I receive e-mail from many Little Lulu fans, and some of them have shared with me wonderful stories of their fond memories of reading Little Lulu comics. I would like to share such stories with others who visit this site. If you would like to share your story, please e-mail it to me at dmmaki@MichelesWorld.net . Please include the way you want to be acknowledged (first name, first and last name, e-mail address, etc.). I will start with my own story at the bottom, on Little Lulu Memories III, add more stories to the top of the page as I receive them, Little Lulu Memories II, and continue to add new memories to this page.
Please share your story with us! You may send it to dmmaki@MichelesWorld.net . Be sure to put "LULU" somewhere in the Subject Line.
January 11, 2011
Karen
I too am a Little Lulu lover! I do have some comics that I bought as a child. My Mom would give me 15 cents once a week, I would buy a comic, & 3 long pretzels. Once a month I would buy the "big" issue for 23 cents, and an egg cream (a chocolate soda) from the fountain and 3 long pretzels. I was wondering if you know where to sell my collection. I have about 5o comic books. I am not good on the computer so e bay for me is out. Would you have any suggestions? I too have my original Lulu doll, few squeeze figures of Lulu & Tubby, even a purse! Thank you soooooooooooo much. It was much fun visiting your site.
Note from Michele: If you are interested in buying some Little Lulu items from Karen, you may contact her at Kayekayknack@aol.com
October 25, 2010
Paul
My wife had a Little Lulu doll when she was a child (It was her favorite), it was made in Spain and was made of cloth with Lulu's head completely vinyl. It was from the early 70's. I have been searching for this doll for several years but to no avail (I found one on an auction site but was outbid). Our 25th anniversary is approaching and I would desperately like to find one of these dolls. If anyone can help me find one, please e-mail me at gasper1@ntl.sympatico.ca Thanks, Paul
July 8, 2009
Richard
Came across the attached Little-Lulu-Kleenex-billboards picture while browsing the public library today and thought you might like to see it, if you haven't already. Cropped a bit, it comes from Times Square Spectacular by Darcy Tell (Smithsonian Books w/ HarperCollins 2007) and is credited to the National Archives Still Photo Unit (ca. 1947-1955. Little Lulu & Budweiser Spectaculars, Broadway at 43rd St).
I also note the internet is now showing several billboard-related things in addition to your own website's classy picture postcards:
http://cagle.msnbc.com/hogan/webextras16/marge/marge.asp has a couple of very good night-time photos of the signs
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/galleries/entertainment/entertainment.html (go to picture #15 of the group) shows a Macy's parade balloon passing by them and
http://www.metropolismag.com/html/content_0298/fe98vc.htm ("Signs of the times" by Dan Bischoff) describes the lavishly active version: "....There is nothing that compares...to Kleenex's animated spectacular featuring the cartoon character Little Lulu. From 1952 to 1965, its 10-foot-tall letters spelled out 'Kleenex' in neon, and another series of lights made Lulu jump from one letter to the next. Each time she landed, the letter would come alive with glowing neon. When she turned the corner, the neon Lulu grabbed a neon Kleenex and slid down the length of it to its neon box, and the cycle would begin again."
Sounds like fun!
July 8, 2009
Petra
Hi, thank you so much for your site!
I've been looking for a certain little lulu comic strip and can't find it anywhere (I have the hard copy that I clipped out of a newspaper a long long time ago somewhere, but I've moved cross continents and have yet to find it....). It is my alltime favorite Christmas cartoon strip.
It's of Little Lulu writing to Santa... something like 'dear Santa Claus, I've a really good girl this year' then she erases and it reads 'dear Santa, I've been a good girl this year' erasing again to read 'dear santa, I've been a girl this year'
I would LOVE it if I could have a copy of it digitally! Can you help? Thank you so much
July 8, 2009
Peter
Am I right? Witch Hazel and Little Itch gathered nickle nackle nuts (for magic?) or was it the Poor Little Girl who gathered them for food. Thanks !!
I loved Lulu LOTS more than I ever liked the Nancy or (ugh) Henry comic strips. Lulu comics were quite funny.
Note from Michele: The Poor Little Girl gathered beebleberries to take home so her mother could make beebleberry pie for their dinner.
July 8, 2009
Jeannie
I started to make my grand son coloring books for Christmas when a thought entered my mind. I use to buy every Lulu Book I could find, then they stopped being a dine and I grew older, So I said to myself, lets look up Lulu and I did. It was a little dissapointment that I could find any pictures to print, I wanted to give my Grandson some good memories that I grew up in. But I am enjoying myself with what I see, adding what I can to my picture file. It is like being a kid again seeing all these charaters that I grew up with.
July 8, 2009
Lindsy
So it was little Lulu!
I use the B word all the time, and my husband thinks I'm nuts. Can you send me something about her beebleberry lunches so I can show him?!
Thanks
Note from Michele: See http://michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/comics/spell.htm for one of the many stories with beebleberries, "Little Itch's Spell." in LL #86.
July 8, 2009
I seem to remember that Lulu was in the advertisements for Kleenex. Probably these advertisements were in The Saturday Evening Post, Life, or Look Magazine.
July 8, 2009
Edenilson
I liked your website very much.
Maybe you don’t know, but in Brazil we had 221 issues of Luluzinha and 194 issues of Bolinha (Tubby) by Editora Abril, from 1974 to 1993. And several specials and other series. To fill all those comic books, many comics were produced by Editora Abril Studios (the same that was one of the biggest producers of Disney Comics in the world).
The first Luluzinha comic book in Brazil was released by O Cruzeiro, in 1955. The first cover you show in Brazilian page is not a 1984 cover. It’s a cover of a Cruzeiro magazine, probably of the 60’s.
By the way, this week we read a note in a Brazilian weekly magazine that in next month we will have, here in Brazil, a new comic book of Little Lulu: Luluzinha Teen e Sua Turma (something like ‘Teenager Lulu and her Friends’). Do you know something about that? For me it was a surprise. I didn’t know that comics of Lulu was still in production.
Note: A later message:
I discovered, after sending that mail, that a big Brazilian publisher - Ediouro, through its Comic Division named Pixel - had got the permission of Classic Media to produce and publish new comics of Lulu & Friends here in Brazil.
This project caused a certain commotion here, in blogs, comic sites, magazines and newspapers. All because the comics would present Lulu as a teenager, and Tubby wouldn’t be fat anymore and so on. People didn’t like that very much, but the magazine went to newsstands at last June 6th and sold out. The publisher said that 100,000 comic books were printed. So, we can consider “Luluzinha Teen” one of the big hits of this year, till now. The comic book is in – more or less – manga style. Black and white, with some colored pages.
The idea of Lulu Teen came from another successful release: Monica and the Gang, a Brazilian creation that is completing 50 years next days, last year came out also in a manga version, with children characters converted to teenagers. And the magazine became suddenly the most sold comic book in the world (according to the publishers), selling more than 400,000 copies per month.
Well, I can confess that I prefer Classic Lulu pretty much. But… Find here the cover of the first edition. If you want more info or scans, let me know. Visit the blog www.planetagibi.blogspot.com also.
July 8, 2009
Wagers from Atlanta
My father worked for the F.W. Woolworth company for more than 45 years. In 1953, when I was six years old, he was manager of a store in Knoxville, Tennessee. At the end of the day, he would come home for supper, and afterwards he would often return to the store to catch up on paperwork. Sometimes, he'd let me go with him. His "office" was a desk in the stockroom, and while he was busy reviewing reports and signing forms I would wander around and check out all the merchandise that was waiting to be placed on the counters out in the store. Of course, I gravitated to the shelves that held the next month's comic books. Little Lulu and especially Tubby were always my favorites, because as a middle-class only child I could relate to them far more easily than I could ever relate to Superman, Batman, or a barnyard animal (although my second favorites were Donald and Scrooge). I was forbidden to touch the other stuff, but my father did allow me to read the comics, as long as I handled them with care. It's one of my all-time favorite memories, reading those great stories underneath a bare light bulb that hung from a hook, and it made me extra happy to realize that I was reading these comics a few days or weeks before any of my friends did. (I told you I related to Tubby.) This is a great site.
July 8, 2009
Carmen
It seems as a person gets older they try to remember the past. I know I have. Little snippets from childhood are priceless. When I heard the Lulu theme song after what must have been nearly 50 years... I got goose bumps. As I watched the old Little Lulu cartoons my memory was jogged with leap frog and putting money in my sock. I will now not rest until I hear the song "now ya done it" again.... Thank you for the memories.
July 8, 2009
Bill
I enjoyed the "Little Lulu" website. Didn't realize there was a lot more to Lulu history than just the cartoons I recall as a child. Did you know there is a line missing from the theme song that plays, and the entire piece does not play?
Note from Michele: The themesong used on some of the older videos skips one line. Somewhere I have a version of the song that is complete. Whe I find it, I'll add it to this site.
February 24, 2007
Kent
When I was 12 and we were going to move from Provo, Utah to Ontario, California, Dad wanted me to give away my hundreds of comic books. But I raised such a fuss that he gave in. He gave me an old metal trunk, and said I could take as many comics as I could fit in it. I crammed! That was in the summer of 1952. I started Junior High School that fall, and pretty quickly outgrew buying comic books. At some point Dad put the trunk up in the rafters of the garage, where he had nailed planks for storing stuff, and I forgot about it. Fifty years later, I sold my parents' house, and a young cousin of mine pulled down that trunk from the rafters. My heart was in my throat, as I figured the comics would all be termite-eaten piles of dust. But............... they looked exactly as they had when I'd packed them in there! I couldn't believe it. I now have the trunk in my den in Phoenix, AZ. I keep a pile of comics by my TV, and read them during commercials. Mostly I've forgotten the stories, but every once in awhile a phrase leaps out at me - one I've remembered vividly all these years! And of course, like you, LITTLE LULU was always my favorite! So now I'm re-living my childhood with Lulu and Tubby, Annie and Iggy, Rollo the rich kid, Eddie, Gloria, the West Side Gang, and others! I ran across your website by accident, while looking for an old logo for Buster Brown Shoes. I couldn't help writing!
February 24, 2007
David
Quotes
from Granpa Feeble:
"I may be Feeble, but I'm not feeble!"
"Yo Ho Ho!"
"I hate girls! I hate all girls! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!
Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"
I'm just
going by memory from the comics I read 40 to 45 years ago.
But I remember Iggy, or one of the boys, introducing his grandpa
to the boys. When they learn his name he says,
"I may be Feeble, but I'm not feeble!" The boys
then decide to initiate
him into the club by telling him to put his hand in a hole in a
tree. Most people take it out right quick because they have
a coon skin cap in there. Granpa is not fooled, however and
thinks it's a good joke. He then puts the hat on and the boys
accept him into the club. If I'm not getting my stories
mixed up, Granpa then climbs the tree and tells Iggy, or whoever
his grandson is, to tell his mother that Granpa might spend the
night in the tree. When he finally comes down, the boys
tell him about Mum Day. Granpa then celebrates Mum Day by
ignoring all girls and women, including his daughter, Iggy's
mother. Lulu pulls some trick on him to get him to speak
and that's when he raves, "I hate
girls! I hate all girls! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!
Dang! Dang!" In another story he leads the boys on a
hunt for buried pirate treasure. When they find it, it's a chest
full of Feeb's collection of bottle caps. "Yo Ho
Ho!"
By the way, remember what happened when Professor Cleff tied a
pillow to his head to muffle out Tubby's terrible violin
playing? The pillow exploded! Cleff then told Tubby
to pick the feathers up one by one while he took a nap on the
couch. The dialog was, "Picking up feathers one by one
is good practice." "For what?" "Picking
up feathers one by one."
I really enjoy your web site. It brings back a lot of
pleasant memories.
February 22, 2007
Jim McG
Thanks for taking the time to scan entire book. I like the one where Tubby talks the little Alaskan children into letting him write "No girls allowed" on their igloo (just like his cluhouse back home) only to discover they are girls !!! Another classic is when Tubby prints his name everywhere and discovers IGY 1958 and thinks his old pal Iggy was there a year before him !!! I learned about geophysics with this little joke. To this day, when I put money aside for a frivolous item, I call it the "treasury" in honor of the tin can the boys had in their clubhouse for this same purpose.
February 22, 2007
Paul
Well, I have always been a
little impatient and to be truthful, I doubted that I had seen an
Oonie or as I now know, Oona. One of my nicknames for my wife is
Oonie, which has now evolved into The Oonster.
It has actually become a term of endearment, Ann has embraced the
name as an excuse for odd behavior. Anyway, I so appreciate the
validation of an obscure memory. I got a kick out of your 5 cent
memory. I have fond memories of a 5 cent bag of State Line Potato
Chips and a nickel fountain cherry coke. I recall purchasing some
comics, but always trading once they were read. I really don't
think that I am that old, but it is New Year's Eve and here I am?
February 22, 2007
Larry
I am interested in buying some of your Spanish La Pequena LuLucomics, I noticed that you have listed issue 3/43 for $8 and no 336 23 Apr 72 for $1.50. my spouse would read these in San Luis Potosi, Mexico when she was a child in the 1960’s and would like to have some
February 22, 2007
Kathee
I have the Little Lulu musical mug. I am downsizing all my belongings and I was wondering if you knew he value of this item and if there were any interested collectors that might want it. Thank you for anything you can tell me. I think Little Lulu is great and I have fond memories of her character inspiring me as a child!
February 22, 2007
I am 12 yrs old right now and 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 seed out and another epidsode when there was a tattu store and everyone wanted one but the parents were disgusted when there kids got there tattus an angry mob of parents came so the tattu guy went on a row boat and the parents came after then his boat sank and all his tattus washed off so the parents weren't mad once the tattu guy explained it to them.
February 19, 2007
I always watched Little Lulu comics and read her in the funny papers comics strip, she was so cute and it was wholesome entertainment, why can't some one redo Little Lulu she needs to make a come back. Thank You I am a 64 year old Grandma from Ks.
February 19, 2007
Maximiliano
Hola Michelle!!, Perdona que no
hablo, ni escribo en ingles. Sólo queria agradecerte todo el
material de "Little Lulu" que has puesto en tu web para
disfrute de los amantes de la pequeña Lulu como yo. nuevamente
muchas gracias!!!. Yo soy ilustrator y vivo en Barcelona. si
quieres ver mi dibujos ,aqui te dejo mi blog : http://www.maxiluchini.blogspot.com
un cordial saludo.
February 19, 2007
I had no idea . . . Lulu in Arabic! I thought I had reached the outer limits with La Pequena Lulu Spain in 1964! Thanks for a splendid resource on the BEST comic ever written!
February 19, 2007
Tom
I very much enjoy you site about Little Lulu. I remember Little Lulu cartoons being one of my favorites in the late 50s/early 60s. (I was born in 1954). Anyway, I was wondering if you know where one can obtain a copy of "Eggs Don't Bounce". The song "Now you done it" has remained in my head since childhood and I'd like to see the cartoon again. I have found other Little Lulu cartoons on DVD but not this one. I wondered if the racial aspects of it have kept it from being released. Any ideas? Thanks and best regards, Tom
Note from Michele: I bought a video with "Eggs Don't Bounce" at ebay.com. See the words to "Now Ya Done It" at the bottom of the page.
February 19, 2007
Linda
I too am a fan of Little Lulu.............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............I loved her so much.....and the No Girls Allowed sign on Tubby's and the boys Club House........
February 19, 2007
Steve
That was so nice of you to put
"The Big Snow" up on the website! It really was
captivating when I was a kid -- I remember the moment she breaks
through into the soda fountain -- it seemed such a warm,
wonderful place to be. I had forgotten that she ends up covered
with mud.
I figured out that I must have seen it in the 1954 Annual 2,
judging from another site that you link to that lists issues, the
stories in them, and when they were reprinted in annuals. (I'm
afraid I forget the fellow's name.) So this was a 6-year-old
memory for me that you were able to confirm!
All best wishes, Steve
P.S. -- 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?
Note from Michele: Brad Tenan, a Little Lulu fan, researched all of the Little Lulu comics for clues to the lcoation of Little Lulu's home town, and he concluded that it was Peekskill, NY, based on such things as weather, trees, nearby sites, and route signs.
February 19, 2007
Rod
Hi! Was doing some research of a Little Lulu article for Reminisce magazine and found your great website. I haven't left yet! I'm 53 and have been a Lulu fan since the very early 60's. Like many of the people who've posted memories here, my absolute favorite Lulu stories were the Halloween-themed Hazel and Itch tales. I remember that every fall, there'd be a special Halloween edition of Lulu, and it would be so full of great imagery! Even today, whenever I think of the "perfect" Halloween, it unfurls in true Lulu style. I regularly read her comic and collected all the special editions (like "Summer Camp" and "Christmas Diary"), but the Halloween book endured for me. On eBay, I was lucky enough to win a copy of the Lulu "trick'n'treat" one-shot from 1962, a book I recall fondly. I can still see my mom (now aged 80) sitting at our kitchen table and drawing a big Halloween "Hazel" picture. We kept that for years, until it literally fell apart! As I grew up, I went on to more "teen-oriented" comic fare, like Superman and Wolverine, but a very big part of me has never quite let go of Lulu. That's why, as a freelance writer, I decided to submit something to Reminisce. If you're not familiar with the magazine, it's a great time trip back to the 30's, 40's, 50's, and 60's. Long live Lulu!
February 19, 2007
Bob
Uhhh ... I filched your image of Lulu and Mr. McNabbem to illustrate a post on my blog:
http://vleeptron.blogspot.com/2006/04/childhoods-end.html
Thanks for your wonderful Lulu page! (I never knew his first name was Clarence.)
I'll try to keep myself from boring you with how much I loved Little Lulu. Right now I'm fondling a Little Lulu retro metal mini-lunchbox I keep on my desk which never fails to tickle the heck out of me.
The only artist/storyteller in Marge's league was the remarkable Carl Barks, who wrote those hundreds of "Duckburg" stories for "Walt Disney's Comics and Stories."
What they most share in common is their authentic love for kids -- and adults -- as kids and adults really are, warts and all. I never found a false moment in "Little Lulu," no Lulu kid ever did or said anything that didn't ring true from my own experiences.
Poor Mr. Moppet, I always felt so sorry for him when "The Spider Spins." (And it always turned out Tubby was right, poor Mr. Moppet really was the culprit.) I guess my favorite stories were when the little girl went into the woods to gather beebleberries and encountered the evil Witch.
Thanks again! Don't let Mr. McNabbem catch you!
Note from Michele: It was John Stanley who took Marge's Little Lulu character from the Saturday Evening Post and created the wonderful stories in the Little Lulu and Tubby comics.
February 19, 2007
Roberto, a lulu fan
In the mid and late fifties I was an avid reader of comics books and so was my yonger brother, we used to go trading those we had already read for others we had not seen. Well lulu (La pequena Lulu ) for they were in Spanish (I was born in Cuba) was one of my favorites, I loved those where lulu would tell stories to Alvin (Memo) those where lulu would appear as a very poor little girl, and of course her encounters with Tubby (Toby), etc. Sadly in the early sixties comics books began to disappear, due to the new path Cuba was following. Most of the comics books were from editorial Novaro (Mexico) at that time (1962) I was about to leave the country and came to the U.S. -I was pleased when I found your web site, brought memories and was glad there are other people interested. Thanks for your wonderful site, Little Lulu forever
February 19, 2007
Peggy
Little Lulu was my favorite comic book when I was little--in fact, I don't think I read any others. My brother read the comics to me until I was old enough to read them myself. My favorite parts were the stories about Little Itch and Witch Hazel, but I can't remember if Lulu made these up and told them to Annie, or if she dreamed them, or what. 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 never liked the song, and never watched the animated stuff, because I had my own idea of how the comic book characters acted and sounded. I'm 58, and still search for Little Lulu comics whenever I go to flea markets--they're hard to find! Gotta get on e-bay, I guess...
February 19, 2007
oro
~~306 down, 43 + 1 to go! (17 from original” kid collection!” The “+ 1” is FC #74, which I doubt I’ll ever be able to afford... ~~~sigh~~~ Specifically missing:
3, 4, 9, 10, 146, 154, 157, 159, 161, 164, 167, 168, 170, 175, 176, 177, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 189, 190, 191, 195, 198, 208, 209, 225, 228, 230, 232, 237, 238, 240, 241, 242, 255, 256, 260, 261, 266
..as of today! gotta love (and HATE) eBay!
Nice work on your page... A LOT of work!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
I came across it looking for photos of John Stanley and Irv Tripp... So as to keep an eye peeled for self-portraits in the background a la Mr. Barks’ appearance on his Wanted Poster (Dell Giant #26 Christmas Parade “The Christmas Cha Cha”)... But I’m not having much luck. Are you aware of any good photos of Stanley and/or Tripp on the net?
At least Mr. Stanley should be up to it - In “Little Itch and the Animal Crackers” I believe he writes a self-reference: Hazel tells Itch that she was “…invented by my half-witted half-brother, Stanley the Sorcerer!” (Somewhat reminiscent of the absolutely wonderful “second hand second hands” gag in Tubby #29, July, 1958) oro
February 19, 2007
I barely remember little Lulu (I am 53)....My Dad (who passed away in 1986), gave me that knickname and my sisters still call me that. Your site is interesting.
February 19, 2007
Barbara
Do you have any idea where I could obtain one of the giant Little Lula dolls. On the night of my 7th birthday I was staying at my great grandmother's house because my 14 month old brother had slipped into a coma and was on life support at Cook's Children's Hospital in Fort Worth. I was not upset and understood but my parents never gave me credit for being able to think and prioritize at that age. Anyway, hours after I went to sleep my wonderful father remembered they'd forgotten my birthday and woke me up for a middle of the night birthday party. One of the gifts he was able to find, probably at an all night gas station was this doll pictured on your web site. Alas both my doll and my dad are long gone, but I'd love to find a copy of the doll. He was such a dear sweet man to worry about me at a time like that. If you hear of a place to buy one. Please let me know. I'm now 54 with 4 grandkids of my own, but I've never forgotten that awful night, or the love he showed worrying about the 7 year old.
Note from Michele: You can find Lulu dolls at ebay.com
February 19, 2007
Barb
I came across your Lulu page when I did a search for Froggy the Gremlin online. I was a BIG fan of LL as I was growing up! My brother (who is nearly 9 years older than I am) used to read the comics all the time and saved his so by the time I was old enough to appreciate them, sometime in the late 1950s, I had a whole bunch of them! I don't know what happened to all our LL comics, but I'm sorry I ever let them go! I was thrilled to see your April 1949 issue online. I was born in April 1949 so I used to enjoy reading that one when I was old enough and remember that Alvin story. I just recently retired from teaching fifth grade. I can't remember which spelling word it was, but whenever I'd give it, I'd use it in a sentence. Invariably I'd use the word "beebleberries" in the sentence, then would explain what beebleberries were to my students. I've bought a few of the LL comics on ebay, but have to be careful how much I spend. I really appreciate the effort you've put forth to share all this Little Lulu info!
February 19, 2007
How I loved Little Lulu! I had a subscription to the comic and my mother and I would read it and enjoy it to the fullest. Two of our favorites that have lasted through the years......hope others remember these as well. Lulu said to Tubby in exasperation, knowing he was conspiring against her, "I heard your fat eyelid go wink!" Whenever someone in the family is being evasive, that is always our response! Another favorite cel in one of the cartoon stories.....For some reason the neighborhood kids were piled into a red wagon and they had been covered with a blanket. One of the characters pulled up a corner of the cover to look and screamed, "It's a wagonload of feet!" My mother and I still giggle over that one.......and I am 62 now and she is 84!
Note from Michele: See the story with the wagonload of feet, Five Little Babies.
February 19, 2007
Alan
I discovered your site on a whim this evening. Perhaps you can help me identify a Lulu story. The comic was a thick one from the early 50's and the plot was that Lulu was home alone when a big storm hit her home town burying everything in many feet of snow. She digs out of her house with a spoon from the kitchen and goes to Tubbie's house and other places that I disremember. Do you think you can identify that issue for me? When I was a young boy I visited my grandmother often and that Lulu comic was in the big box of toys and books she kept in the guest room for the grandkids. I have successfully replaced almost all the memorable books of my childhood with identical editions of those I had. Uncle Remus and the correct Robinson Carusoe took the longest to find. My wife (who's middle name is Louise and was known throughout her childhood as Lulu) were talking about comix and I remembered that issue. It would be a nostalgic masterpiece to return that to my childhood collection. Hopefully you can help with some info. Thanks for any help you can send my way.
Note from Michele: See that story, The Big Snow, from LL #18, December 1949.
March 19, 2006
A Gramma from Ct.
Some of my warmest memories are of when I was 6-7 yrs. old, being way out in a field near our home on a summer day, back leaning up against a fallen tree, the sun warming me, the breeze carrying the smell of the field hay, and spending time with LuLu and her friends! I so remember Alvin running on the beach yelling 'AAAAGGHH!" cuz there was mayo on his sandwich! A Gramma from Ct.
March 13, 2006
George Shea
Studio City, CA
My sister & I loved Little Lulu. Every Christmas for maybe seven years I would buy her a subscription to LL ($1.00 for 12 issues) When it came in the mail, we wd sit down in the living rm & I wd faithfully read it to her. LL really was quite special & it has always been a bond between us. It saddened us both -- when in the 60's when the comic declined & the quality of the writing changed. I can well understand your reading LL at bedtime. Why not? I browse through "The Giants of the Polo Grounds." That gives you some idea of my age. The Spider Spins!
March 13, 2006
Hello I wanna thank you for the website. Because I love LULU. My friends call me lulu.They think I look like her.And they think I behave like that her. Now I looking for the little lulu's cartoons if you help me I will feel indebted to you. thanks again for the website.
Note from Michele: There are almost always Little Lulu cartoons for sale at http://www.ebay.com
March 13, 2006
Roberta Saenz loversaenz@yahoo.com
Hello......I am so excited!! I did not know there was a Lil Lulu site. I would like to share my story. My family was very poor growning up but I will never forget the day my mother bought me a pair of Little Lulu earrings. I was so excited I just held them in my hand looking at them. I walked over to my Aunts house and showed them to her. She asked could she borrow them never to return them. I never for that. Every now and then I think of those earrings. I remember what they looked like. Why am I happy to share my happy but sad story, because with all you Little Lulu lovers out there maybe some one can tell me where I can find a pair again. They were little full body colored charms of lulu hanging on those hook wire shape posts that bend down behind your lobes not requiring a backing. If anyone out there knows where I can find a pair please, please let me know...........thank you and God Bless
March 13, 2006
Iris Hansen from Austin MN
I have loved Little Lulu and Tubby since I was little. I too remember buying pop and reading the latest Lulu comic. I am 58 years old. I have been saving all of my Lulu treasures forever and a day. I have my original Lulu doll, giant paper doll, Tubby doll etc. I have looked for the whitman valentines since the girl next door showed me the one she received at school. It was lulu with the bumpershoot. Would you ever consider selling the whitman valentines. If not, thank you so much for sharing Lulu. I have not had access to the internet until very recently that is why I just now discovered your site. Please respond to my email. Bless you for sharing such wonderful stuff.
March 13, 2006
Bob
(Elvira Fan)
Great site! You appear to be as big a Lulu fan as I am of Elvira. It has been many years since I had read comics on a regular basis, but one of things I remember most is Oona Goosepimple, particularly the episode where Nancy puts a lollipop in her mouth, but only the Yo-Yos can remove it. I was rather young at the time, and I found it very fascinating. Tonight I happened to Google Oona. Your site was the only one which came up, and I was very happy to find a complete Oona episode, even if it's not the one I remember. I know Oona was popular first, but she appears to be the inspiration for Wednesday Addams. Thanks for bringing back some very old memories!!! Bob (ElviraFan)
January 13, 2006
May Saker
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your website. I am a big fan of little lulu, I am from Beirut and my native language is Arabic and I grew up reading little lulu. I have a huge collection of little lulu magazines in Arabic. Thanks again.
January 13, 2006
Heather Humphries
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. Thank you for you assistance and for keeping Little Lulu memories alive and well!
January 13, 2006
Beth Palmer
Thank you for posting a website for us Little Lulu fans. My sister and I are grandmothers now and we still like to talk about the Beeble Berry picker and witch itch - I, the older sister, would create stories around those characters after reading stories first. I don't remember if I read them in a comic book or a book book. Thank you again.
January 13, 2006
Bob Cortese
I loved to collect and read little Lulu as a child as well. I looked foreward to each issue. I remember one story about a big snowstorm and Lulu had to tunnel all around the city to get where she had to go. She always stood up for herself and showed a lot of tenacity. She was loyal to her friends as well. I remember one comic book where the publishers spelled Hospital wrong and kept crossing it out..one spelling was horsebital. Those were crazy times with Lulu. I just picked up a dvd that has one Lulu cartoon on it where the song Swingin' on a Star is played and illustrated. Good Stuff! Bob Cortese
October 2, 2005
Ellen
Marie
I just love your website.I had quite a carefree happy childhood, any only child, and little lulu is definately part of my happy childhood. I had a whole playground my dad had built me in my back yard, complete with playhouse. In the summer, Mom would make me my favorite raspberry koolaide popsickles, and I would lie in the doorway of my playhouse eating one pop sickle after another reading my little lu lu comics. I eagerly looked forward to getting the new lulu comic book at the beginning of each month,it felt like a happy adventure to me, I would wile away the hours with little lulu and my raspberry pop sickles! those were the days.
October 2, 2005
Christine
I just came upon your website and learned a
little about myself. Allow me to explain. Although my
grandfather, "Papa", passed away when I was only seven,
he had constantly referred to me as Lulu, or HIS little Lulu.
Years ago, I learned from my mother that Lulu referred to the
"Little Lulu" comic strip. I haven't searched the web
in years for updated sites, but this morning I came upon your
page and was instantly captivated. I began to see in
"Little Lulu" the resemblance my grandfather must have
seen in me. Not in looks, mind you, but in personality!
Thank you for collaborating such a lovely site and returning me
to my roots.
Here's a fun trivia fact for you, when I was bored one afternoon,
I looked up Lulu in my Oxford English Reference Dictionary, here
is the listing:
lulu/'lu:lu:/n. sl. a remarkable or excellent person or thing.
October 2, 2005
Sharon
Thanks so much for the long-awaited trip down memory lane!! My sisters and I loved the Little Lulu comic books so much and used to have so many of them! But our mother died when we were young leaving 5 of us, and when neighbors came to help out, clean, etc all of our comic books seemed to disappear. Over the years we have talked about Lulu and Tubby, calling to mind the names of as many characters as we could recall. This "cell" brought them all back!! For years I have been trying to find old Lulu comic books. Do you know where one can buy any? I truly enjoyed seeing these beloved childhood familiar faces once again!! Thanks for the memories!!
October 2, 2005
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!
October 2, 2005
Roger
Some years back I saw some Little Lulu cartoons on TV and the song used in the intro seemed a bit odd. It was as if there was a skip in the song. It happened on each and every episode that was aired, so it clearly wasn't something like a splice in one of the films. Then today I came across your site and you list the words to the theme song and include a recording of the song as well and, sure enough one phrase is included in the written lyrics but is missing (very definitely "skipped") in the audio recording. The words that are missing in the audio recording are "Always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in". So now I'm wondering, did someone at some point think it was inappropriate (not politically correct) to sing about the character mostly being in trouble so they chopped out the words? Any thoughts on that? -
October 2, 2005
T'Lene
Thank you for the wonderful memories of Little Lulu. I had recalled a joke I heard when I was about 10 yrs old and it made me realize how much I adored Lulu and how much the world could use her wit today. I wrote my friends and family asking them to share their Lulu memories with me and I did a 'google' search in hopes to find others who appreciate the 'loosen up; lighten up' philosophy she always had. I'm tickled to learn that you have this site and that there are so many others who appreciate Lulu, too. Remember the one where she was swinging very high? :-) Again, thanks.
October 2, 2005
Chrissy
when i was young, i used to watch little lulu everytime i got home from pre-school. it was my favorite show and i was so sad when the show stopped airing on tv. my mom told me that i learned english by copying what lulu was saying. she said i used to recite her lines all the time. i feel bad for the kids who didn't get to watch little lulu.
October 2, 2005
I just love your Little LuLu web page. My family has called me LuLu since I was 2 months old and now I am 50. LuLu stuff is very hard to find. I am enjoying your page very much. For Christmas a couple of years ago my brother bought me a 1955 Little LuLu comic book in mint condition Feb 1955 edition. Thank you keep up the good work.
October 2, 2005
Corrie van Rooyen Gauteng - South
Africa
Good day I have, like it appears many other of your correspondents have, fond memories of little Lulu, Tubby and the other kids on the block. These kids taught me English - despite the fact that comics (in general) were kind of banned in our community - not quite banned, but certainly frowned upon as 'foreign influences using bad spelling of the English Language'. - You know, words like 'Ya' instead of you, 'kinda' instead of kind of and so on. Like I see some other comments on your site, I too got to read and understand english quite ahead of my friends who upheld the comic book ban. Those were good old days - I saw the comics were marked as priced at 10c in the USA, but we paid only sixpence in South Africa. A US Dollar then cost a whopping 7 shillings and six pence, which in 1961 became 75 Cents (RSA) for a US Dollar. Today I need R6-10 to purchase one US Dollar. Times have certainly changed. We didn't have television here before 1982 - and I believed that TV was just a comic book fantasy - never knew they actually existed. Tubby and Iggy showed me how to make a hammock, and I love that mode of relaxing to this day. Those kids also taught me about the Grand Canyon, Old Faithful geyser, mount Rushmore's presidents and all about the Civil War. I certainly doubt if any pre-high school child knows half as much about Africa as I learnt from comics regarding America. Perhaps they will know Nelson Mandela, but before him probably very little. Whatever - it was nice to see your website, and I'd like to wish you good health and happiness - those were good days!
October 2, 2005
Hi, I was born 1946, and the only memory of Little Lulu were comic books that smelled so good, I also enjoyed reading them....but there was a friend of Lulu's , I think her name was 'Matilda'? She had a house that magically came out of the ground..was there such a series ? ...Martha (with freckles on my chin)
October 2, 2005
Tom
I just want to thank you for putting the Little Lulu website together. I was a big comic book reader as a kid in the early 70s. I don't remember ever reading a Little Lulu comic back then. I always read Archies. As an adult, I started collecting the old Archie comics again, including the spanish version, Archi.
Last year, I bought a hard bound book filled with various Mexican comics from the late 1950s. For some reason, a lot of comic book collectors in Mexico would have their comics hard-bound into books. I bought one of these books from a comic seller in Mexico City for the sole purpose of obtaining the one Archi it contained. It also had 7 issues of La Pequena Lulu.
I started reading the Lulu books
and was surprised at how hilarious they were. I have to
say, I've become addicted to them. They are one of those
rare comics that is written on multiple levels. I think I
find the humor more entertaining as an adult than I ever would
have as a child. There are some things that just didn't
translate to Spanish so it's interesting to see the translations
compared to the US versions. For example, the line in the
story with Little Itch babysitting where she says "I'm
babysitting" had no equivalent translation in Spanish so the
joke was completely lost.
Needless to say, I have continued to buy them. I've
acquired a number of the 4 color issues as well as about 50
or so from Mexico (all pre-1960).
Thanks again. I always enjoy visiting your site.
October 2, 2005
TUBBY
EEYOW ! - I came across your site and was happy to see you are helping to keep our stories alive . Lulu and I had many wonderful times growing up in Peekskill . I found the story of your visit most interesting . I live in Texas now and Lulu is out in California ( Newport Beach ) . The wife and I go out every other year for a visit . If you email me with a mailing address I will send you some postcards I kept from my time in Peekskill . I'll send you postcards of 1.Depew Park ( Lulu, the gang & I had many adventures there ) 2. the REAL waterfall where Lulu saved me ( your photo was wrong , but I see you like waterfalls ) 3. Downtown ( yes Peekskill was as simple as was shown in the comics ) . - will write more later - your pal , TUBBY .
October 2, 2005
TUBBY
Hi Michelle , You wrote " Did you really play out the characters from the comics? " - HUH ? We are the characters from the comics ... Lulu and I and most of the others live under assumed names because we wanted to go on with our lives like everyone else . Who would want to be called TUBBY forever ? Lulu said this was probably a bad idea when I told her I was going to write you , but I thought it was pretty neat how you went to visit our hometown just because of our stories . I still like to think that maybe we did some good for our readers , that they had some laughs ( we sure did ) , maybe even learned some things about how to get along with each other . Lulu says ," leave it alone ", but that's Lulu . She always took everything in stride , never let any of the fame go to her head . It took me a lot longer to mature . I even went through a bad marriage to Gloria ( we had met again as adults at a high school reunion ) ... but that is another story that the spider must spin later . Your pal , TUBBY .
October 2, 2005
Scott
Well, I can see I've got catching up to do. I thought I had all the old collections of the Saturday Evening Post Lulu cartoons, but I was unaware of the title FUN WITH LITTLE LULU, so I'll have to keep my eye out for that one. (And perhaps LAUGHS WITH...as well. I suspect my copy is missing a couple of pages.) Interesting that many of the coloring and paint books I see on the site seem to be influenced very much by the Paramount animated Lulu more than any other. Something about the headshape, and the rubber limbed poses. Taken as a whole, it's odd the way Lulu changed over the years. I really think the later John Stanley/Irving Tripp Lulu would have been frightened of Marge's original little wild child. Perhaps it was the ascension of Tubby and Alvin as characters that softened her personality, by contrast, into the good girl and model student she became. The Paramount still of her in the corner with a dunce cap hardly seems like the Lulu who loved school. (Yet so often ran afoul of McNabbem in one misunderstanding or another.) I have, scanned, a couple of Kleenex ads that weren't on the site. I don't know if this means you don't have them, or simply haven't posted them. Would you be interested in seeing them?
October 2, 2005
Scott
Certainly Irving Tripp's Lulu has become the most recognized, but what is it about his version that makes it different? For one, I think, he has such a tight, controlled line, that his interpretations of the characters Marge created are rather like macaroni shapes. And he has a tendencyy not to give his characters necks, so they all seem a little stooped. But one can see in the Kllenex ads that Marge's Lulu developed along the same path as the comic book Lulu, although it retained her looser, more flowing line. I oftened wondered what the comic might have looked like if someone had captured that in the art. Is there any indication who was responsible for the art on the Hallmark cards? I just watched BOUT WITH A TROUT a while ago, one of the three Paramount cartoons I've dug up on DVD so far. Amazing to see Lulu so freely playing hooky. MacNabbem would have been fully justified in chasing her then. Perhaps it was her dream that set her on the straight and narrow- although we end by seeing her cheating on her detention. And in BARGAIN COUNTER ATTACK, she destroys a departet store and thinks nothing of it! Not the good little Lulu she became there! I liked the picture of Lulu and Annie walking by the Central (Sunset) Diner. I've been in that diner myself, living not far from Peekskill. Attached are the Kllenex ads I scanned. I have more, in a stack of old LIFE magazines in a storage locker. I mean to make time to go through them and ferret them out.
October 2, 2005
Scott
I think the problem (for me at any rate) with the HBO shows is that they simply didn't find the voice of the material. It looks like Lulu and the gang, but I'm not sure they act or move or sound like Lulu and the gang. They took pre-exisiting material, which had its own strong point of view, and grafted upon it their own sensiblities, and/or those of a different decade and social climate. Of course, as popular as the Lulu comics were in the fifties, even then they were dated in appearence. Having Lulu do stand-up comedy doesn't change the fact that she looks like a kid from the 30's. Yet that shouldn't matter and in the comic book it never did matter. But they somehow didn't get to the heart of the Stanley style of humor and storytelling. I found the humor bland and earthbound, and some of the voice acting forced. I also didn't like them grafting on 'motivations' where they didn't exist. Particularly in the behavior of Alvin. He should never intellectualize his actions, nor 'plot against' Lulu. He is simply a force of nature. Like a child, he acts on impulse. His just happen to be destructive. The early Paramount cartoons have more in common with the Marge panels, although they too are filtered through another sensibility. And I suppose they represent the first time Lulu spoke. Chuck Jones once said, explaining the critical failure of his Tom and Jerry cartoons, that it is difficult to work with another creator's characters, and that explains a lot about the transmutations of Lulu. But in her case, it seems that Marge herself was influenced by what others had done with Lulu. Her own interpretation changed along with those of others, so that the latter Kleenex Lulu was far closer to the Stanley model than to her own origins. When the rights were for sale a few years ago, a friend and I seriously considered buying Lulu, but we couldn't throw together the money!
March 24, 2005
I just wanted to tell u thaaaaaaaaanks who ever u are.....cause I screamed and cried when I saw LoLu story picture the Arabian version. I was in looooooove with these stories, the black and white arabic lulu................u reminded me of my all childhood....!!
Please please please if u can tell me where i can find the arabic lulu where to buy it from....or if u just can scan some stories for me......am 25 now and still in love with her!!! Best Regards
Note: See a Little Lulu story in Arabic (scroll down the page to the links to the story)
March 19, 2005
Katarina
I am an actress from Slovakia. When an American TV cartoon comes to Europe, each country does what is called "dubbing". Actors from that country try to fit their voices and the sentences in their respective languages into the characters' mouths, so that it look like that character actually speaks their language. Well, I was the voice of Lulu on the HBO series Little Lulu Show for Slovakia! I spent about 5 months working on the series and it was one of the most fun I had in my acting career. Until now I keep in touch with the other actors and we write to each other calling ourselves the names of the characters. And everytime someone asks me if I am going to take a bath, I answer: "But I took a bath yesterday!" in Lulu's voice just like little Lulu to her mother in one of the episodes. It is great to see a website like this and see that there are more people out there who love Lulu as much as I do and to whom Lulu means a little more than just a cartoon character. Best of luck Katarina
March 19, 2005
Sue from Marietta, GA (formerly Somerville, NJ)
My name is Sue; I was born in 1944 at Cranford Hospital but lived at 629 North Avenue, now Lord & Taylor parking lot. I just started looking up Little Lulu books on ebay and noticed that Westfield Classics was mentioned and then I found your web site. I am happy to know that you loved Little Lulu too; somehow my books and doll were disposed of by my Mom. I just remember how much I loved them and want to share that joy with my grandchildren. I am sure she bought the books at the only bookstore available during that time. I remember it being at the end of Main Street and two elderly ladies owned and operated it. Mom used to buy me books for birthdays and Christmas as she valued the written word. It would be nice for you to answer me. I am interested in knowing where you live and how you obtained your original collection. I am bidding on Little Lulu and the Organ Grinder plus a 9 inch doll, both from ebay. God bless you and may you be happy and well.
March 19, 2005
Scott in Vermont
Hi. I'm writing a bio for my web site, and went to Google to find something about Little Lulu, and there was your site! When I was a child my mom read the Little Lulu comics to me and described the pictures because I am blind, and couldn't read them. She was great at describing them. I am doing a site on journal-keeping, and want to mention Little Lulu and her diary, which she refered to as "Dear Diary", except I don't think "diary" was spelled the right way. I loved reading (my computer has a braille display) your text, and I do know what Colorforms are; I loved them because unlike real paper dolls, when I handled them, the clothes didn't fall off. I also had to laugh when you wrote about buying "pop". Are you originally from the Midwest? Can you write back and tell me how to spell "diary" the Little Lulu way? Thanks.
March 19, 2005
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your Little Lulu site. I have not read any Lulu since I was a child, but I recently picked up the new Dark Horse reprint volume of several stories from the 40s. As a kid, I didn't fully realize just how good that stuff actually was. I am very glad to be "back!"
January 28, 2005
Scott in Vermont
Michele, I love ya! First Smilin'
Ed,' and now I see you, too were a Little Lulu fan!
Remember when all the comic books were either 'girls' comics or
'boys' comics? Well, Little Lulu was 'neutral.' My
favorite were the ones with Witch Hazel. It was something
about the way that comic book was drawn that was very different
from anything else; like another world -- the Little Lulu world.
A few years ago I met a guy who was a compulsive comic book
collector (in fact he was a few thousand dollars in debt do to
his 'addiction,' but I digress). When I mentioned that
Little Lulu used to be one of my favorites, his eyes lit up; we'd
established a true bond. He did me the great honor of
letting me BORROW a few of his precious, original Little Lulu
comics. That he actually let them out of his sight was a
great act of trust! We're still friends, though we live in
different parts of the country.
A bit of totally irrelevant trivia: the late, great modern
jazz pianist, Bill Evans recorded a swinging version of the
Little Lulu theme song (from the cartoon). I don't know of
any other jazz players who have ever recorded it (I'm also a
fanatical jazz fan). Just thought I'd mention that.
Just clicked onto the Little Lulu link from your Smilin' Ed site,
so haven't had time to read all the posts yet.
Yeah, five-cent sodas! Drug stores with soda fountains! Ten-cent
comics! The Vault of Horror (oops, that was definitely not
a girls' comic book!) Remember how comic books used to
smell?? I think it was the ink that gave them that
characteristic aroma. It's all coming back now. So
what other gems have you got in your various web sites?
I'll have to check it out.
Very best wishes and many thanks, Scott in Vermont
January 22, 2005
Shane
This is the B-25 plane my grandfather flew on in WWII. It flew in India and China doing weather reconnaissance. To be exact, it flew ahead of the bombers to check on the weather conditions for the air raids. I suppose it was named Little Lulu as the Japanese apparently had difficulty saying L's, as well as R's. He is not in this photo. (You may click on the image for a larger version)
January 21, 2005
Grandpa Damon Austin, Texas
It's fascinating to read these "Little Lulu" stories. Some of your readers might not know that she inspired a whole genre of little Lulu jokes. I remember one from the World War II era, when I was a child: Little Lulu was in an airplane flying over an aircraft carrier when the pilot rolled the airplane upside down and fell out. Little Lulu laughed and laughed because she knew he had been through HARD SHIPS before. Ah, the world was much younger then.
January 21, 2005
Cindy
My nick name as a little girl was Little Lulu, as my real name is Lucinda, and my mom used to love the way that I would say it. Now that I am older, I have found the doll but I am now looking for the apparel. I would appreciate any and all help! Thank You!
January 21, 2005
Lucie "Little Lulu" Casares
There's something about Little Lulu. No? I was a little girl with black hair and dressed in a red dress with shiny black shoes and I am pictured chewing on flowers (safe ones?) in my mother's garden. I was definitely Little Lulu. So much so that now in my 50's I have chosen this name for myself. You see, I found out in my old age that I am adopted. My mother thought that she would "protect" me by not telling me the truth though somewhere deep I already suspected as much. When she admitted the truth finally after many years of me questioning her I then became the Little Lulu that I had always been. Someone who didn't seem to fit, who had her own opinions, who blazed her own trail. That's what I have done, and I definitely think that I am the ultimate Little Lulu, a name that I've given myself and that my whole immediate family calls me now. She was always there when I was a youngster -- a lost youngster trying to figure out who she was and why in the world she didn't quite fit in. I loved LIttle Lulu coloring books particularly and her comic books, of course. That's all I wanted to say. Thanks for the website and the chance to tell you this.
January 21, 2005
Scott Ross
I'm wondering if you can help me track down an old gold key "lulu" summer camp special (a giant, I think.) every time i think I've located it, on ebay or some such site, and query the owner, i'm told the issue in question doesn't contain the story i'm looking for. I remember this vividly: riding in the back seat while my parents drove somewhere during summer vacation and reading this comic. I've thought it was 1967, the year of the montrael expo, but may be wrong - might have been either earlier, or later. In any case, the story contains this sequence: an owl, perched on a branch over the campers' tents, makes a "who" sound. there follows a series of panels with dialogue balloons (issuing from the barracks.) someone says, "who said 'who'?" someone else says, "who said 'who said who?'?" and so on and on. Do you have ANY idea what comic I read this story in? Like so many mothers in the 1960s and '70s, mine made me get rid of my comic book collection - all those "Lulu"s and "Bugs Bunny"s and Carl Barks "Uncle Scrooge" stories - gone - YOW! I have exactly ONE gold key "lulu" reprint left, from 1970. our mothers have a lot to answer for. Many thanks, and best wishes, Scott Ross
January 21, 2005
Joe L
"Oh, does anyone remember a local, NY (channel 13) evening cartoon show called 'Junior Frolics"? I grew up watching this show every afternoon. In my later life (early 60's) I worked at WNJU-TV Channel 47 which was somewhat of a rebirth of the original Channel 13. Fred Sayles, who was the host of Junior Frolics resurrected the show and renamed it "Junior Town" which also ran the original silent "Coco The Clown and Farmer Gray" cartoons. I have the original set piece logo that hung over Uncle Fred's shoulder in storage at my home. Here is some additional information on Junior Frolics: http://www.tvparty.com/lostny2felix.html Regards, Joe L. http://wnjutv47.com/
January 19, 2005
Beatriz
I have been collecting La Pequeña Lulu since where I was a child and I think you like to know more information about that. The Marge's Little Lulu was published by Novaro (Mexico) but not in a correlative way. Under tittle La Pequeña Lulu, Novaro published Little Lulu and Tubby together since number #1 until# 409 with different logos (SEA, EN, etc). The size is almost the same that Little Lulu (a little bit smaller). After 409 the comic was published in a different size and it changed The oldest comic that I have ever seen is Pequeña Lulu #18 (1953). This comics is the Four Color Tubby FC 444 and the same comic was published again by Novaro in 1968 (#255). My oldest Little Lulu is La Pequeña Lulu #46 (1955). This comics is a copy in Spanish of Marge's Little Lulu 145 (1960). The Novaro's Little Lulu (1 to 409) is the "real comic" that the people collect in Spain, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, etc. The covers are the same of English version but they are mixed. La Pequeña Lulu #46 has a different cover than Little Lulu 145. I send you some pictures of Pequeña Lulu #227, #228 and #256.
January 19, 2005
Constance
Do you remember the song about Lulu and her tricks? I had the record in 1958. It was one of my favorites. The chorus goes like this:
Little Lulu knows a trick or two
Little Lulu's tricks are fun to do
Little Lulu wants to share the fun
and show you how they're done
Note from Michele: See http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/lulu/magicmu.htm for the words to the rest of this song and a photo of the sheet music.
January 19, 2005
Kathryn Lucas
Hi. I just found your website. My father, Joseph Lloyd White, worked for Dell as a Little Lulu & Tubby cartoonist in the 1950's and 1960's. Do you have any information on him? He worked in our cellar and the room was filled with comics when I was young but I have no idea what happened to all of them...I'll ask my mother, who is still living. Thanks, Kathryn Lucas
January 19, 2005
Vasili
Some cartoons I never saw was the Little Lulu cartoons with an African-American maid who has modeled after the Gone with the Wind actress Hattie McDaniel. It is unlikely today to be aired on television due to African-American stereotypes and it probably will not be released on home video. Vasili
January 19, 2005
Yubi
Thanks for the site.
There was always a stack of Little Lulu comics
in our house when I was a kid.
Merry Christmas and
Happy Beebleberries.
Yubi
January 19, 2005
Dave
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. Dave from near Baltimore
January 19, 2005
Gene Lovett
Hi always wanted to tell you what a wonderful
"Lulu" web site you have. Been watching it grow over
the last few years. Its like a trip through time. I always loved
Little Lulu and the gang and its nice to see them re-born on your
wonderful site.
Regards, Gene Lovett
January 19, 2005
Marc Johnson
My wife and I are on a half-hearted "stuff reduction program", and my current phase is to try to dump my old Comics on eBay. I (of course) found your website by a Google search for [comics "little lulu"]. I linked to your site for Little Lulu History. http://www.angelfire.com/ny/marcdj/comics.html
So far, no-one has questioned my manhood due to the fact that I liked LL in my youth ... and my golf buddies don't hesitate in that department. It's good to find another fan. I remember (wow - 50 years ago) especially liking Lulu's stories told to Alvin about Witch Hazel ("oh, baddy") and Little Itch ("kickle kickle"). Regards, indeed, As usual, if a link does not work, cut-and-paste to the address bar of your browser. Marc Johnson
January 19, 2005
Mike
I really enjoyed reading the history of Little
Lulu on your site. These were my favorite comics in the 50's. I
loved the simple drawing and colors and the good-natured spirit
of the stories. I even liked her much put-upon heavyset parents.
I enjoyed the comics again in the reprints years later with
my own kids. Lulu has just gone on and on with new generations.
Thanks
October 8, 2004
Tom in California
Thank you SO much for the Oona post and correction!! I'm 58 and have been insisting to my friends (who also have no life) ,or anyone who would listen, for YEARS, that Lulu had a recurring character named Oona, and they've been telling me I'm nuts. Some of these guys are self- acclaimed trivia savants, too, so believe me I've been all alone on this one. And now I find it mentioned on your site. I thought for sure it was a lost cause. You were my absolute last resort and you came through, WOW.! ..you're the St.Jude of Lulu trivia! I did have an uneasy feeling all these years that she may not have been a Lulu character at all but from Nancy. Thanks to you, I now know it WAS from Nancy but drawn by a former Lulu artist--I even have her last name, Goosepimple.( you wouldn't happen to have Aunt Fritz's email address would you?) I can now stick it to my 'genius' friends, and my goofy sister who I'll never forgive for blowing her nose in my Kleenex bunny that I made from the Lulu magic book. In all fairness, though, it didn't look much like a bunny but still, you don't just go around blowing your nose in a guy's stuff. er..anyhow---there is one piece of the puzzle still missing, though. I remember her as Onna the Pale Girl. You refer to her as the magic girl. Am I completely wrong about the Pale Girl part? Could Oona the magic girl have turned into the Pale Girl every so often?.She was magic, afterall, so it is certainly possible. Even if I get no response about the Pale girl, I now know that Oona did exist..what a relief!. Now if I can just find someone about 58 who grew up in New York (I'm from Greenpoint, Brooklyn) who remembers a few short little TV Christmas cartoons that would just pop up between shows--"Suzy Snowflake" and three little elves named "Hydrox, Coco and Joe".-- I can get on with what's left of the rest of my life. Thanks again! Oh, does anyone remember a local, NY (channel 13) evening cartoon show called 'Junior Frolics"? It featured Coco the the inkwell clown, I think, and Farmer Grey, an old guy (about my age) who was constantly attacked by thousands of mice.
Note from Michele: See http://michelesworld.net/dmm/lulu/Oona/oona.htm for a story from a Nancy and Sluggo comic with Oona in it. Below is part of my reply to Tom with information about some of the things he was looking for:
I remembered Suzy Snowflake and part of a song: "Here
comes Suzy Snowflake, dressed in a snow-white gown...." So I
looked for it and found some links.
Try these links for Suzy Snowflake:
http://www.always-safe.com/suzy.html
http://www.uss-rangerguy.com/suzy_snowflake.htm
http://www.toontracker.com/realvid/realvid.htm
I didn't find anything about Hydrox, Coco
and Joe except some lists of pet
names or recipies :-)
I didn't know Junior Frolics, but check this out:
http://www.tvparty.com/lostunclefred.html
Near the bottom is a reference to KoKo the Clown who jumps back
into the ink bottle.
Another Note from Michele: See the reply from Joe L about Junior Frolics
October 8, 2004
Mike Martin
Thank you for your enjoyable and highly informative website. I live in England UK, and have loved Little Lulu ever since I first discovered her in the early 1950s when, as children, we used to swap copies of American comics with one another. We couldn't buy them over here, but the American GI's who were stationed in the UK after the war used to have them (and all the other great classic American comic books - Superman, Batman, Looney Tunes, Betty & Veronica etc) mailed to them. When they had finished with them, being kind hearted guys they gave them to the local children, who loved them so much that they traded them with each other. This way they circulated widely. I lived nowhere near a U S base, but was able to obtain a regular supply of new copies. In recent years I have started to collect Little Lulu again, and would welcome a little information. Just before Christmas I obtained a mid 50s Christmas issue (the one on your web site showing Lulu using Christmas tree baubles as earrings) via eBay, but was disappointed to find that despite the Christmas cover, there were no Christmas comic strips inside. I know that the Halloween issues carried Halloween strips, and I would love to have an issue (preferably from the 50s) full of Christmas strips. Please can you tell me, were there any that I can look out for? If so, perhaps I can find one in time for next Christmas.
October 8, 2004
Geo
Hi, I came across your website today and enjoyed it. I'll come back. I read Little Lulu comics in the late 40's and early 50's before I "grew up". I've recently been buying a few of the comic books from that era. Looking back at that time I really think that Little Lulu was my favorite comic book -- it really made me laugh. I identified with Tubby, I had (still have) red hair but I was a little slimmer than he was. All the Lulu characters had real personality. When I got my first Lulu comic a few weeks ago, as I read through it I laughed just as I did when I was 9. I'll keep coming back to your site. Thanks.
October 8, 2004
Noni Knight
I read Little Lulu in the late 50s - early 60s when I was growing up in Greece and I still remember the excitement of buying the new magazine every week. Having lived in the U.K. for the last twenty years and having brought up two children of my own, I've read to them loads of comics and watched innumerable cartoons on TV. Nothing has ever compared to the sheer pleasure I remember feeling while reading about the antics of Little Lulu, her friend Tubby and the other characters. Your website is great; thank you for giving me the pleasure of re living my childhood! Best wishes Noni Knight
October 8, 2004
John Mayer
Came upon your site and thought you might want
to know that Dark Horse says they are contemplating republishing
Little Lulu. You might want to urge your visitors to visit the
Dark Horse site and encourage them in this venture: http://www.darkhorse.com/ I didn't find a link to this project, but the
webmaster did confirm to me that our favorite moppet is staged
for a comeback some time this Summer.
I, too, am a fan, and I am a two-fisted man that has boxed and
done other contact sports in the past; many are surprised to
learn of my fondness for the little curly-head, but that's
because they've never read her adventures. I used to buy her and
Tubby (well, probably it was my sister that bought the Little
Lulu's) as a boy, but I didn't fully appreciate Stanley's wit
until I got into college. I was never able to afford the Another
Rainbow set, and, anyway, I would have missed the color. I'm
looking forward to Dark Horse's venture.
October 8, 2004
Diane
I always managed to spend some of my allowance (50 cents a week) on Little LuLu comic books (10 cents). Then, instead of studying, I read about LuLu and friends. How innocent it all seems now. And how my grades suffered.
October 8, 2004
Sheila Bateman
How i loved little lulu!! i got my first little lulu comic book in july 1950 , the august 1950 issue predated while vacationing in woodstock, illinois. i had a seven year supply. one day my mom threw all of them away accidentally. she had intended to throw my personal romance mags tame by today's standards.i also had little lulu records little golden records came out about 1951 on 78s. there was a song something like this i can't remember all the words: little lulu with freckles on your chin always in and out of trouble, but mostly always in using daddy's necktie for the tail of your kite using mommy's lipstick for the letters she writes though the clock says seven thirty it's really after ten, looks like lulu , and here's where it gets murky-the rest i can't recall exactly, little lulu i love you lu just the same! i remember the jack in the beanstalk one about bean soup and tubby eating spaghetti, going to the zoo, tubby thinking he could eat i think little alvin's hot dog if he put mustard on it! no go! and so much more!! ssheila bateman
October 8, 2004
Hi, I enjoyed looking at your collection of Little Lulu items and pictures. It looks like you have a beautiful collection. It’s beautiful to see that you have such a great family and are so united. My family was like that. Then my dad died, and my mom passed away last year. It’s hard because I was very close to her. I started reading Little Lulu when I was a little girl in Cuba in the 50’s. She became my favorite right away. I couldn’t wait to see if any new Little Lulu comic books had come out. It was so much fun to read about Lulu, Tubby, Annie, and of course the rest of the gang.
It’s funny that I first read them in Spanish and then when I arrived in Miami, in 1962, I was ecstatic to see them again. This time they were in English. I think I was probably the fastest child in learning a new language. I got a 100 in my first Spelling test. Now I think in English, Spanish is my second language, and the children sadly to say don’t speak it as well.
Back to Little Lulu, it was such happy times to hold that first comic book in my hands. We had just arrived and Castro didn’t let my family take more than $5, to bring here. My mom had hidden the family jewels in the hem of my dress, which was torn apart in the airport. I was the shyest kid, not that this attack helped any. I sobbed at losing my ID bracelet, my mom’s wedding ring and other sentimental pieces. They didn’t take the Little Lulu comic books I had in my small suitcase. Those comforted me in the new country we were about to fall in love with. Little Lulu…I wonder sometimes if Marge Buell ever realized the inspiration Little Lulu brought to little girls all over the globe.
I know that before leaving, when the communists confiscated whatever we had, that there were some Little Lulu and Tubby dolls for sale in El Encanto, a store like Saks Fifth Avenue in Havana. I remember going up the escalator, holding my mother’s hand and at this time Castro had already taken over, my beautiful mother who never showed fear, was always looking behind her shoulders, people were being executed left and right. We were all arrested one day while eating a restaurant. My mom my brother, my little sister, was all taken to G-2, one of Castro’s jails. My dad was taken to one of the worse jails. It was a horrible period. I longed for the tranquility of reading Little Lulu. The day I saw the Little Lulu doll in that dept. store, I wanted my mom to buy her more than anything. It was not to be, the money she was able to keep was to go to see if we could pay someone to bring us here. My dad escaped execution thanks to my mom’s bravery. They both always talked to us so good about Americans.
He started working as soon as he could when we arrived, whether washing cars, to the sugar fields in Georgia, to later on being the only honest car salesman people ever met. He would proudly show his files with the thousands of repeat customers he accumulated over the years. He would tell us that when a customer returns it is because of satisfaction and that no matter what we do in life to take pride in it, and do our best. I wore sneakers that were full of holes in my first years here. I would try to cover one foot with the other out of embarrassment. It was such a difference. But we were free. The best shoes in the world cannot take away oppression. It was so nice to go to the grocery store and not have anything selected and how much you could take. It was so nice to read whatever you wanted. Freedom… we have the best country in the world. That’s why Americans must never forget September 11. Those cowards tried to intimidate us. Terrorists would give anything for us to lose what we have here, the freedom of choice. The other day someone was talking to me about the economy, and I think to myself, this country will always be the richest, sure we’ll go through impasses, but the economy will recover. The fact is that if we don’t protect our country there won’t be an economy to worry about. The important thing now is to protect our country. Make sure that those that aim to hurt our kids know we will not stand for it. I am sure Little Lulu would agree.
October 8, 2004
As a child I loved fantasy and intrigue, comics and stories.....to me these were thresholds to magic and wonder. I especially liked lulu and tubby, little dot or was it polka dot?? I liked the very early uncle scrooge, little lotta, nancy and sluggo, plastic man, and many others. I had a fairly good sized collection....being a child reading these wonderful comics helped me with reading skills and my imagination. I understand the warm nostalgic feelings people have when recalling lying in bed at night reading comics or puzzle books in the early l950s while it snowed outside....you know, little memories like that. I also loved cartoon films, especially the old black and white popeyes, out of the inkwell, the musical cartoons of the l930s were especial favorites....I absolutely loved laurel and hardy.... I watched our gang films and some of the early sci fi serials such as flash gordon, tim tyler, and some others I cannot name. little lulu and tubby were wholesome and pleasureable comics.....today's media for children is extremely rough , violent and all the shocking lights and video games actually can cause epileptic episodes for some kids......I really wish the tender and gentle side of childhood stories, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories, fun comics would make a come back....
October 8, 2004
On tv I remember
that Tracy Ullman 1995-1996 playd little lulu.And also Jane
Woodes1996-1998 playd her to.They had little lulu est.1940.I
liked little lulu
October 8, 2004
Gilda Barger Kenner, Louisiana
Just a note to say thanks for the memories. I'm 58 years old and still get a warm feeling when I see a Little Lulu comic book. I have such fond memories of looking forward to going to the newstand to buy the latest edition. I wish I still had all the books I had collected back then.
October 8, 2004
Piglet
Hi I just found your sight and was wondering if you could let me know which comic book has a story in it about Beeble Berries. I started reading, actually my mom read them to me in the 50's, Little Lulu way back when. I always liked the Beeble berry storys. Well when my son was born we nick-named him Beeble. That stay with him until he was about 10 and he ask me to quit it, I did, but only in public. Now he is thirty and we still kid him about it. He has a little girl now and she teases him too. I was so glad you had the Little Lulu song. My mom taught it to me, I taught to my son, and now my granddaughter sings it to, its a favorite. I can wait till she comes over so I can show her this sight and she can enjoy the comics they are hard to come by now. Thanks so much
October 8, 2004
Cathy
Bliss for 35 cents? Is that possible? Of course
it is. A 25 cent special "big" Little Lulu comic book
and a Breyer's peach ice cream cone for 10 cents! That bliss was
readily available when I was a child in the 1950s growing up in
Jersey City, New Jersey. Bliss is a little more difficult to find
now that I'm a middle aged woman, but I still enjoy my memories
of those times.
During one of those childhood summers my parents took me on a
vacation to Niagra Falls. Walking around after dinner we passed a
toy store that was closed for the night. But looking through the
window I saw inside the dark store a Little Lulu doll sitting on
a shelf. I had never seen a doll of my heroine before. I was weak
in the knees with desire for her. The store opened again the next
morning at 10 a.m. but we were scheduled to leave for home much
earlier than that. However, my parents said they would change
their plans and we could wait until the store opened and they
would buy the doll for me! I couldn't sleep all night. I'll never
forget standing at the store counter while the shopkeeper went
into the back to get a fresh Lulu for me. The box was gray
cardboard and he took the top off to show me Lulu inside. She was
wrapped in while tissue paper and lay there smiling in her red
cotton dress. I was in heaven! My parents paid $5 for the doll
and she was mine! If someone handed me a million dollar diamond
today, I wouldn't feel any happier than when I got my Little Lulu
doll. Thanks for the memories, Lulu, and thanks for everything,
Mom and Dad. I wish we could spend those happy times together
again. . .
October 8, 2004
Mike Martin
Thank you for your enjoyable and highly informative website. I live in England UK, and have loved Little Lulu ever since I first discovered her in the early 1950s when, as children, we used to swap copies of American comics with one another. We couldn't buy them over here, but the American GI's who were stationed in the UK after the war used to have them (and all the other great classic American comic books - Superman, Batman, Looney Tunes, Betty & Veronica etc) mailed to them. When they had finished with them, being kind hearted guys they gave them to the local children, who loved them so much that they traded them with each other. This way they circulated widely. I lived nowhere near a U S base, but was able to obtain a regular supply of new copies. In recent years I have started to collect Little Lulu again, and would welcome a little information. Just before Christmas I obtained a mid 50s Christmas issue (the one on your web site showing Lulu using Christmas tree baubles as earrings) via eBay, but was disappointed to find that despite the Christmas cover, there were no Christmas comic strips inside. I know that the Halloween issues carried Halloween strips, and I would love to have an issue (preferably from the 50s) full of Christmas strips. Please can you tell me, were there any that I can look out for? If so, perhaps I can find one in time for next Christmas.
October 8, 2004
Wayne Byarlay wab@purdue.edu
My sister and I, when we were
little, were visiting our Aunt. This was back when VCR's were
new, and Beta vs. VHS was the war. Well, my aunt had Beta, and
titles were limited. Little Lulu cartoons were one of the titles
available at the video store.
I distinctly remember a scene in a particular cartoon where Lulu
encountered some new boys in the neighborhood. they said they
were going to take over, then they did a little dance. After they
left, Lulu spoke aloud: "I better go warn Tubby!" Then
proceeded to stand still on the sidewalk for what seemed like 30
seconds. (In reality I'm sure it was shorter, but...)
To this day my sister and I still sometimes say, "I better
go warn Tubby!" then just stand there.
Wayne Byarlay wab@purdue.edu
May 20, 2003
Katherine Masis, Lulu fan
Yow! You're missing a Lulu character! Do you remember Fifi, the little French girl? Black hair with curls, grayish-blue dress with puffed sleeves, frilly ankle socks--true child of the '50s. She went on the big boat trip to Paris with the gang, remember? (There was a special issue of "Little Lulu in Paris.") She also appeared in a few other stories. Keep up the good work--you've got a great website!
May 20, 2003
Beth
I grew up in the 70's, so I didn't know the Lulu comics. But I had the hardcover book, "Little Lulu and the Magic Paints". It was one of my favorites. I recently found it at my parents house and the instant I laid eyes on the cover, it evoked happy memories and familiarity. I sat down right then and there on their attic floor and read it straight through. I even found my handwritten inscription of my name on the inside cover. I hadn't wanted my sister or brother claiming that one, it was MINE! I brought it back to my house with me and read it to my son and daughter. They request if often. They seem just as taken by the bright colors, clean lines, exaggerated facial expressions, and the......magic....that Little Lulu inspires. I remember wishing I had a set of her Magic Paints, which could change the color of anything with the touch of a brush. I have since tried to track down other Lulu books at the library to no avail. I went searching on the web for more titles when I found your site. So nice to read everyone's comments.
May 20, 2003
Karen
When I was a little girl, (back in the 40's and early 50's), I probably owned most of the Little Lulu comic books from those early years. Then -- (and I'm sure you've heard this many times) -- I got married and left home -- and of course, my Mom threw away all my old comics. What do the old "4 color", (as I think you called the first ones with the little cartoon drawings down each side) sell for ? Do you have any of these for sale ? 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. 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 !
I really enjoyed reading your article -- it brought back pleasant childhood memories, and lazy summer days growing up back in Illinois.
May 7, 2003
Vivian
When I was a little girl in the fifties my parents treated me to a Little Lulu subscription. How I anticipated the arrival in our little locked mailbox in our New York City apartment building. I now have a Little Lulu bobblehead on my desk. Fortunately, the designer actually created a bobblebody which I much prefer. The other day I was discussing tattoos with my husband. I don't plan on getting one but he wanted to know what I would get if I had one. Right away I realized it would be Little Lulu. He was surprised that I didn't choose a heart, teddy bear or cat which are things I like.He asked me why that. "Because she represented a very happy time of my life."
May 7, 2003
Wynne
I want to thank you for your website. I especially appreciate the information on Little Lulu. The reason is that a certain little girl, my goddaughter's niece, has reminded me of Little Lulu, and I can share your information with her family. They live in Mexico, where they are familiar with "La pequeña Lulú."
May 7, 2003
Ítala Tavares
Thank you for the great pleasure you have given me. This site is magic. I remember my infancy here in Brasil, reading Little Lulu. Now I am 23 and Little Lulu (Luluzinha in Brasil) and his fellows is one of the best part of my childhood.
Thank you and keep enjoying Little Lulu, because I´ll do it forever.
May 7, 2003
Renee
Seeing all of this Little Lulu stuff has made me feel all warm and fuzzy. She was a great comfort to me when I was a child, as I was one of those awkward children and she was such a great escape for me.
May 7, 2003
Elena Ferrer (maiden name Elena Vilaro) Fervilaro@yahoo.com
Hi, this is my story about Lulu. I grew up in Cuba during the 50’s and early 60‘s. When I was four years old a neighbor left a book of Little Lulu in my house. I wanted to know what the story was about because I fell in love with the dynamics of the drawings. That day I forced my mother to read all the stories in that edition. When I asked her to read it again, she asked my father to teach me how to read. And that is exactly what my father did. So at the age of four and a half I read and wrote due to my motivation of learning the stories of Little Lulu. Since then I started to collect The Little Lulu comic books. When I left Cuba in 1965, unfortunately, I could not take my collection with me. However, in 1973, I found places in New York where I could purchase the same old comic books from the 1950’s. Presently, I have a large collection of comics, dolls, and other items (not for sale), that I am planning to give to my daughter in the future. My collection includes books written in English, Spanish and Portuguese. I am very connected with the Lulu character, and I am glad to know that there are a great number of people that share the same connection.
May 7, 2003
Norm Coupe
Love your site!!
I am 63 years old. Over the past few decades, I have asked people if they remember a cartoon character, who went in the woods looking for beebleberries!
I was beginning to wonder if I had made the story up from a collection of memories from when I was a child.
NO ONE KNEW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT!!
I have been on line for about 4 years now. At work last nite, I thought, why not put beebleberries in a search engine and see what happens.....right!
Well, I did and found your site.
My search, over these many years, has borne fruit...pun intended!!
Thank you so much.
I am going to bed with a serene, childlike, smile on my face; released from the mystery of the Beeble Berry.
May 7, 2003
Luis Vargas
I think the shared "memories" are fun so I'll share mine with you. I guess you can say I'm a "reborn" Lulu fan as I just recently had an epiphany of sorts. I'm in my forties and was looking for a Lulu doll for a friend as a Christmas gift. (She had a cherished doll as a child but in Honduras, her native country...Lulu sure gets around!) So I hunted on eBay as well but as you know it gets very expensive...too much as a gift in any case. I finally settled on one of the 70's Gund dolls for her. I also picked up several old Lulu comics in Spanish for her (she was pleased).
In any case while on eBay I also brought a video of Lulu cartoons just on a whim. WOW! What a thrill...I was transported in time & space...all of a sudden wonderful childhood memories came rushing back...time spent watching these cartoons with my brothers & sisters...and yes, even secretly reading the comic books because back in our neighborhood a boy would be on the "outs" for it. My friends considered it a "girls" comic (most of us were into the Superman/Batman comics). Typical boys that we were, we probably would have joined Tubby in writing, "no girls allowed" on the clubhouse! (Only to have Lulu revise it to "noW girls allowed" as in the '54 annual cover)
Lulu has brought back memories of my adolescent I'd lost touch with. So I'm on the look out for these old cartoons. I even brought a 8 mm Lulu film and hope to transfer it on to regular video too. (Am I obsessed?) Who cares!!
May 7, 2003
Lucas Montes erospr@yahoo.com Puerto Rico
Hi!
I guess I am one of the few guys who enjoyed Little Lulu when I was a kid. I have been collecting comicbooks since I learned to how to read and trade withh friends and Lulu was one of my favorite ones.
Being from Puerto Rico I read the Spanish version from Mexico, Editorial Novaro, from the 60's and on. La peque~na Lulu' was so creative and smart that I enjoyed all her stories with Tubby, Iggy, Annie, and the rest of the gang. I always wanted to live in a town like the one Lulu lived and have such an infancy.
I remember one story in which Tubby traveled to another planet (mars?)or the moon but something happenned and he attracted the whole planet to a tower on Earth where he landed. I can't recall much of this story.
I still have about ten of Lulu comics in Spanish, but they are the ones of the 80's and the stories before that were a lot better. There are no more Lulu comics now, since 1987, when Editorial Novaro closed, and Spanish comics were forbidden in Puerto Rico.
Anyway you have an excellent page which gave me memories of infancy when a comic and a juice were all I needed to have a really nice evening!!
May 7, 2003
Janet
I remember Little Lulu when we moved from England to America in 12th March, 1953. 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. Last year I visited my cousin in Colorada and he told me that Little Lulu was on tv as a cartoon..I loved it so much, and her and Tubby etc. remind me of a very happy time in Springfield MA as a child.
May 7, 2003
Helene
THANK YOU for bringing "The Big Snow" back to life for me. Do you know, Michele, it seems like just yesterday that I read the original...!!! As I was reading through the story, it was SO familiar...!!!! But ... In 1949, I was only 8 years old....! My granddaughter turns 8 in a few months...! What an incredible time perspective that story brought on.
And my friend Dottie, who is a year and a half younger than me - Wow - could she have been only 6 -1/2 years old??? Do you remember when it was very important to add the "half" to age.... like, 6-1/2 was so much older than just six?
As I read The Big Snow, I had to laugh out loud. You know, Little Lulu STILL seems to be so very cleverly written. I mean, when Lulu, snowed in for a week and out of food, says "This isn't funny anymore" .... I just had to laugh. Talk about brilliant understatement...!!! I think a lot of my humor today, the things I view as funny, had their basis in Lulu.
My friend Dottie and I have know each other all our lives, and we always enjoyed comic books, and we'd buy and exchange with each other to make our dimes go farther. But with Little Lulu - we BOTH had to have our own copy. For Dottie's birthday, I am going to give her the copy of "The Big Snow" along with my other Lulu comics (since you said you had them, I hope this is ok?). Of course, The Big Snow will be ON TOP...!!!
May 7, 2003
Anna
What a nice website on Lulu, a true labour of love. I am acquainting my daughter, age 11, with the joys of Little Lulu, and when I find the occasional old Lulu comic for her to read, she "savours" every page of it, as she puts it. She has begun to see the qualitative differences between Little Lulu and say Archie, and recently came up with a 20-frame cartoon of her own in which Tubby and Lulu get together with Archie and Veronica and Betty. She managed to portray the collision between the two cartoon worlds adroitly, humorously and in good comic frame pacing and form. She is gifted and not hugely stimulated at her school. Lulu turned into one of those unpredictable instruments that gifted kids can use and need for higher level work. I saw on your website a note from an elementary teacher who used Lulu stories to teach presentation and narrative form. I thought I would add my own observations on her pedagogical value!
May 7, 2003
Ivor
What a great site!
I wouldn`t call myself an hardcore Little Lulu fan, but I have fond memories of reading the comics as a kid in the 60`s.
Before I was born, my parents and two sisters spent a couple of years in South Africa in the late Fifties. When they returned to England, they brought back with them three or four dozen Tubby & Lulu comics which were the girl`s favourites.
Eventually, I got to reading them ( over and over ) and thoroughly enjoyed the locations of the stories and phrasiology of the characters - so different from English comics!
In time, they were also read by my sisters' children, and have now mostly all been lost, or scattered between our families, but certain words and phrases live on......
My nieces still refer to "fifty cent purple " when talking to their husbands, occasionally beebleberries are mentioned, as are Granpa Feeb, Miss Feeny, and the hilarity of the words " foot " and " feet ".
I recently signed on with AOL, & had to submit a screen name that no one else would have. After a little thought, I came up with Fiftycentpurple.
None of my friends know the significance of this, and I`m willing to bet there aren`t many folk in the UK who do either.
Many thanks,
Ivor.
PS. I`ve been searching for a picture of Tubby doing a fifty cent purple so that I can show my family what it`s all about, but have drawn a blank so far. Is there anybody out there who can scan an image and send it on to me? I`d be very grateful if you could.
January 14, 2003
James S. Melville
In a peculiar state of mind, I typed "beebleberries" into Yahoo search, and came up with your website.
We used to spend Lincoln or Washington birthday weekends, in the '50's, with the Andrews family, good friends of ours from church. (I proposed marriage to Doreen when I was 6 - she was 5. Didn't happen...)
ANYWAY, we had a Little Lulu comic up at Big Bear, and we STILL use the epithet that Witch Hazel shouted at the poor, little, beebleberry-picking girl who was such a nuisance to that crabby old witch. "You little thorn-stab, lick-spoon pull-wool!" We always thought that was hilarious. Little Lulu Lives!!
January 11, 2003
Will Ravenel
You've posted several of my reflections on Lulu, but there's one more I have to add: Back in the 1990's I was working in a gourmet coffee shop in Austin, TX, a well-established business with several celebrity clients (Lady Bird Johnson, Gov Ann Richards, Lyle Lovett). Doug Sahm, who headed a great little band in the 60's called the Sir Douglas Quintet (their big hit was "She's About A Mover") and who headed in the 90's another great band called the Texas Tornadoes, was a regular customer who came in frequently when he was in town. Doug was a really fine guy and he and I would talk about baseball (his favorite subject) whenever he came in. At one point he asked me if I had any knowledge of the radio serials of 50-70 years ago (which I do) and we talked for quite awhile about our favorites. On the way out the door that day he turned around and yelled out to me, "Will! Do you know the name of the truant officer in Little Lulu? Mr McNabbem!" Then he left, laughing hysterically. He and I had never discussed Lulu before; his remark just came out of nowhere. I was returning from New Zealand in November, 1999, when I read in the New York Times that Doug had died of a heart attack the day before. He is really missed here, believe me.
January 11, 2003
Karl
My discovery of Little Lulu was at about age five or six.My father bought me those Golden Books as bed time stories from a corner store;he bought me maybe one per month, or so. We were in the store at the magazine section and the owner called dad over and gave him two Golden Books which he couldn't sell (I suppose because we were regular customers for those kind of books); one of them was a Little Lulu. Secondly the original cartoons of Little Lulu were shown regularly at the Children's Saturday afternoon matinee which the local theatres took turns showing. I find the current Little Lulu cartoons on Family Chanel interesting.They are Brought up to date to a point,they talk of CDs and mention famous people which who have lived in recent times. On the other hand the cost of things are about forty years out step and the cars resemble '50 era vehicles more than they do to-day's cars.The gang which she hangs out with still go to Nate's Sweet Shop for sodas, which have gone out of style over the last thirty years(does any place sell an icecream soda in 2002?) I think,with the death of Charles Schultz, thus no more Charlie Brown feature length cartoons that there is room for Little Lulu Christmas and the like. Just an idea.
January 11, 2003
MARY VAN DEE
RUATURTLEMVDS@AOL.COM
I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE CONNECTED TO
SOMEONE WHO LOVES LITTLE LULU AS MUCH AS I HAVE. LITTLE
LULU WAS ALWAYS MY FAVORITE COMIC BOOK, AND HOW I WISH I HAD EVEN
ONE OF THOSE TREASURED COMICS BOOKS!!!!!!! DO YOU HAVE A
VAST COLLECTION? I LOVED WITCH HAZEL IN THEM TOO, DO YOU
REMEMBER HER?
HOW DO YOU COLLECT, OR DO YOU STILL HAVE ALL THE ONES YOU HAD AS
A CHILD? YOU MUST HAVE TAKEN VERY GOOD CARE OF THEM.
MY DAD WOULD BRING HOME THE NEWSPAPER, AND MY FAVORITE MEMORIES
ARE OF THE PAPER BEING OPENED AND THERE INSIDE WAS A LITTLE LULU
COMIC BOOK HE BOUGHT JUST FOR ME!!!!!!!
PLEASE SHARE ANY INFORMATION WITH ME YOU HAVE. I AM VERY
INTERESTED BUT CAN NOT AFFORD TO MAKE HUGE/OR EXPENSIVE
ACQUISITIONS. MY DAUGHTER HAD AN INFLATABLE LITTLE LULU
DOLL IN THE 70'S, THANK YOU,
November 20, 2002
Karl Bury
The Little Lulu theme song as heard on the sight seems to be the same version and quite possibly the same arrangement I recall when Little Lulu was included in the "guaranteed five colour cartoons"advertised with the kids Saturday Afternoon Matinee which the local movie theatres took turns showing. Little Lulu along with the Merry Mellodies,Looney Toons,Popeye,Casper,and Little Awdry, etc were regular features when the light were turned off. I watch the Cinar version on Family Chanel during Lunch hour off the satalite on the ship. The stories are in much the same style as the stories in the comic books and the Golden Books I remember except Lulu seems to be portrayed as a little less bratty than I remember. Also,the theme song has been modified; the line "You're as wild as any Zulu" could be taken as racist and would doubtlessly offend some people and has been repaced with "And you know it really true Lu' ". I believe there is also an extra just before "The clock says seven thirty" . With the death of Charles Shultz, hense no more Charlie Brown Specials, I suggested to Cinar that a Little Lulu Christmas Special would be a good idea (fat chance, but I had to try).
November 19, 2002
My sister and I were both avid Little Lulu readers in the mid to late 50's, so we were pleasantly surprised to find your website! A comment and the inevitable question: In the character list, we don't see "boy's club" members Eddie and Willy, or Willy's Grandpa Feeb. We remember Eddie and Willy as regular characters. One of our favorite stories was the one where Grandpa Feeb wanted to join the club - and passed all the tests with flying colors.
November 19, 2002
Randy
Could you please tell me the issue number of the Little Lulu Trick N Treat that you have pictured first on your Halloween page ( the one where Lulu watches Witch Hazel scrub ghosts in a cauldron)? Forty years ago I rescued one like that from a neighbors trash bonfire - it was my first comic book. I amassed a sizable collection after that but my mother had me get rid of them when I went to college. Who would have thought that a twelve cent comic book would bring in fifty to one hundred dollars on eBay! Recently I've found some of my old favorites but that one eludes me.
I was a Lulu fan for many years ( she wasn't just for girls - us fellers got a lot of laughs from her too!).
November 19, 2002
Phyllis Taub
I teach fifth grade and I do my best to create a new generation of Lulu fans every year. When I read my comics as a child I missed so much of the wonderful writing. In fact the comics are a lot like Sesame Street, which can be enjoyed on more than one level. I find it very funny that Lulu's last name is Moppet and of course my students can't figure out why Witch Hazel's name is a source of amusement to me. I get to teach vocabulary, word usage, and main idea using Lulu comics. Who ever knew that I was doing something educational when I spent my time and money on comic books!
November 19, 2002
Nancy TenBroeck
FYI - My father dated Marge Buell in their youth and she attended the same church in Paoli, Pa. as our family.
November 18, 2002
Diana
Hi, My family is having a reunion July 25th and I am doing a tribute to my Dad, using the music I remember him singing since I was a kid. When I was 6 or 7 Dad took me with him to summer school - he was taking an elementary ed course and was teaching them a song which (much to my embarrassment at the time) he told them reminded him of me.........which I have since found out is called the Little Lulu theme song from 1943. I'm searching for the music. I have recently started a Little Lulu collection and have one of the stand-up tissue display ads and two little necklace sets - needless to say, Dad is the reason for my collection.
November 18, 2002
Larry Lief, Tucson, AZ
When I was a kid, back in the 50's (I was born in '43) I subscribed to Donald Duck comics and my little brother subscribed to Little Lulu comics, so i got to read them both. Both were very very well written. The Lulu comics were written and illustrated with a beautiful touch and contained genuine humor and good nature. The Donald duck comics had a wonderful sense of adventure and they made the world of ducks and geese and other animals seem so real to me (I did NOT like the Donald Duck of t.v. and the movies with his absurd quacking voice!).
I grew up in the Inwood section of Manhattan
which was a great place to grow up in the 50's. I remembering
fancying that I was living in Little Lulu's idyllic neighborhood
which I now learn was just up the river* in
Peekskill.*
*the phrase "up the river" also refers to Sing-Sing in
Ossining. Maybe some of those bad east side boys wound up there!
November 18, 2002
Vasili
I first saw Little Lulu on video in the 1980s. I saw Little Lulu on Television many years ago.
November 16, 2002
Brissa Martin
Hi my name is Brissa Martin, and I grew up in Mexico reading little Lulu comic books. The name of the comics in Spanish is La pequena Lulu, so it took me a while to figure out what it was in English until I saw a little Lulu doll in a antique store in Cambria, CA where I went for vacation.
November 16, 2002
Toni in Oregon
I loved Little Lulu and Tubby comics. My friend and I would take our chore money and ride to the local variety store on our bikes to buy Lulu comics. Of course no one thought of keeping them forever so when an issue had been read and traded and read again....off it went to the dump. YOW! Sometimes we would donate a big stack of comics to the school so they could become a prize in the "fish Pond" at the Halloween carnival. I have now found a new source for the old comics I loved with a well known on-line auction. Every time I win an issue I'm like that little girl again . The stories are just as great now as they were then, and the comics are a great investment. Toni in Oregon
November 16, 2002
Lucas Montes erospr@yahoo.com Puerto Rico
I guess I am one of the few guys who enjoyed Little Lulu when I was a kid. I have been collecting comic books since I learned to how to read and trade with friends and Lulu was one of my favorite ones. Being from Puerto Rico I read the Spanish version from Mexico, Editorial Novaro, from the 60's and on. La Pequeña Lulu' was so creative and smart that I enjoyed all her stories with Tubby, Iggy, Annie, and the rest of the gang. I always wanted to live in a town like the one Lulu lived and have such an infancy. I remember one story in which Tubby travel to another planet (Mars?) or the moon but something happenned and he attracted the whole planet to a tower on Earth where he landed. I can't recall much of this story. I still have about ten of Lulu comics in Spanish, but they are the ones of the 80's and the stories before that were a lot better. There are no more Lulu comics now, since 1987, when Editorial Novaro closed, and Spanish comics were forbidden in Puerto Rico. Anyway you have an excellent page which gave me memories of infancy when a comic and a juice were all I needed to have a really nice evening.!!
November 16, 2002
Dick
I happened across your site while looking for
old trade cards and thought I'd send you a couple of old Little
Lulu memories. It's strange what odd things can stick in one's
memory. I'm 54 years old and when I was a kid, I was a fan of
Little Lulu and Tubby. My sister, who is three years older was,
too. I can't remember if she was the primary investor in those
comics or if it was me. At any rate I would get lost in that
cartoon world and probably related more to Tubby, being a boy.
And I remember a couple of bits that have stayed me all
these years. I don't remember the whole story, just these bits.
In one strip, 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). 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!
I suppose, being a Lulu expert, you could tell me if these
memories are correct, or just my mind playing tricks on me! I'd
be curious to know.
November 16, 2002
Nancy
Just wanted to quickly say that I enjoyed your nostalgic site of cartoons. Though I'm about ten years younger, judging from the TV show Buster Brown, I do remember Little Lulu cartoons in the 1960s. There's one scene from an episode that I always will remember. Lulu realizes that she can get money from the toothfairy, and then runs to get a hammer and starts hammering the other teeth out! LOL! Anyhow, just wanted to share the only memory of LULU I can remember.
November 16, 2002
I'm amazed at how many people love Little Lulu! I haven't seen the HBO family cartoon yet. It seems to me that with so much interest in her, it would seem worthwhile for the copyright holder to explore reissuing the classic comics. The ones I read had been "reprinted by popular demand." The classic ones would still hold collection value as the originals but people could read the stories. And given how short comic books are nowadays, they could take a 52 page original and issue it in two comics. I don't see how this could hurt the HBO Family franchise on the videos, I think it could only help. If you know who holds the copyright for the classic 40's and 50's stories, why not start a lobbying campaign to reissue? They could send it by subscription (pre-paid for 2-3 years) just like Nickelodeon magazine.
November 16, 2002
Richard
Hi, I was the only boy who had a subscription to Little Lulu that I knew--I especially loved the Witch Hazel and Little Itch stories--still do! I am 59 and probably had my subscription about 1951, 52, or 53--I'd guess-Thanks for the great site
November 16, 2002
Claire
How wonderful it is to know that so many other little girls like myself, each on their own, were connecting with Little Lulu in the '40s and '50s, when we so lacked any spunky role models who said what they really thought, and did what they chose!
Now, in my 50's, I can say that one of the most perfect moments in my life was sitting down one Fall afternoon (I don't remember the year -- the late 1950's) with the new Halloween edition of Little Lulu, and a pumpkin tart from Wohlfarth's bakery in Pittsburgh. I had everything I needed in the world.
As I think back, I realize that it was probably Little Lulu (and my wonderfully supportive parents) who encouraged me to write, produce, direct and star in my own shows in grade school. One year, I "adapted" a Little Lulu Christmas story for the stage, and starred in it as Santa Claus!
Now, I've decided to search for a Halloween or Christmas edition from those years. I don't care what one it is. I will find it, and I will get it for my own. Cheers.
November 16, 2002
Carole
I'm so glad ive found someone else who reallly remembers Lulu amd the part she played in our childhood. I started buying the comics on ebay before I learned how to use the computer and I made many mistakes but at least I know how to use the computer a little and I have accumulated over 100 comics and I learned an awful lot and met? very ineteresting people like you. 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? When I got older about16 and I worked in a bakery I told people never hold the cake by the string advice from Mr. Moppet. I enjoy your website sooooo much I'm just learning to manuever around. I would love to join a Lulu fan club. I emailed Jon Merrill about back issues of the Stanley Steamer. I'm waiting for a reply. Any info. that you can email me would be greatly appreciated.. Again thanks for your talent, creativity and time you put into your website. In this horrible world today this is an oasis of when time was a little more peaceful, or it brings us back to a time when we remember it being more peaceful.
November 11, 2002
Mark
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.
I have no idea of any of the titles. What I know is that the cartoon was very similar to the Speed Racer cartoon in look and feel and was originally in Japanese then brought over here and dubbed in English. That's part of the reason it wasn't done really well. The dubbing was poor. My involvement in this series was I got to do the voice of Alvin, although it was for only 3 or 4 episodes. They eventually cancelled the project, because it didn't do well. I was only a kid at the time so I don't remember much, but I'm now trying to locate anyone who may have a version of any of the shows on tape. It's really a shot in the dark, but it doesn't hurt to try. If I do find it I'll let you know since you seem to be a collector of the Little Lulu cartoon series. Who knows, maybe it wasn't as bad as I remember or perhaps it's a collectors item.
November 11, 2002
I remember the comic character Little Lulu from my childhood in the 1930s. After I learned of the amazing REAL Little Lulu of the 1880s (I learned of her about thirty years ago), I have often wondered whether the cartoon character was based on that living girl of long ago, who gave up publicly demonstrating her really incredible skills because she was "tired of being considered a freak". Advertised as "Little Lulu" or "Laughing Lulu" she performed over a short period of time in major American cities before abruptly quitting. Little Lulu's grave is in Madison, GA.
Although I saved the Atlanta Journal article of at least 30 years ago, I do not know where it is now. I do, however, know a journalist who knows of Little Lulu. We talked about her some years ago. I may be able to get in touch with him, but anyway i will tell you what I remember. Lula Hurst, of Cedartown, GA, was born about 1869 into a large family of perhaps ten children. When she was about 12 years old, or maybe a little younger, she discovered that she could, with just the tips of her fingers, make the large and heavy dining room table in her home "dance", much to the amazement of her family who at first did not know it was she who was the cause of what was thought to be some sort of earth tremor. She did this with her fingers while seated at the dinner table, but was unable to keep her secret because she couldn't avoid laughing. When she performed before the public at about age 14, one of her tricks was to challenge a strong man to take from her an umbrella held only by the fingers of one hand. Those who attempted to do it, despite much effort on their part, could only succeed in destroying the umbrella. She had a remarkable ability to turn others' physical strength against them. Yet, as I recall, she didn't weigh much over 100 pounds. My father lived at Madison, GA, from 1915 to 1928, and indeed knew Lula Hurst Atkinson, but knew nothing of her feats done years earlier before audiences. The man she married (Paul Atkinson) had been her manager.
November 11, 2002
Hello...I love your Little LuLu website and I'd like to inform you on some information. In Canada, The Little LuLu Show airs on the Family channel, it airs weekdays at 8:20am and 12:00pm and on weekends at 6:05pm. But this version was created by Cinar. I can give you summaries of some episodes that I've seen over a few months.
Detective Story
Tubby and LuLu walk down the street and hear on the radio that
there was a bank robbery. Meanwhile, Tubby was reading a
detective book, so they tried to find the bank robber. They
found a suspicious man and followed him everywhere, and drove him
crazy. But then in the end, the suspicious man was
Detective Johnson. Tubby and LuLu brought Officer MacNab to
the scene and got medals for bravery.
Anyways...the theme song is just the refrain that you have posted
on your web-site. If you want anymore information, just let
me know. (Note from Michele: This was
written in April, 2002.)
November 11, 2002
Joan
I am so glad you're doing this research on Little Lulu. She was my favorite when I was a little girl. 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. I reread that story so many times that I think I shredded the comic book from overuse. I want to find it again. I've been looking for that story in antique shops for several years whenever I chance to walk into one.
November 11, 2002
Mina
My name is Mina, I'm 15 and I LOVE Little Lulu! I've been watching her cartoons (the originals) since I was little. I have a few on tapes and I hope to get more soon. I've also seen the newer version. It's nice but I like the original one better. I just wanted to say that I love your site and it is real informative on Little Lulu. I also wanted to know if you like Betty Boop and Little Audrey like I do. I think they're all cool. Before I go, I just wanted to know which Little Lulu cartoon you like best? I love the one where Lulu and her father went camping and he dad got stuck under the ground and Lulu had to pull him out!! I even memorized the song she sang in the end! It went like this: "We're headin' home, I hate to leave. I love every rock and tree. I love the ruff of it, can't get enough of it. Oh, it's the life for me. Mother nature was no match, we certain;y did out fox her. From the forest clutches, we march on crutches, straight home to the doctor". I really like that song!
November 11, 2002
Corky Reed
I just turned 51 Feb. 25, 2002. Reading Tubby and Lulu comic books I believe is what spurred my interest even today. Their adventures were so funny. They were my Simpsons of the day!
November 11, 2002
David
I remember reading Little Lulu when I was quite young; probably 6 or 7 years old (I'm 48 now). There was something about the artwork that fascinated me: the kids with the tiny black shoes, the pointy noses and the big wide open mouth yelling "YOW!". It had an edge to it that grabbed my attention for some reason. The stories themselves were always great fun. Here's a question for all you true Little Lulu fanatics: 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.
(Note from Michele: I sent the following information: 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 for clearing up the Oona Goosepimple question. It's been bugging me for a while, and no one I've asked about it could remember such a character. Shows you how memory can be so tricky: I don't remember reading Nancy as a comic book; only as a comic strip in the paper.
November 11, 2002
Jennifer
Could you tell me if Little Lulu and her Magic Tricks was the only book that has the Kleenex attached to it. My mother always talks about the only book she had as a child was a Little Lulu book and she said it had Alvin in it and a Kleenex box attached to it. She thought that in this book Alvin made her cry, but she can't remember so well anymore. In your copy of Little Lulu and her Magic Tricks does Alvin make Lulu cry and like I asked before do any other Lulu books have the Kleenex box?
(Note from Michele: I told her she could find the book on bibliofind.com)
Oh my gosh! Thank you for all the information it was exactly what I was looking for. My mother will be 50 in June and I wanted to get this book for her birthday. She tells my daughter all about this book (as much as she can remember.) She constantly buys my daughter books telling her if only SHE had had all these books when she was little. My daughter now has at least two thousand. My mom has really gone overboard with this and I know it has to do with the fact she only had that one Little Lulu book that she treasured. I found that book on bibliofind with the Kleenex box and no Kleenex, but I will just put a few in there myself, she won't care.
(Note from Michele: Then I received the following message.)
Dear Michele, Jen told me all you
did to help her find MY Little Lulu book. This afternoon,
she called me and told me she almost bid against me for a book
from HER childhood, Throw a Kiss Harry, that I was trying to buy
for HER. When she and her little sister, Kat, were small we
would get that book from the library again and again. I
tried to buy it, but by then it was out of print. I again
tried to buy it for my granddaughter years later and it was out
of print again. Now I had found a first edition and I was
going to get it for her (and my granddaughter). When the
girls were little we would throw kisses to each other like Harry
did.
Anyway....I also told her that I think I had found MY Little Lulu
book! She said "WHAT??? What are you looking for that
book for??" I have talked about that book for years
and I think that's why I bought my granddaughter every book under
the sun - I was trying to get Little Lulu back - my one and only
book I owned as a child. So...I had found a lady who was
offering a Little Lulu book on ebay so I asked her if she knew
about the one I was looking for. She said she thought she
had a copy and was checking for me. Jen just about had a
coronary. She told me SHE had FOUND LITTLE LULU FOR
ME!!! Isn't she a wonderful daughter?? She was giving it to
me for my 50th birthday (I am crying as I write this because I
can't believe anyone could be so nice and thoughtful to
me). She told me all that you did to help her and where
your website was. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Eldri
(Jennifer Hansen's mom and the luckiest mom in the world!)
November 11, 2002
Madaline
I love your Little Lulu site. I grew up with LL and because I was a quiet child and had brown cork screw curls I was sometimes called Little Lulu.
November 11, 2002
Linda
You've brought a smile to my face with this wonderful website of Tubby and Lulu. My sister and I loved reading Little Lulu comic books. I have a real life Tubby Tompkins in my life. I've called my husband that since the day we met 22 years ago.
November 11, 2002
Victoria
I found your "Little Lulu" web site and knew that I HAD to contact you. As a child (in the 1970's), my mother purchased a Little Lulu doll making kit that I absolutely loved...unfortunately I never had the opportunity to finish the doll as she was lost when we moved from our home (we moved A LOT when I was a kid...) Anyhow, I have spent the last few years looking for anyone who can remember such a kit existing. I have very vague memories of the box the kit came in, but have always felt at a loss for never completing it.... If you have every come across such a kit, please let me know....I know that it is a long-shot that I will ever have another one, but it would me a lot to me to find someone else who remembers it. Thanks for your time and attention to this email : ) (Note from Michele: I sent her to www.ebay.com where the kits are for sale occasionally.)
November 11, 2002
Brenda
I truly enjoyed your site. You are really lucky to have these comics/coloring books. I had some as a child (in the 60's), but they were destroyed in a fire. Just looking at the cute pictures sure bring back warm memories of a simpler time. It makes me wonder how in the world some people still have comic books from so long ago (and especially still in very good/mint condition). I myself have been looking for reading grade copies of Little Lulu and and I've found that they're hard to come by.
November 11, 2002
Bob
I was a big comic book reader in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and Little Lulu was one of my favorites. I really haven't thought about comic books a lot lately but I always suspected that reading them early and often in life had a lot to do with the fact that I've done a lot of reading and writing later in life. In addition to Nancy and Little Lulu, my favorites were Archie, Superman and Batman. I've gone searching the attic in my parents farmhouse in Wisconsin more than once, but to no avail (bet you've heard THAT one before!).
November 11, 2002
Bonnie Brown
When I was 11 years old, I told my mother I didn't want to be a teenager because I wouldn't be able to read Little Lulu comics any longer. Even though other activities replaced reading comic books, my memories of Little Lulu are with me to this day.
November 11, 2002
Barbe
Thank you soooooooooo much for the lyrics! I forgot all about the introduction ... I know my sister, Carol will get a bigger kick out of having the WHOLE song instead of just the refrain! She is 3 years older than I, and she may even remember that part herself. We used to watch Lulu all the time when we were little, and sing goofy little songs in harmony while we dried dishes each night! Nice memories of growing up! She and I still do it on the holidays when all of our grown up kids are around, and they just roll their eyes in their heads with that "Oh, Mother!" look on their faces! It will be nice to sing the whole song, cuz neither one of us could remember that "wild as Zulu" part. Thanks for reaching out to a stranger in need. It might seem like a small thing to others, but it meant a lot to me!
November 11, 2002
Cary Griffin
I think I started reading "Little Lulu" comics when I was 9 or 10; that would have been in 1953 or 1954. I was a steady reader of the "Little Lulu" comic book series until at least 1957, and possibly later. I loved "Little Lulu" and her pals, and I wish I could find some of those comics now. I remember several comics with Tubby and his "little green men", who, if I remember correctly, was led by Sammi, the Martian. I especially remember a story in which Lulu and her girlfriends steal the clothes of the neighborhood boys while the¹re skinny-dipping in the old swimming hole and then force them to wear diapers to get home (I sometimes tell this story to kids I know today, and they always think it's hilarious). I also particularly liked one of Lulu's "stories to Alvin" in which she tells of a little girl who could talk to trees. There is only one present-day children's character I can compare with Little Lulu, and that's "Amelia" a female character whose observations of the world, written in notebook form, appear in "American Girl" magazine. "Amelia" has spawned a line of paperback booklets and, like Lulu, has created a market for girls' toys, etc.
November 11, 2002
Ellen
I too grew up in Peekskill........................have been in California for many years. In viewing your diary, I was very impressed! Brought a lot of old memories back to me. Many times walked from Peekskill to the Diner.......walked to ...........and ate at ...the diner many times. My first job was at the Peekskill Theatre ...movie house. And yes, when I was small, had a little Lulu purse I remember to this day.....red. It had a little Lulu doll on the outside and it was clear plastic with red trim. The brillent colors you have captured in the trees make me homesick, even at this age. Yet they make me smile. You have touched my heart!
November 11, 2002
Tomoko
I am Tomoko from Japan. I am very happy to find your site. Because I love Little Lulu very much and I got to find great fun of Lulu like you. I was watching Lulu every Sunday morning on Japanese TV program about 20 years ago. In Japan, Lulu is not popular charactor, so it is difficult to see the person who knows Lulu. Last year I bought Lulu's video tapes at American web site. Then I gave it to my daughters. They are 8 and 6 years old. They became to love Lulu soon ( but they couldn't understand English.)
November 11, 2002
Bonnie Jasperson
Wow! what a kick! I haven't thought of Lulu in years, but your site sent me trippin. Somewhere in my treasures, I have a Lulu doll, well-loved & dog-eared, so to speak. I was 8 or 9 when I got her for Christmas one year. Thanks for keeping her memory alive. Enjoy! Bonnie Jasperson
November 11, 2002
Bruce
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. To this day a properly uttered "foot" can reduce either of us to guffaws. I keep hoping to find a copy to give to my sister for a birthday or Christmas gift, but don't know which issue to look for. Can you help? I suspect is was somewhere in the mid '50s give or take. Thanks.
November 11, 2002
Linda K
I'm so glad to have stumbled on this site. I grew up in Rochester, NY, which could well have been a "Lulu" city, too. 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!" I liked these cartoons because they had an edge. We had a Neisner's which had a great comic stand--when my mom shopped for groceries I'd spend the whole time there. Those were the days!
November 11, 2002
Nathan
It was fascinating to see those covers. 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. I remember that there was a book for kids on how to make decisions which involved little lulu,tubby and alvin. The green of witch hazel is still the perfect color.
November 11, 2002
Ray
Thanks for your response and thanks again for your website. I check it often and eagerly await new stuff. In the meantime, today I just bought a batch of seventeen Lulus in the 200's, yay. Oh did you know (you probably know) that in 1978 there was a lulu cartoon? It is ziv productions. I have two episodes of it on tape, each is about half an hour. The first is where Lulu tries to be an angel so she helps everyone out (but makes more trouble than helps them) and the second is Lulu babysitting Tubby.
November 11, 2002
Marilyn
I have not read my Little Lulu comic book since 1963 and I think I will. I had it locked up in a suit case all these years and I think I will put a plastic cover around it. My comic book has the picture of Little Lulu on it dancing with her boyfriend, and she writes "Help" on his back. Do you have this one? Would you like to have my one and only comic book? I have about 9 comic books I kept since the early sixties.
November 11, 2002
Karin B
My friend found your website, and I loved seeing all the Little Lulu items you had. I am a huge Little Lulu fan, and I regret not having gotten more of her comic books when I was a little girl. I've saved a few, but I wish I had many more. Lately, I've been wanting to have a quilt or comforter made with pictures of Little Lulu on it, but I don't know where to find such material. When I saw your sleeping bag, I thought this might be a place to start.
November 11, 2002
Howard Shelley (a native new Yorker myself)
I am a 57 year old man living on a small farm in the center of California and still in love with little Lulu. I have some lingering questions about Little Lulu that I hope you can answer. After reading your material on your web site I still am curious to know the following. First: Why did Marjorie Buell give up drawing Her creation and turn it over to Stanley? Was Majorie from Peekskill, N.Y.? Have you been able to track down the real Lulu and Tubby? Is Marjorie still alive and if not when did she die? How did you come to the conclusion that Peekskill is the real Little Lulu hometown? What ever happened to John Stanley and the other artist Irv? I have one hardbound Little Lulu Book from the thirty's that has a small picture of Marjorie. I also have about 50 little Lulu Comic books and other assorted Lulu trivia. Any help would be appreciated in clearing up these mysteries. Sincerly, Howard Shelley (a native new Yorker myself). (Note from Michele: Check my Q&A for my responses to these questions.)
November 11, 2002
Christine
I stumbled across your wonderful website looking for the words to the Little Lulu song. I only know some of it and have been singing it to my 4 1/2 year old God-daughter Ardyn. She wants me to find the rest of the words! I am 53 and when I was a child my parents annually gave me a subscription to Little Lulu comics. I loved getting my own mail and could not wait until the mailman gave me my latest issue! My sister has a Lulu doll from the 50s. We both loved her. I loved the issues that had Little Itch in them.
November 11, 2002
r-r-ribbit...
I found your site and saw the name Lulu and had to tell you of my little Lulu experience.When I was about five I had a Lulu doll,she was one of my favorites and with me alot. As all mothers said "don't jump on the bed" you can guess what my favorite thing to do was. We had a huge room that was my playroom where my large collection of dolls lived. In the room was a bed ..mother had taken the matress out for spring cleanning and the old fashion wire bedsprings were left and much of a temptation for me and Lulu...we had a grand time jumping just me and Lulu...when she must have jumped out of my hands and fell into the springs where she became trapped. I was heart-broken I had to confess to my mom what I had been doing--would she please forgive me and save Lulu? Mom managed to remove Lulu but she was never the same even though she had been put back together with my mother's sewing done with love. Lulu and I remained friends for many years but never again did we jump on the bed!!!!
November 11, 2002
Will
Saw a Mexican Little Lulu pinata at a Hobby Lobby in Austin last week. Unmistably Lulu--red dress, white collar, brown hair with 'ringlets'. But the face bore no resemblance to her trademark eyes, nose, and mouth. I didn't buy one--I'll have to make one.
November 11, 2002
Howard
What simple times the fiftys were compared to now and what joy the Lulu Comics brought us. I loved the Club House the boys had and of course the Witch Hazel Stories were the greatest. I feel sorry for kids today who don't have these wonderful comics to entertain them.
November 11 2002
My name :
Cesar
Dominguez
My E mail: cesards@hotmail.com,
cesards@yahoo.com Location : Lima,
Peru
Hola Amigos;
Such a nice surprise to find a site devoted to my Number One comic's girl "Lulu". I was a little kid in the mid 70's when my mother used to buy me "La Pequeña Lulu" (Little Lulu) from "Editorial Novaro" (most of the mexican and latin american fans must remember fondly this printer from Mexico). Back to the seventies the Mexican edition use to reprint the 40's, 50's and even 60's stories in their "Serie Aguila" (Small version of the regular size comics Americans are use to). How much laugh and happy moments reminds me everytime that I read over and over my collection of "Little Lulu" now in days. In the eighties when I suffered of some Ashma and had to remain in bed my best companions were my comic books and Lulu was on the top of all of them. Such a brilliant girl should have start her own "Boys not allowed" Club!.
Do you remember that special number when Lulu got to travel to Alaska with her family and Tubby (Toby in spanish)? and what about her Witch Hazel (Bruja Agata) stories to Alvin (Memo)? The most hilarius one is when she is a poor little girl chased by Little Itch (Brujita Alicia) to be her only one guest to her birthday party because she didn't have any freind? (wonder why?) And what about when Hazel starts a lucrative bussiness by selling scarecrows with her figure -of course the crows were instructed to devorate the field of corn that didn't buy her scarecrow- and Little poor Lulu came to her house and confused the actual Hazel (by the time paralized because she accidentally felt over her huge pot full of plaster) and poor Lulu placed her in the middle of her poor corn field. Just hilarious! Father and mother just thought the scarecrow had a vivid terrifing look. Poor Hazel!
There is a modern "Little Lulu" Show (copyright 1999) on TV right now, aired in "Cartoon Network" here in Latin America (I think it's a co-production with a canadian producer). I have detected many of the stories been taken or inspired from the 50's classic comics. Check in your local TV. My early 80's LP record of "Let's sing with Lulu and her gang" (original soundtrack) of the late 70's animated ZIV version features a song in spanish that opened the show and goes something like this: "Everybody loves you Little Lulu because of your special personality (chorus) We follow Lulu because of the ideas she use to come up with, and we never fail to say: Lulu don't grow up, Lulu never change Lulu please never grow up, never ever change."
Now I'm in my late 20's and really wish her not to grow up the way I did.
November 11, 2002
Jane of Rockwall, Texas
Found your site while researching comic books for a library display. To this day, no matter what kind of pie is served at my house, my brother and I refer to it as beebleberry. Remember Witch Hazel, Little Itch, and the poor little girl's beebleberry basket? I kept my collection of comics in a blanket box under my bed during the 50s. Wish I still had them.
November 11, 2002
Penny
Only a true Lulu fan would recognize it, probably, but that's a Lulu face! I have to admit it took me a minute to recognize her, but Brilliant!! 8=< )
I lived for Little Lulu when I was in Grade 6. I had a job babysitting for some diabolical twin boys. They tore my clothes and tormented me and my rate was 25 cents an hour. They were little. maybe six, but for some reason they always had all the current Little Lulus (and Scrooge McDucks) and once I'd finally gotten them to bed, I'd nurse my wounds, luxuriate on the couch, and catch up on my reading.
Memories are continued on Little Lulu Memories II
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