chrisschillig wrote:

Have either or both of these ever been reprinted? Seems to me this is a Dark Horse project waiting to happen ... ? (Fingers crossed.)


I have the same hope. John Stanley is mainly known for his Little Lulu, Tubby, and Nancey and Sluggo. Dark horse has printed a few volumes of those, but I want Horror!

There is a hard cover book on comics with 2 stories from Tales from the Tomb- Crazy Quilt, and Two for the Price of One, but that is not sufficient.

These two comics are like a fluke, aberration, or hiccup in the career of Stanley.

I remember enjoying his Little Lulu and Sluggo stuff as a child, having no idea who was responsible. But horror is my meat.
Stanley's style is so odd, so unlike the usual E.C. splatter, that it needs its own classification.

Little Lulu Horror?
Childhood Nightmare Horror?
Logic-Free Stanley Horror?
(You can tell why I'm not a professional writer. Cleverness escapes me.)
They're actually like "Campfire Tales" or what Stephen King calls "Tales of the Hook". (The hook killer in Lover's Lane)
One of the Tales from the Tomb (Oh How We Danced- an old song title) is based on the urban legend of the phantom hitchhiker.