cancellator helmet"
16. Iggy chewing
sticky candy with his mouth wide open
17. All work and no play make Jack
18. An enchanted house with an old woman that is there one
day but gone the next
19. Alvin pulls Lulu out of the bush and
sits on her for the rest of the story
20. Lulu was in the park with a
merry-go-round
21. Lulu and Alvin running from a skunk - also a bazaar
23. A character named Yogurt Wheatgerm
24. I'll
just give these dishes a lick and a promise--I'll promise to
finish licking them in the morning.
25. Lulu or Tubby made
orangeade or lemonade and only used one orange or lemon
26. Lulu
vaccuming watermelon seeds
1. A white bracelet
I have memories of some Lulu story involving a white bracelet.
Have you seen that one, or am I just nuts?
2. Tubby
Tomkins more famous than Napoleon
The most powerful memory of Little Lulu I have was a scene
between Tubby and Iggy. Tubby was telling Iggy his
fantasy. He said something like, "What I want when I
grow up is for Miss Feeny tosay to the class, 'Who is Napoleon?'
and the kids won't know. Then she'll say, 'Who is Alexander
The Great?' and the kids won't know. But then she'll say,
'Who is Tubby Tomkins?' and the kids will go, 'YEAAA!'"
Something like that. I read that almost fifty years ago and
never forgot it. I'd love to find that strip again.
Do you know it? (Note: This might be in a Tubby comic)
A) I found a story with an incident similar to this:
"The Super Puzzle" LL #123 September 1958. Tubby is
talking to Lulu and he created a "super fantastic gigantic
jigsaw puzzle"; people will forget about all the other great
inventions when they hear about his. He tells Lulu,
"Somebody will ask 'When did Benjamin Franklin invent
electricity?' an' everybody will answer, 'Who's Benjamin
Franklin?' Then somebody will say 'When did Tubby invent the
super colossal jigsaw puzzle?' an' everybody will yell '1958'!
3. Fudge that
makes wishes come true
Lulu is licking fudge from a sundae and her wishes come true.
(Note: There is a story called The Magic Fudge, in #32 Feb. 1951,
in which Lulu makes some fudge that allows her to fly wherever
she wants to go.)
4. Lulu
looking around a bush down at little space ships
I remember a LL comic where space ships are landing, little white
space ships with antennae. And LL is looking over a fence
or around a bush or something down at the little space
ship. Could this have been in a Tubby comic? I would
like to search for that issue, whatever it is. Thanks so
much.
5. Lulu
watching a magician
sawing a woman in half
I have a question concerning Little Lulu that I hope you can
answer for me. There is either a Little Lulu comic book or
animated cartoon in which Lulu is watching a magician perform the
sawing a woman in half illusion. Do you happen to know the
title of the comic book or the name of the episode of the cartoon
in which this took place? I'd appreciate receiving this
information if it's available.
6. Tubby
and a Chinese laundry ticket
The only story I remember is TUBBY and a Chinese laundry ticket.
It was probably around 1953 or 1954 and I think it was reprinted
in an annual. How can I get a copy of that story.
Note: I received the following remarks about this question:
1. ) The only story in a pre-1958 Tubby comic that has
anything Chinese is "The Stamp Collector," in which
Tubby tells Wilbur's father that he has a rare stamp that the
Chinese laundryman gave him, and Wilbur's father begs Tubby to
sell it to him, but Tubby says he'll give it to him if he spanks
Wilbur, and the stamp turns out only to be a picture of the
stamp. It is in Tubby #10, Oct-Dec 1954. Maybe the story you
remember was in a Little Lulu comic?
2. ) This is a funny story (aren’t they all) but the one I vaguely remember seems to have had more Chinese laundry in it?
7. A girl
in the snow like the Little Matchbox Girl story
I remember a Little Lulu story about a little girl in the
snow. It seemed somewhat like the Little Matchbox Girl
story. Does that sound familiar? Little Lulu was my
favorite comic book back in the 50's.
8. Lulu
using a piece of gum attached to a string to retrieve a coin
What is the name of the Little Lulu book in which Little Lulu
spots a coin in a city storm drain and takes a piece of gum
attached to a string and lowers it into the storm drain to
retrieve the coin?
Note: There is a story in which Lulu gets a coin using gum on a
stick rather than a string: "The Leftover Christmas
Tree" LL #54 Dec. 1952
9. Lulu
told not to hold a bakery-bought cake by the string
My question is which was the comic that Lulu's father told her
never to hold a bakery bought cake by the string because it will
break and of course lulu buys a cake from the bakery and holds it
in the box by the string and it falls?
Note: I received this message: Regarding question #9: "Lulu told not to hold a bakery-bought cake by the string." Could this be "Takes the Cake" in Four Color #158? In that one, Lulu tells Tubby the correct way to hold a cake is by the string, which Tubby does, and the cake falls and Tubby steps on it.
10. Lucretia and the midget jewel thief
Now, I think the other story came from Lulu, but I'm not sure.
Anyway, it involved a character named Lucretia, and Lulu was
chasing her but when she caught her and yelled out her name, the
character who, from behind looked like Lulu's friend, turned
around and to Lulu's shock, was not Lucretia at all, but was a
little woman who blurted out at her, "I'm
______,(name lost to time) the midget jewel thief!"
And so, the police were called and Lulu was a hero for catching
her!
11. Santa tossing presents down to people from the sky
I think it would be Xmas 1959. I believe I was in the 5th
grade. Maybe 6th, which would make it 1960, I
think. The story was about Santa and his reindeer
spotting kids and other people who needed help and tossing
presents down to from the sky. It may have been a story
that Little them Lulu told to Alvin or someone. Does it
ring a bell?
12. A dome worn that affects music ability
I am wondering if you know which comic has a story where there is
a dome worn that has an effect on music playing ability... I
would be so appreciative to find that issue.
14. "No more ____, no more
pool, you must go to summer school"
I stumbled upon your Little Lulu web page
and was quite impressed. I got to thinking about a Little
Lulu cartoon I saw many years ago. It starts with Lulu and
her friends playing hooky at the end of the school year singing
"No more pencils, no more books, no more teacher's dirty
looks" and when they finally show up at school on the last
day the principal tells them "No more ____, no more pool,
you must go to summer school" or something like that.
Do you know if this was an animated cartoon or was it just a
comic strip?
15. A Martian wearing a "cancellator
helmet".
I'm trying to track down an issue of either
Little Lulu or Tubby (I'm not sure which) that contains a story
involving a Martian wearing a "cancellator
helmet." Does that ring any bells?
16. Iggy chewing sticky candy with his mouth wide open
My mother use to read
Little Lulu as a child. She really enjoyed reading those comic
books. There was one in particular, that
she has never forgotten. It made her laugh so much. I could not
find it in the Little Lulu Library. My mother could not remember
the year it was printed. If her memory serves correct, this is
the plot. Little Lulu and Iggy make some sort of homemade
candy. When Iggy puts it in his mouth, he can barely chew it. It
is very sticky. His mouth is real opened as he tries to chew the
very sticky candy. My mom really enjoyed that one because she
said Iggy looked so funny chewing it. I would really
appreciate if you could possibly look at the year it was printed.
17. All work and no play make Jack
Basically, the story I remember I would
call "All work and no play makes Jack". Possibly
an Alvin story, a little girl (Lulu) ventures to a land where
everybody is frowning. Their leader says that's because the credo is that
previous quote. Lulu pulls it off the wall to reveal the
rest of the saying which is "All work and no play makes Jack
a dull boy". Everybody is happy now because they
can play and work.
18. An enchanted
house with an old woman
that is there one day but gone the next
Little Lulu--or Annie--stumbles upon an
interesting enchanted house one day, and comes back another day
only to find that it is no longer there. An old woman
lived there who gave her presents, I think.
19. Alvin pulls Lulu
out of the bush and sits on her for the rest of the story
I remember a story where Lulu is
pushing her doll carriage and sees Alvin and starts
running. She falls down a hill into a bush. Alvin
pulls her out of the bush and sits on her for the rest of the
story. This story would most likely have been in an issue
from 1953-1955. Note: I sent this reply -
"I went through comics between Jul '51 and June '58 with no
luck. But then I decided I'd try a little farther back - and
found the story, "The Rock Candy Mine" in LL #23, May,
1950 - not to be confused with the Little Lulu Dell Giant #23
that is for sale at ebay.com right now." I put the
story on my web site at http://michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/comics/rock.htm
I then received this message - "I had previously sent an e-mail about a Little Lulu story where she is pushing her baby carriage and sees Alvin and runs and falls down a hill into a bush. Alvin pulls her out of the bush and sits on her and she has to tell him a story. You posted 'The Rock Candy Mine' in which this does happen, but it is not the story I remember. The story I remember is only about five pages and for the whole five pages Alvin is sitting on Little Lulu. Two possibilities are #58 and #83 but I am not sure. Obviously the scene of Little Lulu running and falling into a bush and Alvin sitting on her was used more than once." I rechecked #58 and #83 and didn't see it in there.
20. Lulu was in the park with a
merry-go-round.
All I remember is that Lulu was at the park with someone else.
They went to some kind of food stand and sat at a table. They had a picnic, and there was a
merry-go-round, and I think, a zoo. She is in a park, and the drawings were
just so charming. I would have had the book
around 1950-1953. Thank you for any help.
21.
Lulu and Alvin running from
a skunk - also a bazaar
I was wondering if you could tell me about a certain
little lulu story. I work with an autistic person who
loves little lulu and he always tell's me a story about a
skunk and her and alvin running, he also mentions a
bazzar. I would love to get the video or book for
him. If you can help it would be greatly
appreciated.
23. A
character named Yogurt Wheatgerm
Today in conversation one thing led to
another and I had a recollection that there was a character in
little lulu comics that my sister who had the subscription didn't
remember. The character was not part of the regular stories
but rather on either the inside covers or outside back cover...
it is possible the character was in the Tubby comics. His
name was Yogurt Wheatgerm. Do you have any recollection of
this character? My feeling is it was around 1956 - 60 maybe
a year or two later but that would be a stretch. Pressing my 63
year brain I remember him as a character who unexpectedly did
well in athletic events. I don't think there was balloon
dialogue. I THINK he was tallish, curly hair and big round
glasses.
24. "I'll just give these dishes a lick and
a promise--I'll promise
to finish licking them in the morning."
I remember one line, which I use to this day, from a
"thought bubble" in one of the Witch Hazel
stories. "I'll just give these dishes a lick and a
promise--I'll promise to finish licking them in the
morning." Anyone else remember that? I think the story
line that quote came from had something to do with Witch Hazel
making a "little girl" (always portrayed as Lulu
herself) do all her chores for her. The top of the picture
would say what Lulu was saying to Little Alvin--in this case,
"She decided to give the dishes a lick and a promise, and go
on to bed." The "thought bubble" from the
little girl's picture said, "I'll finish licking them in the
morning." Does that sound familiar at all? As a
child, I thought that phrase "a lick and a promise" was
so funny, because I'd never heard it before.
25. Lulu or
Tubby made orangeade or lemonade and only used one orange or lemon
I remember one comic......when I was a little girl .........she
or Tubby made a ice orangeade or lemonade and only used one
orange or was it a lemon and the tiny pieces were floating around
it this large container...........
26. Lulu vaccuming
watermelon seeds
I remember an epidsode when LuLu was eating
watermelon with tubby and it had seeds all over it so tubby was
spitting them out then lulu used a vacuum to get all the seeds
out
Below are stories people were looking for that have been located. You might find one of your favorites in this list! Select to see more information about these stories.
1. Marge's Lulu and Tubby in Alaska #1 1959 Read
Lulu and Tubby in Alaska!!
2. "The
Big Snow" LL #18,
December 1949 Read
The Big Snow!!
3. "Alvin
Baba and the Forty Thieves" LL #3, May-June 1948
4. "Five
Little Babies" LL
#38, August 1951 Read
Five Little Babies!!
5. "Riding
the Pookle"LL #44
February 1952
6. "Snow
Giant" LL #30,
December 1950
7. "Little
Itch and the Frozen False Face" Dell Giant Lulu and Tubby
Halloween Fun #6 1957
8. "The
Ghost Train" LL
#47 May 1952
9. "Paid
in Full" LL #58
April 1953
10. "The
Guest in the Ghost Hotel"
#7 Jan-Mar 1954
11. "Hallo
Weenies"
Halloween Giant #6 1957 Read
the story with Hallo Weenies!!
12. Oona
Goosepimple, the
magical girl behind the fireplace Read a
story with Oona Goosepimple
and Another Story with Oona
13. "All
Dressed Up" LL
#41 November 1951
14. "The
Throw Rug" LL #64
October 1953
15. "The
Super Long-String Yo-Yo"
LL #62 August 1953
16. "Camp
Sha-ka-tot"
Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp #5 1957
17. "Two
Foots is Feet" LL
#94 1956
18. "The
Flagoogle"
Marge's Tubby #13 July-September 1955 and Marge's Tubby and the
Little Men from Mars
19. "Lulu
Van Winkle" LL
#34 April 1951
20. Little
Lulu in Paris LL
#165
21. "Voodoo
Hoodoo" Four
Color #238 August 1949 by Carl Barks
22. "Tub's
Twin Brother" in
Little Lulu #87 September 1955
23. "Bad
Dream" Little
Lulu #83 May 1955
24. "The
Ghost Party" Dell
Giant Little Lulu and Her Friends #4 1956
25. "'Ol
Witch Hazel and the Golden Boulders" Dell Giant Little Lulu and Her Friends #4 1956;
reprinted in LL #170 December 1963
26. "Little
Itch's Spell" LL
#86 August 1955
27. "The
Explorers" in LL
#66 December 1953
28. "The
Case of the Faceprint on the Towel" LL #69 March 1954; reprint LL #176 June 1965
29. Tubby's
Rogue's Gallery in "The Flatterer" in LL #120 June 1958
30. Tubby's
mother growing wings in "Strong Boy" LL #122 Aug 1958
31. The
Super Puzzle" LL
#123 September 1958
32. Lulu
smoking in "Never Again" LL FC 165 October 1947
33. Witch
Hazel...babysitting by sitting on the baby in "Little Itch Babysits" LL #112 October 1957
34. Tubby
inside an Easter egg in "The Christmas Bunny" in LL #127 January 1959.
35. A Witch Hazel story where
pumpkins were scooped out
in several stories.
36. Do you know about a Little Lulu story
based on "The Scarlet Letter"?
37. Lulu, Annie and Fifi with new
hairdos and falling in a bathtub in "Wet Mumday", in
LL #129, March 1959 Read Wet Mumday!!
38. The Little Girl With No Name in LL #20
39. Lulu
and her friends go through the Panama Canal in Dell Giant #42 Marge's Lulu
and Tubby in Australia
40. Hazel turned Lulu into a water pipe in "That Awful Witch Hazel
Again" in LL #45
41. Hazel flew
on a vacuum cleaner in
"Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Fancy Vacuum Cleaner" in
LL # 131
42. Hazel turned Lulu into a rock in That
Awful Witch Hazel in LL #39 September 1951
43. Lulu and
circus friends
in Little
Lulu Lucky Landlady
1973 - a
Whitman Tale-A-Tale book
44. Lulu
and Iggy in a story that talks about the International
Geophysical Year (IGY) in
Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby in Alaska #1 1959
45. Lulu
swinging very high in a one-pages on inside front cover of LL #8,
Feb 1949
46. The kids getting tattoos in Tubby Tattoo in LL #58
47. Lulu and a houseboat
48. Lulu ends up at the end of a pier. Is she
wearing Dr. Dentons?
49. Lulu using a piece of gum attached to a string to retrieve a coin
1. Marge's Lulu and Tubby in Alaska #1
1959
Q) I also remember a comic where Lulu and Tubby went to
Alaska. Do you have any idea which comics they are?
Q) I particularly remember an issue, which I
didn't see on your web page - and I think it was a giant annual
issue - where they all went to Alaska and saw the northern
lights, among their many other adventures. I would love to obtain
a copy of this issue. Anybody seen it??????? It was probably
1954, 1955 or 1956.
A) This is in one of the Dell Giant
comics called Marge's Lulu and Tubby in
Alaska #1 (1959). Read
Lulu and Tubby in Alaska!!
2. "The
Big Snow"
LL #18, December 1949
Q) Can you
help me...I'm looking all over for a little Lulu comic that has
little Lulu buried by a snow storm. She has to dig out from
her house. That comic brings back such wonderful memories
and I cannot find it anywhere. Thanks, Elaine
Q) Maybe you could refresh my memory about one
issue. All I remember about it was that it snowed and
snowed until the whole house was covered. The she took a
spoon and tunneled out. Could you tell me more about this
issue?
Q) I'm a frustrated would-be collector of Little
Lulu comics from the fifties. I have memories like yours. Have
you ever seen a "Giant" (25¢!!) comic, with a story
entitled something like "Little Lulu Digs Through the
Snow" or "The Big Snow" or something like that?
I've looked for that one forever, and it eludes me. I think of
all those comics my mom threw away...and how much they're worth
now!!
Q) I am trying to find an old Little Lulu comic
from the late forties, early-mid fifties. All I recall
about it is one story, which has stuck in my mind like glue for
all these many years. It concerned a huge blizzard that
snowed in the whole town, and Little Lulu and Tubby tunnelled
their way through the snowbacks, running into fire hydrants,
etc. If I could find out the number of that issue, I would
be overjoyed.
Q) DO YOU KNOW WHAT ISSUE
WAS ABOUT A BLIZZARD AND THE SNOW WAS SO DEEP THEY HAD TO TUNNEL
EVERYWHERE? THANKS
Another story I recall, is
where Lulu tunnels out of her house after a big snow storm. Do
you know what year that comic was ? I would really enjoy finding
one of those, just to see again.
A) It's in LL #18, December, 1949.
It's called "The Big Snow." Read
The Big Snow!!
3. "Alvin Baba and the Forty Thieves" LL
#3, May-June 1948
Q) I enjoyed your Little Lulu web page. I just
started acquiring some Lulu comics, which I remember fondly from
my childhood. I'm going nuts trying to locate a Lulu story
that involves Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves -- it's probably one of
Lulu's stories for Alvin. I can't find it in Vols. II
through VI of the Another Rainbow series. If you recall
having read this story, I'd appreciate hearing from you.
A) I found "Alvin Baba and the
forty thieves" in LL #3, May-June, 1948, which also appears
in Vol. I of Another Rainbow.
4. "Five Little Babies" LL #38, August 1951
Q) I believe that it was in the fall of 1951 my dad
bought me a Little Lulu comic book which had a story about Little
Lulu hiding the boys in her baby carriage when they lost their
clothes. Have you seen that issue? I think my mom
threw it away when we got tired of reading it. I have a bunch of
old Little Lulu comic books from the old days and I still love to
read them. I am 54 years old.
A) It's in LL #38, August, 1951 issue. The story is called
"Five Little Babies." Read
Five Little Babies!!
5. "Riding
the Pookle"LL
#44 February 1952
Q) I'm an American anthropologist living in Kenya.
I haven't thought of Little Lulu since about 1959. Now I'm
looking for one of her comic book stories I read as a child
in the late forties or early fifties. The title as I recall
it was Riding the Pookle. It was about Tubby lording it
over Lulu about his daredevil bravery in riding the Pookle. The
Pookle turned out to be a storm drain or something like that. He
would strip to his underwear and get into the huge pipe and float
through with the rain water and come out the other end.
A) It's in the Feb. 1952 issue LL #44 and is "Riding the
Pookle."
6. "Snow
Giant"
LL #30, December 1950
Q) I was born in South Africa (1942) and LL became a
prominent feature of my boyhood in the early-mid 50s. The comics
had a magic which I can still feel. The adventure I remember most
of all was the one where she meets a giant snowman do you know of
this one. Unfortunately - for some strange reason - England never
got to know of the dear little girl, so I would be very much
obliged if you let me know if it is at all possible to obtain a
copy of a collection of the cartoons.
A) This story is the "Snow Giant" in Little Lulu #30,
December, 1950 issue.
7. "Little Itch and the Frozen
False Face"
Q) Lulu . . . gets some custard on her face which
hardens into a star-like shape.
A) This is "Little Itch and the Frozen False
Face" in the Dell Giant Lulu and Tubby
Halloween Fun #6 (1957).
8. "The
Ghost Train" LL #47 May 1952
Q) Does anyone remember a story about Little Lulu as a
poor child who is forced to pick up coal along the railroad tracks
and somehow she discovers this entire mountain that is really
coal??? I think the witch is involved somehow. I just
remember her wandering along trying to find pieces of coal.
Q) I am especially interested in finding the
issue that had the story about Little Lulu picking up coal from
the railroad tracks. I think she was having a dream about
it.
Q) Like many people I have my favorite Lulu
stories - would love to find a copy with the story in which Lulu
is either dreaming or telling a tale about how she flags down a
ghost train using a lantern stained red with beeble berry juice
so the train can finally stop - or something like that.
A) It's in #47 May, 1952, in "The Ghost Train."
9. "Paid
in Full"
LL #58 April 1953
Q) Tubby finds a stamp..I think it says "paid in
full"..he stamps everything in sight.
A) The "Paid in Full" story is
in #58, April 1953. Tubby is in a cowboy outfit and has
Lulu make cow noises while he chases her with a rope. He
lassos Lulu and wrestles her to the sidewalk and prepares to
brand her with the stamp. Of course, she overpowers him and
proceeds to stamp "Paid In Full" all over his whole
body. (Thanks Jon Merrill for the information.)
10. "The
Guest in the Ghost Hotel" #7 Jan-Mar 1954
Q) Tubby (and others?) go into a spooky forest
(swamp?)..they have a real scary time in a haunted house..they
escape with someone (thing) chasing them..they get away in time
to see the house sink in the swamp (quicksand?) at the beginning
of this story, tubby's mother says the day tubby comes home and
goes to sleep because he's too tired to eat dinner, will be the
day she grows wings..at story's end, his mom opens the front door
to see Tubby asleep on the front step, exhausted from the day's
frightening adventures and late for dinner..she turns to her
husband and says,"do you see anything growing out of my
back?"
A) I remember "The Guest in the Ghost Hotel" with Tubby in the house that sinks into
the swamp very well. It is in Tubby #7, Jan-Mar 1954.
The other part of the story about his
mother getting wings is not that story; it is more likely a
different story from a later Tubby. I don't recall it, but
I don't know the later Tubbys that well, although I have them
all. (Thanks Jon Merrill for the information.)
11. "Hallo
Weenies"
Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Halloween Fun #6 1957
Q) I just recently decided to try to look for one of my
old favorite comics, and I think you might be a resource. I
am looking for a Halloween edition where Itch is selling hot dogs
door-to-door calling "Hallo! Weenies!", and that
was supposed to be how Halloween got its name.
I'm looking for a story that was in a Little Lulu comic.
It was something about Lulu in the woods, maybe one with Witch
Hazel. But it was how Halloween got it's name. I
remember something about hot dogs..hello weenie. Ever run
across it?
A) "Hallo Weenies" is in the
first Halloween giant, Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Halloween
Fun #6 1957
I just scanned and added the Lulu story to my website - you may see it at http//michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/comics/weary.htm
12. Oona Goosepimple, the magical girl
behind the fireplace
Q)I've been trying to follow up on an old memory
concerning what I thought was a Little Lulu character; only, I
haven't found any mention of her. It must have been
around 1960 when, as a child, I was reading a comic while waiting
for my Mom at a doctor's office. I thought the character's
name was 'Olga,' but I might be wrong. The main thing
was that this was a very strange girl and strange things would
always happen when she was involved. She was kind of
gothic, and I'm thinking that the author might have been alluding
to some lesbian nature with this character from Lulu's
perspective. I think the story involved a big maze-like
house (probably Olga's, or whoever her name was) where
little was as it seemed, and we would all get lost or confused in
trying to follow or find the whereabouts of this strange girl.
Does any of this make sense
to you? If you know who I'm talking about, I'd appreciate
it if you'd fill me in so that I'd know for sure this hasn't been
some daydream of my own invention. Thanks!
Q) Wasn't there a comic or two where Lulu goes
behind the fireplace and has a sort of surreal adventure? Does
anyone remember a "behind the fireplace" Lulu or is
that just my imagination or was that another comic
altogether? Lulu behind the fireplace? Anyone?
Q) I was a big comic book reader in the late
1950s and early 1960s, and Little Lulu was one of my favorites. I
may be all wrong about this, but did not one of the recurring
story lines from that time consist of Little Lulu going through a
mousehole in her house and then experiencing a whole different
universe (or maybe it was a pararllel universe)?
Q) Was there not a character in the Lulu comics
called Oona Goosepimple? It was a very surreal type of
storyline wherein Oona would sit in a big overstuffed
armchair. The chair would then come to life and wrap its
arms around her, and she would daydream/dream an adventure.
At the end of the story she would wake up in the chair.
Does anyone remember that, or am I losing my mind? I
definitely remember this character, and I have a strong feeling
it was associated with the Little Lulu comics. Any help on this
would be welcome.
Q) All I could remember was a little girl and
some weird adventures that took her to another sphere or world a
couple of times. I remembered this comic, but cannot remember the
weird happenings.
Q) Can you help my memory and
tell me about the spooky mansion and the dark little girl who
lived there? What was her name? I loved those stories the
most...they were sooo mysterious. I read Little Lulu comics in
the 50's... late 50's.
Q) I remember a little lulu character called
"una" she dressed in all black and little lulu
would have such adventures with her. I think she had a
cloud over her head too. Do you have any information on any
issues with this character in them?
Q) I am writing because I loved the Lulu comics
when I was a kid in the 50s. But I remember either she, or
one of her friends, had an uncle who was a magician and really
little. He would make the kids small and they would go
through a mouse hole in the house and then they would be in his
house and he would do magic tricks and stuff. I can't
remember whose uncle he was or what his name was. Does
anyone know? If so, please, please, please let me
know. This has been bugging me for years. Thank you
A) The magical girl behind the fireplace is not in the Lulu
comics. Those stories are in the Nancy comics in 1959, and
the girl's name is Oona Goosepimple. She is very often
confused with Lulu because after John Stanley stopped doing Lulu
in early 1959, his next project was doing the Nancy comics, and
Oona was his creation. (Thanks Jon Merrill for the
information.)
Oona stories appear in Nancy and Sluggo comics 166-178
and in 190-192 (final
three Nancy and Sluggo comics ever published). (According
to the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, Oona appeared in issues
166-176. However, I have 177 and 178 and Oona is in those, too -
but not in 179.)
Below is part of a page from "Nancy and Oona Goosepimple's Fireplace" from Nancy #172 November 1959. (You may click on it for a larger version).
© 1959, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc.
See The Human Gumball, a story with Oona Goosepimple.
See Yo Yo Mirrors, another story with Oona Goosepimple
Here's an original storyboard drawing by John Stanley from the first Oona Goosepimple story. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version.
13.
"All Dressed Up" LL #41 November 1951
Q) Hi! I really enjoyed your web site on
Little Lulu! I hope you can help me with a question.
Do you remember a story about Little Lulu spending the night in a
department store and pretending she was a doll?
A) The story Lulu tells Alvin with the
Poor Little Girl spending the night in a department store and
pretending she is a mannequin is "All Dressed Up" in LL
#41, November 1951. She is bought by a rich girl and the
rich girl takes her home. (Thanks Jon Merrill for the
information.)
14. "The Throw Rug" LL #64 October 1953
Q) I remember my very favourite story was one where Lulu
had a little round rug by her bed. The rug turned into a
pool and she swims into the ocean. I think she meets
Neptune. Do you know that story?
A) That story is "The Throw Rug", in Little
Lulu #64, October 1953.
15. "The Super Long-String Yo-Yo" LL #62 August 1953
Q) While waiting for the bus one day I noticed a partial
"Tubby" issue. It was a story about how he discovered
that if he threw a yo-yo from a high place, like a roof, then
jumped off after it, the yo-yo would reach the end of it's
string, break his fall and he would land safely on the ground
un-hurt. To prove his theory, he boarded
an airplane with the ultimate high jump test. On the plane he met
a little boy who's father was in the parachute business. Thinking
that this yo-yo jump could ruin his fathers business he asked to
inspect it and in the process, he cut the string.
When the time came for the jump, and
Tubby not knowing the string had been cut, prepared for the jump,
said good-by to everyone on the plane and with cheers from the
passengers, he jumped. As luck would
have it and this being a partial comic, I never found out what
happens. I've been waiting around 40 years for the answer
and now the help with your site, I'll find out. This comic must
have been published in the 50's maybe around "55. I sure
hope someone remembers this story.
A) "The Super Long-String Yo-Yo" is in Little
Lulu #62, August 1953. What the reader didn't remember was at the
beginning of the story, Tubby's yo-yo came up and hit him in the
head, and he fell off of the chair he was standing on to test his
long-string yo-yo. So after Tubby jumped out of the plane and
discovered his yo-yo string was cut, he yelled "Help!"
The next scene is of Tubby on the floor of his room yelling
"Save me!!" and his mother coming into his room. She
said "That's a funny place to fall asleep!" and Tubby
responded, "Gosh! Thanks, Ma! You saved my life!"
16.
"Camp
Sha-ka-tot"
Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp #5 1957
Q) I think it must have been in a Summer Fun issue- what
I remember is fuzzy. Lulu and some of the others (maybe Annie??)
are , I think, in a tent, perhaps in the dark... the
conversation is "Who?"....."Who said
'who'?"......"Who said 'who said who'?" An owl is
involved, does this ring a bell? djmutts@starpower.net
A) The story is "Camp Sha-ka-tot" in Marge's
Little Lulu and Tubby at Summer Camp #5, 1957.
17. "Two Foots is Feet" LL #94 1956
Q) My sister and I have a favorite Little Lulu comic
book memory -- fuzzy, but a memory. Lulu and Iggy (I think)
discover that if you repeat a word often enough, it becomes
funny. They repeat "foot" until they're clinging
to each other with helpless laughter. One of them says
(more or less) "I know something that's twice as funny as
'foot' -- 'feet!' " and they roll on the floor with
mirth.
Q) Do you have any idea which comic might have
the following scene in it: Lulu and (we think) Tubby are falling
down laughing as they repeat "Foot, feet, foot, feet"
over and over. I would love to get this comic for a
friend of mine I grew up with - reading little Lulu comics.
A) It's "Two Foots is
Feet" in the April 1956 #94 issue of Little Lulu. It's Lulu
and Alvin who keep repeating the word "foot".
18. "The
Flagoogle" Marge's Tubby #13
July-September 1955
Q) A friend has asked me to inquire you or anyone
remembers a comic with Tubby and the Men from Mars involving a
"hairpin-like" object known as a "flagoogle"
(sp?).
A) The Tubby story "The Flagoogle" is in 2 comics:
Marge's Tubby #13 from July-September, 1955 and Marge's Tubby and
the Little Men from Mars, which is a reprint of some of the
stories with the Little Men from Mars.
19. "Lulu
Van Winkle"
LL #34 April 1951
Q) I am trying to find the Little Lulu comic book in
which LL explains to the reader how her father broke his ax
handle, hence could not work, and LL and her mother had to search
the forest for beebleberries... Any idea of what issue and
year this was?
A) The story is called "Lulu Van Winkle", and
it's found in LL #34 April 1951.
20. Little Lulu in Paris LL #165
Q) I'm looking for an issue of Little
Lulu where she goes to Paris with her neighbors, and they go up
to the Notre Damne Cathedral, would you know what issue that is?
A) That is LL #165 - Little Lulu in Paris.
21) "Voodoo Hoodoo" Four Color #238
August 1949 by Carl Barks
Q) I just found your site and think
it's great fun. My mom swears she had a little Lulu
comic book with a character named "Bombie the Zombie"
in it when she was a little kid. Her older brother used to
chase her around the house imitating Bombie and he's become
something of a household name. I've been looking for years
for this particular issue and can find no mention of it
anywhere. Have you heard of it? Do you know where I
could go to find it? I know it would just make her year.
A) Bombie the Zombie was not in a Lulu comic; he was in a
Donald Duck comic by Carl Barks. The comic was called
"Voodoo Hoodoo" and was Four Color #238, August 1949. (Thanks
Jon Merrill for the information.)
22. "Tub's
Twin
Brother" in Little Lulu #87 September 1955
Q) This is kind of crazy, but there is
a certain episode of Little Lulu I have been trying to
find. Lulu is chosen to name the new baby hippo at the
zoo. Tubby is convinced she will name it Tubby, so he
changes his name to Lancelot. She,of course, names the
hippo Lancelot.
Do you remember that story? I still remember it from 45
years ago.
A) That story is "Tub's Twin Brother" in Little
Lulu #87 from September 1955.
23. "Bad Dream" Little Lulu #83 May 1955
Q) I "inherited" a book from a
cousin--wish I had it still--my favorite was when Lulu had a
dream her "Pop" was a bratty little boy--this little
bald-headed kid with a moustache running amouck. When she
woke up her first words to Dad were "I'm glad you're looking
so old!"
A) It's "Bad Dream" in
Little Lulu #83 from May 1955.
24. "The
Ghost Party" Dell Giant Little Lulu
and Her Friends #4 1956
Q) I have all the Little Lulu Halloween
giants except one I remember having as a child. The cover
had been ripped off, but it contained stories of Lulu having a
"ghost" party in the basement. I've acquired a
"gold key" reprint that has one of these stories, so I
know I must not be hallucinating, but there seem to be no more
Little Lulu giants with Halloween covers! Does anyone know
which issue this was? Were there more than five Halloween
giants? Thanks.
A) "The Ghost Party" is the last story in the
Dell Giant Little Lulu and Her Friends #4 from 1956. This is the
story where Lulu's Dad, after chasing the little
"ghosts" out of the house, tries to convince the last
"ghost" to come bck in - which happens to be a fire
hydrant with one of the kid's sheet draped over it. There is a
picture of Lulu riding a unicycle with ski poles for support and
Witch Hazel on the ground with her unicycle and broom.
25. "'Ol Witch Hazel and the Golden
Boulders"
Dell Giant Little Lulu and Her Friends #4
Q) The question is about our most memorable story -
"Old Witch Hazel and the Golden Boulders". This
was a Lulu dream about Hazel and Itch's greed, etc. ("Mine,
mine, all mine!", repeatedly).
A) The story "'Ol Witch Hazel and the Golden
Boulders" is in the Dell Giant Little Lulu and Her Friends
#4 from 1956. The story is also reprinted in the "Gold
key" issue #170, December 1963.
26. "Little Itch's
Spell"
LL #86 August 1955
Q) Do you know which Little Lulu comic book or series
had a poor little girl story. She lived in a forest and was
so poor that she used a log for a pillow. It may have been late
50's but probably the 60's.
A) I found several stories in which the poor little
girl is sleeping on a bed with a block of wood for a pillow. The
first was "Little Itch's Spell" in LL #86, August 1955
27. "The Explorers" in LL #66 December 1953
Q) Lulu and Tubby, and maybe some of the other
characters were going on some kind of adventure and I remember
them singing a little ditty that went something like.."
Onward, ever onward, and upward..." (as they stepped over
logs in the woods).
A) That story is "The Explorers" in LL
#66, December, 1953.
28. "The
Case of the Faceprint on the Towel" LL #69 March
1954; reprint LL #176
Q) The one issue that she liked so well
was the one of Tubby being "The Spider" and taking
"face prints" to solve the mystery. As usual he
suspected Little Lulu's father. Could you by chance identify the
issue that had that story?
A) "The Case of the Faceprint on the Towel"
appears in two comics - first in LL #69, March, 1954, and then as
a reprint in LL #176, June, 1965. In LL #176 it appears on the
cover of the comic with a picture of the towel with Lulu's Pop's
faceprint on it.
29. Tubby's Rogue's
Gallery
in "The Flatterer" in LL #120 June 1958.
Q) Tubby takes pictures of his friends..Lulu allows him to take
one of her..Lulu asks Tubby why he's taking pictures..turns out,
he's starting a Rogue's Gallery..if anyone he has pictures of is
wanted by the police, he will give the police the picture to help
catch the person, his friend (?).
A) Tubby's Rogue's Gallery is in "The
Flatterer" in LL #120 June 1958.
30. Tubby's mother growing
wings
in "Strong Boy" LL #122 Aug 1958
Q)Tubby's mother says the day Tubby comes home and goes to sleep
because he's too tired to eat dinner, will be the day she grows
wings..at story's end, his mom opens the front door to see Tubby
asleep on the front step, exhausted from the day's frightening
adventures and late for dinner..she turns to her husband and
says,"do you see anything growing out of my back?"
A) Tubby's mother saying she'll grow wings in is "Strong Boy" LL #122
Aug 1958.
31. "The
Super Puzzle" LL #123 September 1958
Q) The most powerful memory of Little Lulu I have was a scene
between Tubby and Iggy. Tubby was telling Iggy his
fantasy. He said something like, "What I want when I
grow up is for Miss Feeny tosay to the class, 'Who is Napoleon?'
and the kids won't know. Then she'll say, 'Who is Alexander
The Great?' and the kids won't know. But then she'll say,
'Who is Tubby Tomkins?' and the kids will go, 'YEAAA!'"
Something like that. I read that almost fifty years ago and
never forgot it. I'd love to find that strip again.
Do you know it? (Note: This might be in a Tubby comic)
A) I found a story with an incident similar to this:
"The Super Puzzle" LL #123 September 1958. Tubby is
talking to Lulu and he created a "super fantastic gigantic
jigsaw puzzle"; people will forget about all the other great
inventions when they hear about his. He tells Lulu,
"Somebody will ask 'When did Benjamin Franklin invent
electricity?' an' everybody will answer, 'Who's Benjamin
Franklin?' Then somebody will say 'When did Tubby invent the
super colossal jigsaw puzzle?' an' everybody will yell '1958'!
Note: I received
this message with additional information about this question:
"Somebody on your page was asking about a story where Tubby
is telling Iggy that one day everybody will know his name, even
those that have never heard of Napoleon.
I think it must have been a common Tubby rant because in addition
to the super puzzle you already mention, he goes through the same
spiel (all by himself) when he invents the super yoyo. "In
what year did Tubby invent the super yoyo? And they'll all
reply..."
A super yoyo is a normal yoyo with a huge piece of string which
works as a sort of pocket parachute. The story turns out to be a
dream. I've seen it in a late 50s Spanish language edition.
Vince."
32. Lulu smoking in "Never
Again"
LL FC #165 October 1947
Q) Another one I would like to see again is where Lulu and Annie
make cigarettes out of their dolls hair, and try smoking them !
That would really be a funny one to see nowadays !
A) Lulu smokes in "Never Again" LL FC #165 October 1947. In this story it's just Lulu (not Annie), and
she uses her dolly's hair in her father's pipe and smokes it. She
gets very sick from it.
33. Witch
Hazel...babysitting by sitting on the baby in
"Little Itch Babysits" LL #112 October 1957
Q) We moved back to England a couple of years later and I still
have some of her comics. Does anyone remember Witch
Hazel...babysitting by sitting on the baby? I would love to see
that story again. I remember Little Lulu when we moved from
England to America in 12th March, 1953.
A) This story is "Little Itch Babysits" LL #112 October
1957. Actually, it's
Little Itch who does the "babysitting" by sitting on
the baby.
© 1957, by Marjorie Henderson Buell
34. Tubby
inside an Easter egg in "The
Christmas Bunny"
in LL #127 January 1959.
Q) I grew up
reading Little Lulu and Tubby in the late 50's and early 60's.
The holiday season always reminds me of a particular story
involving Tubby and an egg that had a snowscene inside. I seem to
recall that somehow (dream?) Tubby ends up inside the egg and
becomes part of the scene. I found your website (it's great!),
and was hoping you could help me identify the comic book issue in
which that particular story appeared. Thanks for your help.
A) The story is in LL #127, January 1959, and is called
"The Christmas Bunny" in which "Tubby has a dream
on Christmas Eve that he is inside an Easter egg with
bunnies."
35. A Witch Hazel story where pumpkins were scooped out.
Q) I just discovered your website and for years have
thought of a LL comic that I loved as a child and gave up when we
moved. Over the years(I'm now 50) I've thought of it many
times wishing I still had it. Some of the covers on your
site look familiar to me but can't remember which cartoon was in
which one. Specifically I'm looking for one with a Halloween
theme in which pumpkins were scooped out and I believe Ol witch
Hazel was in it. Do you know which one I'm trying to find?
A) There were several stories like this:
*1. Little Itch and the
Scary Pumpkin in in Dell Giant Little Lulu and Witch Hazel
Halloween Fun No. 36 1960
Lulu is carving a pumpkin, and tells this story to Alvin. The
poor little girl (I'll call her Lulu) is worried because each
Halloween the witch scares her and she gets scared out of a
year's growth. So this year she found out that if she puts a
scary-looking pumpkin in the window, no witch will enter the
house. She has saved a dime, so she goes to buy a pumpkin, which
are ten cents a pound. She can't find a one-pound pumpkin, so
finally the storekeeper cut open a pumpkin and scooped out one
pound and handed it to Lulu. She carried it home, and tried to
make a scary pumpkin out of it, but it was just a blob "like
silly putty". She got mad and threw it against the front
door, and went to bed. During the night, Little Itch came in to
the house to scare Lulu, slipped on the pumpkin glob by the door,
bounced on the floor, the ceiling, and all the way home. Lulu
woke up and realized she hadn't been scared out of a year's
growth this year.
*2. Little Itch and the
Pumpkin Scarecrow in Dell Giant Marge's Little Lulu and Witch
Hazel Trick 'N' Treat No. 50 1961
Alvins sitting amid a pile of pumpkins that fell on him and Lulu
tells a story about the little girl (Lulu) who is chased into a
corn field by Itch. She wants to make a scarecrow, so she piles
up pumpkins into a snowman-looking pumpkin scarecrow, that comes
to life and when Itch comes back to scare Lulu, the scarecrow
chases Itch until he trips and falls, coming apart into separate
pumpkins on Itch and crushing her into a flat cardboard-looking
form. Lulu puts that up as a scarecrow, and the farmer gives her
a reward bacause no crows come back.
*3. Little Itch and the
Too-Terrible Jack-O'-Lantern in Gold Key Marge's Little Lulu
Trick 'N' Treat No. 1 1962 (not a Giant)
Alvin is carving a pumpkin, using Lulu's photo as a model for the
scary face. Lulu tells a story about the little girl (Lulu) sho
is looking in a little mirror and falls in a trap set by Itch,
who gets her out and puts her under a spell. Itch is carving a
pumpkin and wants Lulu to make scary faces for a model, but none
are scary enough. Finally she gets one and Itch freezes her in
that position and carves her pumpkin, which she takes to the
witches' and goblins' Halloween party. Lulu thinks Itch will be
surprised when she realizes Lulu held the mirror up in front of
her face, and the face Itch carved was her own. Lulu is then
sitting with the little boy (Wilbur) and they hear loud screams,
and Itch comes running across the field, chased by other witches
and goblins. Lulu says Itch's pumpkin had been too scary and
scared the tar out of them.
*4. Little Itch and the
Pumped Pumpkins in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby Halloween Fun
No. 23 1959
Alvin takes his very small pumpkin to the pumpkin contest and is
worried because it is so little . lulut ells him a story about
the little girl who wants a big pumplin. It was a bad year for
pumplins and they are all very little, so she goes out to the
country to look for a big one, but they are all little , too.
Finally Itch comes along and tells Lulu to pick the little
pumplins and then Itch gets a bibycle pump and Lulu pumps them
all up big and Itch sells them and finally Lulu collapses of
exhaustion. Itch pumps one up for herself and takes the pump, so
Lulu ends up with a tiny pumpkin for the contest. When they put
their candles in and light them, all of the big pumpkins explode,
so Lulu's wins first, second, etc. prizes. End of story. Lulu and
Alvin look at his pumpkkin, and it wons a special prize for
cutest pumpkin.
*5. Ol Witch Hazel and the
Weary Travelers in Marge's Lulu and Tubby Halloween Fun No. 6
1957.
Lulu tells Alvin a story in which people who get lost in the
woods as they are traveling stop at Hazel's house that has a sign
"Home Cooking" on it. But then Hazel turns them into
cookies. The poor little girl is walking through the woods
selling weenies when it gets dark and windy, so she tries to
light a candle, but it keeps blowing out. Itch flies along and
turns a pokpupplnut into a pumpkin, that falls on Lulu's head.
Lulu carves a face in the pumplin and puts her candle in it,
which doesn't blow out because the pumpkin protects it from the
wind. She puts the pumpkin on her head so she can carry her tray
of weenies, and she goes to Hazle's house to sell weenies. When
Hazle sees her with the pumpkin on her head she gets scared and
falls down into the cellar. Lulu doesn't see Hazel because the
light is so bright, so she keeps yelling "Hello!
Weenies?" Finally the cookies turn back to people because
Hazel fell into the cellar, and they all say Lulu saved them. The
mayor gives her a reward and proclaims that night will become a
national holiday that they will call Hallo-Weenie Night.
*6. Little Itch and the
Shrunken Pumpkins in in Marge's Lulu and Tubby Halloween Fun No.
6 1957.
Lulu tells Alvin a story in which the little girl and her mother
grow big pumpkins to sell for Halloween. As they are sleeping and
dreaming of all the things they will buy with the money from
their pumpkins, Itch and Hazel fly by and turn the pumpkins into
acorn-sized pumpkins, which they put in their pockets and take
home. Lulu, when she is looking for her hpmpkins, sees a mouse
take a timy one from Hazel's house. She tells Itch not to be
ashamed because they are so little, so Itch turns them back into
big pumpkins. There are so many that the house falls apart and
they all roll down the hill into town and to each house, so Lulu
went around and collected the money from each house for their
pumpkin.
36. Do you know
about a Little Lulu story based on "The Scarlet
Letter"?
Q)I read somewhere a few years ago a Little
Lulu story that seemed to be an adaptation of "The Scarlet
Letter" where Tubby played the devil in plain clothes.
At first I wasn't sure if it was real, or some sort of
parody. Do you know anything about this, or what issue it
might have appeared in?
A) The story was not one of the Little Lulu comic book
stories, but rather a more recent parody of The Scarlet Letter
with the characters from Little Lulu. It's in a publication
called Drawn & Quarterly Volume 4. The story is titled
"Little Pearl" by R. Sikoryak and is on pages 57-79.
This info is on the book: Drawn & Quarterly, P.O. Box 48056
Montreal, Quebec, Canada H2V4S8. Electronic Mail:
info@drawnandquarterly.com
Website:www.drawnandquarterly.com
All stories and art copyright 2001 by the respective artists
unless otherwise indicated. Proofreader: Marina Lesenko. Office
boy: Miguel Lesenko Oliveros. Printed in China, July 2001.
37. Lulu, Annie and Fifi with new
hairdos
and falling in a bathtub in Wet Mumday, in LL #129, March 1959
Q) I am looking for a story which featured Lulu, Annie
& Fifi getting new hairdos, getting made fun of by Tubby,
Iggy & Alvin, and for some reason, the three girls wind up in
a bathtub. The comic book I had (this probably goes back to 1961)
had the next page missing, so I never read the outcome of the
story. Do you know where I can find this comic book?
A) That story is in Wet Mumday, found in LL #129 from March,
1959. Read Wet Mumday!!
38. The
Little Girl With No Name in LL #20
Q) I would love to have the Little Lulu comic strip: The
Little Girl With No Name. It
must have been published in the late '40s or early
'50s.
A) "The little girl with no name" is in Little
Lulu #20. The little girl is so poor, she doesn't even have
a name. She's thrown in jail because the town's new mayor
is taxing everything, including air and sunshine, and she has no
money to pay the taxes. The mayor is trying to think of new
things to tax and ultimately decides he can have a tax on taxes.
39. Lulu
and her friends go through the Panama Canal in Dell Giant #42 Marge's Lulu and
Tubby in Australia
Q) I need help finding my favorite issue, which I think came out
in the early 60s. Little Lulu and her pals passed through
the Panama Canal.
A) The story about the Panama Canal is in Dell Giant #42 Marge's
Lulu and Tubby in Australia, 1961. I put the first page of the
story at http://michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/panama.jpg so you can see it.
40. Hazel turned Lulu into a water pipe in That Awful Witch Hazel
Again in LL #45
Q) I am writing this
on behalf of my mother. She is looking for a Little Lulu
comic book she read to my brother until it wore out. She
recalls it was purchased the spring or summer of 1951 and was
about Little Lulu being turned into a water pipe by Witch
Hazel. If you could help us identify which issue number it
would be, we would be most grateful.
A) The story is in LL #45 March 1952: That
Awful Witch Hazel Again, in which Lulu tells Alvin
about when Hazel turned her into a water pipe.
41. Hazel flew on a vacuum cleaner in "Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Fancy
Vacuum Cleaner" in LL # 131
Q) I am looking for the Little Lulu comic
that has Witch Hazel and I believe Little Itch and they fly
around on a vacuum cleaner instead of a broom.
A) There is a story in LL # 131 May 1959 titled
"Ol’ Witch Hazel and the Fancy Vacuum Cleaner" in
which the poor little girl sold vacuum cleaners to Witch Hazel
and her friends.
42. Hazel turned Lulu into a rock in That
Awful Witch Hazel in LL #39 September 1951
Q) I would really appreciate it if you could ask your
audience (or solve the mystery yourself, if you know the answer!)
about a LL story my mom keeps telling me about, from when she was
little. This must've been the 50's. In the story, Lulu is
transformed into a boulder/rock by Witch Hazel, and taken to an
island (supposedly) where the witch takes all the little kids
she's transformed into rocks. Lulu's mom is heartbroken that her
daughter disappeared and asks a sculptor to make a statue of
Lulu. The sculptor finds the Lulu rock and thinks it's perfect
for the statue. Of course, the rock is really Lulu, so when he
finishes the statue Lulu becomes a kid again! My mom says Lulu's
mom doesn't pay the sculptor in the end.
A) The story is That
Awful Witch Hazel in LL #39 September 1951.
Actually, Lulu's mom does pay the sculptor in the end, bu only
the $5.00 he originally asked and not the large sum he wanted
after he realized the sculpture could talk.
43. Lulu and circus friends in
Little Lulu Lucky Landlady 1973 - a Whitman Tale-A-Tale
book
Q) I am looking for a little lulu book. It is
about little lulu and her circus friends. They stay at her
house. The tall man sleeps in the chimney, the fat lady
sleeps in the china closet with the tea pot. There is a
tattoo man, a fire eating man, and others. Can you help
me?
A) That would
be Little Lulu Lucky Landlady 1973 - a Whitman Tale-A-Tale book.
Check these pages:
http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/lulu/tellata.jpg
http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/lulu/books.htm
44. Lulu and
Iggy in a story that talks about the International Geophysical
Year (IGY) in Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby in Alaska #1
1959
Q)I am looking for an issue of Little Lulu, I don't remember the
issue number or what is on the cover. I remember it talked
about the IGY, International Geophysical Year, and IGGY was
in it as well as Little Lulu. Any information you
could give me would be much appreciated. I am a teacher and
wanted to use it as an example for education outreach.
A)It's in the story First-Class Gadget Catcher in the comic Marge's Little Lulu and Tubby in
Alaska, No. 1, 1959.
Read the story online at http://michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/comics/alaska.htm - just scroll down to the
correct story.
45. Lulu swinging
very high
in a one-pages on inside front cover of LL #8, Feb 1949
Q) Remember the
one where she was swinging very high?
A) There is a one-pager with Little Lulu swinging very
high on the inside front cover of LL #8 from Feb 1949. You can see it here!
46. The kids getting tattoos in Tubby Tattoo in LL #58
Q) another epidsode when there was a tattoo
store and everyone wanted one but the parents were disgusted when
there kids got there tattoos an angry mob of parents came so the
tattoo guy went on a row boat and the parents came after then his
boat sank and all his tattoos washed off so the parents weren't
mad once the tattoo guy explained it to them.
A) This is a Tubby story called Tattoo in LL #58 April
1953. See Tattoo here!
47. Lulu and a houseboat
Q) My mom is forever talking about a little lulu comic about a
house boat...any idea??? Would love to find it and get it for
her!
A) I just realized that the houseboat story is also the
story where Little Lulu is at the end of a pier. So the
first story in LL #51, "The Ghost in the Bottle", is
the one you're looking for "lost stories # 13 and #22!"
48. Lulu ends up at the
end of a pier. Is she wearing Dr.
Dentons?
Q) I went through all of the issues on one
of the links but could not find the one story that has haunted me
all of my life! Its about one of Lulu's nightmares-where
she ends up on one of her journeys & ends up at the end of a
pier. Is she wearing Dr. Dentons? I don't remember but I'd
love to know which issue that was in, how I could get it oreven
just a copy of that particular frame. Am I losing my mind
or does it really exist? Help....
A) I just realized that the houseboat story is also the
story where Little Lulu is at the end of a pier. So the
first story in LL #51, "The Ghost in the Bottle", is
the one you're looking for "lost stories # 13 and #22!"
49. Lulu using a piece of gum attached to a string to retrieve a coin
Q) What is the name of the Little Lulu book in which Little Lulu spots a coin in a city storm drain and takes a piece of gum attached to a string and lowers it into the storm drain to retrieve the coin?
Note: There is a story in which Lulu gets a coin using gum on a stick rather than a string: "The Leftover Christmas Tree" LL #54 Dec. 1952
A) That is not in one of the Little Lulu comics, but rather it is in Marge's Little Lulu Uses Her Head, one of the small Whitman Tell-A-Tell Books copyright 1955.
1. Is there a bendable little lulu figure like Gumby and Pokey?
2. Is there a Little
Lulu doll with a handkerchief around her face?
3. Are beebleberries
a cross between Bananas and Spam?
4. Who is the actress
who did Lulu's voice?
5. Alvin
and Gertuie Bobble heads
6. Soda bottle with Little Lulu on it
7. Contact info for David McKay Publishing
Conpany
1. Is
there a bendable little lulu figure like Gumby and
Pokey?
I really enjoyed your little lulu page and I'm wondering if you
can help me. I understand that 30 years ago or so, lakeside made
a bendable little lulu figure. This is the same company that made
Gumby and Pokey back then. I don't know if this is accurate
information, but I collect bendy toys and I've been running into
brick walls trying to confirm whether this is true and, if so,
how to find one. would you happen to know anything about this?
I'd appreciate any insights you can pass along.
Many thanks.
2. Is
there a Little Lulu doll with a handkerchief around her face?
Have you by chance found a little lulu with a handerchief around
her cheek??? It was Lulu, but a very early one. I LOST A
FRIENDS KERCHIEF FROM AROUND HER LULU! AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
REPLACE IT. If you can post it on your website I would indeed be
grateful.
3. Are beebleberries a cross between Bananas and Spam?
Are there many episodes featuring the "little girl" who
spends time in the forest picking Bebble Berries and who has many
encounters with a witch? Are the berries indeed a cross between
Bannanas and Spam?
4. Who is
the actress who did Lulu's voice?
The internet movie data base www.imdb.com claims it was Mae
Questal who was the voice over actress for Little Lulu. I
disagree with them. Mae's vocie quality was too BIG to get
the sound that Lulu had. Mae did create the voices
Olive Oyl, Bette Boop for Lil Audrey in a later series. Do
you know who the actress was who did Lulu's voice?
5. Alvin
and Gertuie Bobble heads
I recently came across 2 bobble heads that my aunt had. One
is Alvin and the other is Gertie. Alvin is a little boy,
kinda like dennis the menace. Gertie is a little girl with
one tooth and a cute dress on. Could they be, or were there
made, bobble heads from Little lulu? Maybe Alvin and I hear
there is a Gertie Greenbean???? I am exhausted...my search
is exhausted!!! Can you help? Let me know if you have
ever heard of such things, if you will. Thanks so so
much!!! They are cute as heck and have a small sticker on
the bottom that reads Japan. Maybe 6 inches tall.
Thanks again for any information....
6. Soda bottle with Little Lulu on it
My friend found a soda bottle years ago that has a picture of
Little Lulu on it. I think that she said that it was a root
beer bottle. Are you familiar with this or have any
suggestions as to where I can get some information about it.
7. Contact info for David McKay Publishing Conpany
I am trying to locate the company contact info for David McKay
Publishing Company, I am not sure if this company is even still
around or if someone now owns their publishing catalogue. I just
noticed that you have several of their books on your website and
thought I might contact your company for help. Hopefully you
might be able to point me in the right direction, thanks for your
time and I look forward to hearing from you.
1. What is the name of Little Lulu's dog?
2. Where can I find other
Little Lulu info on the Internet?
3. What are the words
to the Little Lulu theme song?
4. What kind of pie did
Little Lulu eat?
5. Why did Marjorie
Buell give up drawing Her creation and turn it over to Stanley?
6.Was Majorie from
Peekskill, N.Y.?
7. Is Marjorie still alive,
and if not when did she die?
8. Have you been able to track down the real Lulu and Tubby? How did you come to the conclusion that Peekskill is
the real Little Lulu hometown?
9. What happened to John
Stanley and the other artist Irv Tripp?
10. What happened to Western
Publishing Company Inc of Racine, Wisconsin?
11. Does Lulu have a particular
quote or something she says a lot?
12. Is "Human
Bean" or "Hoomin Bean" attributable to Lulu
Moppet?
13. Have you heard of a Little
Lulu cartoon titled "Magical Little Lulu"?
14. Do the Little Lulu
comics continue to be published in U.S.A. or in any other part of
the world?
15. Do you have a picture or information about A PULLAN DOLL?
16. What is the song with first line "Lulu, where are you
going, upstairs to take a bath..."?
17. What is my Little Lulu _______ worth?
18. Why is it so hard to find some of the Volumes of The Little Lulu
Library?
19. Is there a list that
will tell where Stanley's stories were reprinted later?
20. What
is Little
Lulu's doll's name?
21. What are the lyrics
to the song "Now Ya Done It"
and what is it from?
22. Where can I buy
Mi Pequena Lulu in Spanish?
23. Do you know about the Lulu cartoon series around 1979 from Japanese cartoon?
24. Does anyone know the lyrics to the song Little
Lulu?
25. Did Marjorie Buell
have a connection to Peekskill, Little Lulu's home town?
1. Q) We were all discussing
about the cute comic
strip little lulu, and one fellow said
she had a scotty dog? I said I didn't think she had a
dog,
and nobody else knew for sure, either, so I thought that I
would ask you.
Q) I have searched everywhere and cannot remember the name of
Little Lulu's dog. Can you be of some help to me.
Thank you.
A) There was a little dog in many of the Little Lulu
comic strips in the newspaper in the early 50's and in some of
the early Lulu comics, and that dog's name was Mops.
2. Q)
Do you have any idea where I can
find other little Lulu info on the Internet? I have just starting
searching and yours is the first place I've found. I would
very much like any info that you could send. Thanks for your
help!
A) Here is a page of Little Lulu Links to places I've found with some information
about Little Lulu
3. Q) Do you know the words to
the Little Lulu theme song?
A) I have the words to the original Little Lulu
Theme Song on this
site. And if you turn your sound up, you can hear the song on
this page. The words have been slightly revised twice for the
newer Lulu cartoons on HBO. I will add those words to my site
when I can find them.
4. Q) Can you tell me what
kind of pie Little Lulu ate?
A) In the stories she told little Alvin about the poor
little girl (portrayed by Lulu herself), she ate Beebleberry
pies.
5. Q) First:
Why did Marjorie Buell give up drawing Her creation and turn it
over to Stanley?
A) My understanding is that Marge couldn't do it all -
when she let Western Publishing take over the comics, where John
Stanley wrote the comics for many years, etc. she was busy doing
all of the work for the Kleenex ads and other things related to
all of the Lulu memorabilia that went out in the 50's. Also,
someone else created the newspaper comic strips in the early
50's. Although she didn't write the comics, she did have to
approve all of them, and she actually rejected one story that she
thought inappropriate for kids - too scary - (which has since
been published in one volume of The Little Lulu Library). It
wasn't until the early 70's that she turned over the rights to
Lulu to Western, at which time they came out with a lot of Lulu
items - coloring books, puzzles, etc.
6. Q) Was Majorie from Peekskill, N.Y.?
A) Marjorie Buell was born in Philadelphia on Dec. 11,
1904.
7. Q) Is Marjorie still alive,
and if not when did she die?
A) She died on May 30, 1993. See a copy of her obituary.
8. Have you been able to track down the real Lulu and Tubby? How did you come to the
conclusion that Peekskill is the real Little Lulu hometown?
A) Peekskill was identified as Lulu's hometown through
the work of Brad Tenan, who went through each comic looking for
clues to the town's identity (climate and types of trees, for
example, led him to the northeast; field trips to the Statue of
Liberty led him to New York/New Jersey; and finally route signs
on the roads leading into and out of town clinched it as
Peekskill. He wrote to Stanley, who actually said there was no
special town in mind, but that, from Brad's information, he
concluded that Peekskill was actually Lulu's hometown. There was
no attempt, to my knowledge, to identify the real Lulu and Tubby.
9. Q) What ever happened to
John Stanley and the other artist Irv?
A) I believe Stanley died not too long ago. Irving Tripp
is alive, and drew a picture for the 2003 Valentine's Day edition
of The HoLLywood Eclectern #35. (Much of my information is from
the two Little Lulu newsletters - The Stanley Steamer, from 1982
to 1992, which I bought in the early 90's after it had quit
publication - and The HoLLywood Eclectern, 1992 to present. I
bought the back issues of that which were available and receive
the new issues as they come out -if you're interested, check my
website for the section on Little Lulu Fanzines.)
10. Q) I am searching for the Western
Publishing Company Inc of Racine, Wisconsin. I cannot find any
reference to them on the web other than your site. Can you tell
me if this company still exists, fails to exist or has been taken
over by another company?
A) Western Publishing became Golden Books Family
Entertainment Inc. in 1996. Golden Books was founded in Racine
and operated for many years as Western Publishing Co. before
moving its headquarters to New York City. Golden Books filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Random House Inc. and Classic
Media Inc., both of New York City, won a Bankruptcy Court auction
Aug. 15 for the assets of Golden Books. The bid approved by the
Bankruptcy Court allows Random House to acquire all book
publishing properties of Golden Books, while Classic Media
acquired Golden Books' entertainment division, which includes the
movie, television and home video libraries and production,
licensing and merchandising rights. (From
"Golden Books retirees get reprieve from buyer" by Rich
Rovito http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2001/09/03/story8.html?page=1 )
Classis Media, Inc. currently holds the rights to Little Lulu. CLASSIC MEDIA, 435 HUDSON ST, NEW YORK, NY 10014, Phone: (212) 741-7009. (Jan 2005)
11. Q) I'm wondering if lulu
has a particular quote or something she says a lot? I can't remember her
having one, but i thought someone else might remember and help me
out.
A) I've been going through Lulu comics from
early-mid 50s, and in those there is something Lulu says that I
remember from when I was little: "I'm going to give you such
a smack!" or "I'd like to give you such a smack!"
I've gone through most of the comics between LL #36 and LL #87,
and Lulu said it in the following: LL #39, LL #45, LL #48, LL
#54, again in LL #54, LL #56, and LL #86.
12. Q) I have a
question: is "Human Bean" or
"Hoomin Bean" attributable to LuLu Moppet?
If not, would you possibly know where these "names" came from?
A.) I've been going through some Lulu comics from
the early-mid 50s, and in those there were several references to
"human bean" - in LL #38 one of Tubby's friends said
it, in LL #71 Tubby said it, and in LL #75 Lulu said it.
13. Q) I'm trying to locate a
Little Lulu cartoon that I think was titled, "Magical
Little Lulu". Have you heard of this one before and if
so, do you know where I might find it?
A) There is a Little Lulu Paramount cartoon called
"Magica-Lulu," which was produced 03/02/45. I have not
yet seen this cartoon, nor have I been able to find a copy of it.
14. Q) Do the Little Lulu
comics continue to be published in U.S.A. or in any other part of the world?
A) I don't know any country that is still publishing
Little Lulu comics. They stopped in 1984 in the USA. However,
Dark Horse is publishing reprints of all of the Lulu stories. The
first issue came out in November, 2004, and the second is due out
in February, 2005. For more information, go to: Dark Horse Reprints of Little Lulu Comics
15. Q) I have recently
purchased a Little Lulu Composition Doll... I have looked for information
on it and would love to find a picture of the doll when she was
new. She is A PULLAN DOLL and was made by The Earl Pullan Co.
Ltd., in Canada. They made compo dolls only briefly from
about 1945 through maybe 1950. Then the hard plastics took
over in the sixties. If any of your "Lulu
Friends" has a picture of this doll in her original clothes,
I would be thrilled to see it. Thanks so much.
A) MWard sent this information:
"I have a picture (and the original doll) which might be of
interest to your reader. I would also like to know more
information about this doll, and perhaps we could be of mutual
benefit."
16. Q) What is the song with first line "Lulu, where
are you going, upstairs to take a bath..."
I am looking for the rest of the words to a song I learned as a
child. The first line is "Lulu, where are you going,
upstairs to take a bath..." Does anyone know anything about
this song? Thank you.
A) Someone sent the following song:
Lulu where are you going?
Upstairs to take a bath
Lulu had legs like toothpicks
and a neck like a giraffe
Lulu stepped in the bathtub
and pulled out the plug
Oh my goodness, oh my soul
there goes Lulu down the hole!
Lulu! Lulu!
Blub blub blub
17. Q) What is my Little Lulu
_______ worth?
A) To find the approximate
value of an item, I usually check at E-Bay Auction to see if I
can find a similar item and see what it sells for. To do that, go
to: http://www.ebay.com and on the first page search for: little lulu .
You can vary the search depending on your item: little lulu doll,
little lulu cookie (for a cookie jar), little lulu bank, etc.
When the list of items with those words in the title comes up,
just click on one to get a page with a description and usually a
photo of the item. You can compare your item with that one. The
price varies depending on the condition of the item as well as
who happens to be bidding on it at the time. And be sure to watch
the item to the end of the auction - the price often jumps at the
end. If you register for ebay, you can search "Completed
Items" to get a list of items that sold within the last
month or so with their ending price.
18. Why is it so hard to find
some of the Volumes of The Little Lulu Library?
Q) Three of the volumes - #'s 3, 5, & 6
- show up quite often & usually sell for $80 or less , but
the other three volumes are apparently much harder to come by .
I'm trying to find out why - were fewer published , destroyed
somehow , or whatever.
A)Some time ago I'd asked you a
question about the Little Lulu Library sets , and I wanted to let
you know what I found out since then. The publisher - Russ
Cochran - has been selling sets 3 , 5 , & 6 on eBay regularly
& I emailed & asked the same question I'd asked you : why
are sets 1 , 2 , & 4 harder to find. It turns out that , as
best as Russ can remember , less than 1000 of the first set were
printed. ( Which still leaves the question of how many of the
others an unknown.) Anyway, I've copied the complete email
correspondence below in blue & large letters ; if you think
other Lulu fans would be interested in this information , by all
means add it to your web site & share it with others. Sincerely
- Steve Swenson
Steve,
Russ says that he never really knew exactly how many of each set
was printed. This is his memory, though: They were printed in
reverse order, and the quantity printed decreased with each set
until they got to #1, which we think was less than 1,000 but more
than 500.
Best,
Angela Meyer
Gemstone Publishing
417-256-2224
19. Is there a list that will
tell where Stanley's stories were reprinted later?
Q)I have been under the impression that the
comics before 1961 are the ones to look for as they are the John
Stanley ones (the best in my mind, and seemingly to everyone
elses as well) but I have just noticed today that one of mine
from 1971 was actually originally printed in '59!! Do you know of
any way of checking the later comics to see if they are indeed
reprints, or do you yourself know is there a list of a kind
somewhere that I could get hold of at all? I wonder too, if the
reprints always used the same cover as the original - I am buying
on Ebay now and one can't of course check the original date which
seems to sometimes be on the first page of the comic..
A)Here's something that will help you - it's an index of
Little Lulu comics through issue 164 with a brief description of
the stories, listing in which issues those stories are reprinted.
According to Jon Merrill, who created this index, most of the
comics from 167 through 196 were reprints. Later comics
contained some original stories and some reprints.
http://members.aol.com/jonmerrill/lulu1.txt
http://members.aol.com/jonmerrill/lulu2.txt
What you could do is look at the early comics and find in which
issues some of the stories are reprinted, and then look for those
more recent comics on ebay. They'reoften easier to find than the
earlier comics.
The reprints used new covers that were not on the original
comics.
20. What is Little Lulu's doll's name?
Q) I was born in Cuba in 1968, and I used to watch Little Lulu
cartoons. I always remember Little Lulu carrying a little
doll. Was the doll name Audrey? I am pregnant and I
do not know why the first thing I thought when they told me it is
a girl was to name her after Little Lulu's Doll, but I am not
sure if I am right thinking about Audrey. Could you send me
information on this?
A) In "The Doll Contest" in LL126, Lulu's doll
is named Gwendolyn. It is also Gwendolyn in The
Strong, Silent One (LL #123 r
#204) and is Tweetums in LL #18 Dec 1949. Her goldfish is named
Gwendolen in LL #?? r LL #194.
21. Lyrics
to "Now Ya Done It"
Q) What are the lyrics to the song "Now Ya Done It" and
what is it from?
A) The song came from the cartoon "Eggs Don't
Bounce." I found the cartoon and wrote the words to it -
some were a little hard to figure out, but I think I got them
right. I added that info to my web site - you can find it and a
photo of the sheet music at http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/lulu/paramoun.htm#Now%20Ya%20Done%20It
Below are the words to the song as best I can hear them:
Now Ya Done It
Now ya done it, Ya done, done, done it.
Ya gonna catch it good.
Cause ya didn't behave the way that you should.
(Now ya done it, Now ya done it.)
You're in trouble, In troub, troub, trouble.
Trouble's your middle name.
Got yourself in a mess, Yes ain't it a shame.
Ya wouldn't take my warning,
My, is your face red.
When you woke up this morning,
You should have stood in your bed.
Now ya done it, Ya done, done, done it.
It didn't take you long.
When ya done what ya done, You sure done it wrong.
(Now ya done it, Now ya done it.
Now ya done it wrong.)
22. Where
can I buy Mi Pequena Lulu?
Q) Do you know where I can buy Mi Pequena Lulu series in
Spanish?
A) I have bought both Little Lulu in English and Pequena
Lulu in Spanish at http://ebay.com - just search for: little lulu or : little lulu
spanish or: little lulu mexico
23. Do you know about the Lulu cartoon
series around 1979 from Japanese cartoon?
I was wondering if you know anything about
a Little Lulu cartoon series from around 1979. It was taken from
a Japanese cartoon and the voices were redone in English. This
series was on video in the early 1980's in some stores. It never
made it to TV. I know some of the people who once worked on this
and was trying to track down anyone with any information on
obtaining a copy or some memorabilia from this short lived
series. It was really bad, but that's another story. The
re-editing was done in Burbank, Ca by B&B sound company (Ken
Berger) who is no longer living. If you may know of anything
please let me know.
Note: I received the following message from someone related to this cartoon series.
Hi! I came across your Little Lulu site a while ago, and enjoy visiting it now and then. You've done a great job. However, today I discovered something I never knew about, and that, from looking at your site, you appear to have missed, as well. I figured you might be interested to know about it.
Between the 1940's Paramount cartoons and the 1995 HBO show, there was a TV series made around 1976 called "Little Lulu and Her Friends." I found an old, dusty video of it at my local tapestore and was surprised, since I knew it wasn't either of the animated versions I'd heard of. So I rented it. It's perfectly awful, as I thought it would be (since the '70s was pretty much the low point for cartoons).
Several things make this interesting, though. It was produced by a company called Ziv International. Although I can't be sure, it appears to have actually been a dubbed Japanese show. No Japanese names appear in the credits, but the look of the characters and backgrounds have the unmistakable look of Japanese TV cartoons at the time. And the credits do say "animation produced in association with Nippon", which I assume is a reference to Nippon TV, a big Japanese broadcaster. At first I thought this was just an American show which was animated in Japan, as so many of them were at the time (today it's usually Taiwan or Korea), but a Googling of "Ziv International" revealed that it was a company that, among other things, did a lot of anime dubbing in the early '80s. There weren't a lot of search results, but mixing in "little lulu" led to a site which mentioned the show and gave its Japanese title, "Little Lulu to Chicchai Nakama". If this really was produced for a Japanese audience, and later dubbed for American syndication, that would be interesting.
It's probably very hard to find any information about this series, but that one site I found said it ran for 26 episodes. It also gave the year as 1976, even though the date on the actual show is very hard to read. (It defintely says "197_", but the last digit is partially cropped off the frame. I'd thought it was an 8.) Sorry to jump in with a long message out of nowhere, but I thought you might like to look into this "lost" bit of Luluian lore, and see if you can unearth anything else about it. You declare you're out to chronicle the whole history of Lulu, warts and all. (And this show is definitely warts. It makes the weakest of the Paramount cartoons look good. ) Cheers!
Note: If anyone has any more information about this cartoon series, or has any images from it that I could add, I'd love to hear from you.
24. Does anyone know the lyrics to the song
Little Lulu?
Q) Does anyone know the lyrics to the song
Little Lulu?
A) You may find the words to the Little Lulu Theme Song,
and hear it, at Little Lulu Theme Song
25. Did Marjorie Buell have a connection to Peekskill, Little
Lulu's Home Town?
Q) I noticed your tour of Peekskill -- I
grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., right next door. But I didn't
quite follow how it was determined that Peekskill was Little
Lulu's town. Did Marjorie Buell have a connection to Peekskill?
A) Marge created the character of Little
lulu for the Saturday Evening Post magazines. John Stanley wrote
the Little Lulu comics (each edition had to be approved by
Marge). John created the story lines, the characters other than
Lulu, the settings including Lulu's home town of Meadowville,
etc. for the comic book stories. A Little Lulu fan, Brad Tenan,
researched all of the Little Lulu comics to determine which town
Meadowville was based on - or Little Lulu's real home town. From
clues in the comics, such as the climate (had to be in the north
because of the snow); the trees (some place with chestnut trees);
nearby sites (near the Statue of Liberty where Lulu's class went
for a field trip so in the northeast); etc. he narrowed down the
town to several towns in the northeast. Finally he found some
route signs in a story and based on those he determined it was
Peekskill, New York. Brad contacted both Marge and John Stanley,
and they both agreed Peekskill could be considered Lulu's real
home town. Brad traveled to Peekskill and told about the
similarities of the town with Meadowville in the comics. Based on
the information Brad wrote in the Stanley Steamer, I took a similar trip to Peekskill and took
photos and wrote about my experiences in Peekskill. Read about my
Trip
to Peekskill.
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