Little Lulu Working Girl

The first in a fivevolume bestof series featuring an introduction from Margaret Atwood Lulu Moppet is an outspoken and brazen young girl who doesn’t follow any rules—whether they’ve been set by her parents the neighborhood boys or society itself. In 2019 DQ begins a landmark fullcolor reissue series collecting five volumes of Lulu’s funniest suburban hijinks she goes on picnics babysits and attempts to break into the boys’ clubhouse again and again. Cartoonist John Stanley’s expert timing and constant gags made these stories unbelievably enjoyable ensuring that Marge’s Little Lulu was a defining comic of the postwar period. First released in the 1940s and 1950s as Dell comics Little Lulu as helmed by Stanley remains one of the most entertaining works in the medium. In this first volume Little Lulu Working Girl we meet the series’ mainstay characters Lulu Tubby Alvin and oodles more neighbourhood kids. Little Lulu’s comedy lies in the hilarious dynamic between its cast of characters. Lulu’s assertiveness individuality and creativity is empowering to witness—the series is powerfully feminist despite the decades in which the stories were created. It’s the character’s strong personality that made her beloved by such feminist icons as Patti Smith Eileen Myles and more. Lovingly restored to its original full color complete with kneeslapping humor and an introduction by Margaret Atwood that explains the vitality of Lulu herself Little Lulu Working Girl is a delight for classic comics fans and the uninitiated.