From a singing waiter, to a boy singer with the big bands, to the ‘Sultan of Swoon’, in just a few years in the 1940s Frank Sinatra became America’s epitome of class and elegance before becoming the Chairman of the Board.Ol’ blue eyes lived a life more colourful and exciting than almost anyone from his generation and it’s all here in this superbly illustrated book. It charts Frank Sinatra’s career – the highs, the lows, his hits, his loves and his films, with fantastic archive phot...

John Stanley is celebrated as one of the great children's comics writers for his work on the Little Lulu series. In fact, the Lulu work is a small part of his output, he had drawn and continued to write many other comics — notably his work on the 1960s teen comics from Dell (Thirteen Going on Eighteen, Dunc and Loo, and Kookie) and his monster comedy strip Melvin Monster. The three-volume Melvin Monster collection is pivotal to the John Stanley Library, featuring all nine issues of the odd...

The Content in this Compilation has been Image Enhanced and Digitally Remastered for your Viewing and Reading Pleasure. Stories Include:1.....The Day the Soldiers Ran2.....The Thousand-Year-Old Boy3.....Phantom's Best Friend4.....Blood,Sweat,and Fear5.....The Face in the Picture6.....The Werewolf Wasp and much more!

From the outside, it may have looked like success.But behind the business ventures, relationships, laughter, and everyday life was a man carrying wounds that began long before anyone ever noticed.In this deeply honest and emotionally powerful memoir-style journey, John shares the story of childhood trauma, silent battles, broken seasons, friendship, fatherhood, faith, and redemption. Through moments of failure and rebuilding, he reveals how unresolved pain can quietly shape...

Created by Ernie Bushmiller, the beloved Brillo-headed Nancy starred in her own comic book series for years, written by arguably the greatest children's comics writer of all time, John Stanley. Most famous for scripting the adventures of Marjorie Henderson Buell's Little Lulu, John Stanley is one of comics' secret geniuses. He provided a visual rough draft for all the comics he wrote and then handed off these "scripts" for someone else to render the finished art. No matter what comic he wa...

Continuing Drawn & Quarterly's John Stanley archival series, Melvin Monster Volume Two is about the oddball monster boy who just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he is told. A satirical and funny sendup of the monster craze of the 1960s, Melvin Monster is a classic kids comic of the Silver Age. Stanley's reputation as a great storyteller and visual comedian is richly deserved - few golden or silver-age comics stand the test of time the way these comics do. As with all volumes in t...

The second volume of Nancy in D+Q's John Stanley Library elegantly designed by Seth stars the beloved Brillo-headed Nancy in her own comic book series written by the greatest children's comics writer of all time, John Stanley. Stanley who is the author of Melvin Monster, Little Lulu, and Thirteen Going on Eighteen, puts his own deft sense of humor and superior cartooning on the Ernie Bushmiller creation with spooky Oona Goosepimple, Spike, and Mr. McOnion. Nancy, along with her sidekick Sl...

From the outside, it may have looked like success.But behind the business ventures, relationships, laughter, and everyday life was a man carrying wounds that began long before anyone ever noticed.In this deeply honest and emotionally powerful memoir-style journey, John shares the story of childhood trauma, silent battles, broken seasons, friendship, fatherhood, faith, and redemption. Through moments of failure and rebuilding, he reveals how unresolved pain can quietly shape...

The ghoulish capers of everyone's favorite monster continue with the third volume of the acclaimed series. Melvin lands his first babysitting job only to discover he has his hands full, literally — the "baby" in this case is a giant-sized monster, almost the size of a room. Melvin meets his friend for a friendly game of marbles. An older monster-woman passing by is offended by the scene, as everybody in Monsterville knows that monsters should always fight when they're together. Finally, sh...

In the fourth and final volume of the John Stanley Library’s Nancy comics, the whole gang is back. Readers are treated to still more uproarious antics from Nancy, Sluggo, Spike, Aunt Fritzi, and Mr. and Mrs. McOnions. In these stories, Nancy has a dream that seems a little too real, Sluggo’s moth cupboard turns out to be pretty profitable, and Rollo Haveall takes rhubarb and blackberry pie revenge on an ungrateful Nancy. Stanley drew these comics as a journeyman on the stories. He tended t...

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If anyone tells you they saw the Rolling Stones on their first tour of America be prepared to either think they were very lucky or they may be confused. The Stones’ tour in June 1964 was a handful of gigs, watched by just a few fans. Yet, within less than a year, America became their second home, as the tours got longer and many of their iconic hits were recorded there.The Stones’ huge US tour in 1969 culminated in the fiasco of the Altamont Festival that could have finished a less...