Little Lulu #20 - The Bawlplayers and Other Stories
(August 2009)

Dark Horse, 2005 Series
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Volume
20
Price
14.95 USD
Pages
204
On-sale Date
2009-09-09
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Brand
Dark Horse Books [facing left]
ISBN
978-1-59582-364-9 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
9781595823649 51495
Editing
Dave Marshall (credited) (editor); Brendan Wright (credited) (assistant editor); Krystal Hennes (credited) (collection designer); Mike Richardson (credited) (publisher)

Issue Notes

© 2009 Classic Media, Inc.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Little Lulu / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

[Title Page and Credits] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 4 pages (report information)

Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
typeset

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

Two Foots Is Feet (Table of Contents: 3)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu and Alvin drive their parents crazy with their laughing fit.
Reprints

The Marble Champ (Table of Contents: 4)

Little Lulu / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu wipes out all the Fellers playing marbles.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Tubby / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Keep Off Grass
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby
Reprints

A Row Deal (Table of Contents: 6)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Iggy; Annie
Synopsis
The Fellers sell Lulu and Annie a half interest in their club rowboat.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Little Lulu / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mmm...that cake you're baking sure smells good, Mother!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Chubby
Synopsis
Lulu doesn’t want Tubby and Chubby to know her mother is baking a cake.
Reprints

Ol' Witch Hazel and the Hidden Cottage (Table of Contents: 8)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when Hazel and Itch take over the poor little girl’s house.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Witch Hazel story.

A Stale Tale (Table of Contents: 9)

Tubby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby
Synopsis
Tubby gets a bunch of stale pies from the Sunset Diner.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll betcha I scare Tub out of his wits with this awful false face!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

Big Bite (Table of Contents: 12)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Tubby uses his crystal ball (glass doorknob) to trick Lulu out of an ice cream cone.
Reprints

The Bawlplayers (Table of Contents: 13)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Tubby gives Lulu crying and turning purple lessons.
Reprints

[Umbrella While Shopping] (Table of Contents: 14)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Synopsis
Lulu needs her umbrella while shopping for canned goods.
Reprints

The Sick Tree (Table of Contents: 15)

Little Lulu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Iggy
Synopsis
The Fellers dig up a tree and put it in Lulu’s pop’s bed.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi, Tub! I'm picking flowers for my mother!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

Ol' Witch Hazel and the Goblin with the Tender Toes (Table of Contents: 17)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl is invited to a costume ball.
Reprints

A Brave Deed (Table of Contents: 18)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby; Iggy
Synopsis
Tubby wants to do something brave to win the club presidency.
Reprints

[Wrecked Umbrella] (Table of Contents: 19)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Synopsis
Lulu finds a new use for her ruined umbrella.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Stanley
Inks
John Stanley
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

Who's Nosy? (Table of Contents: 21)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Tubby tries to prove that Lulu is nosier than he is.
Reprints

The Case of the Taken Tonic (Table of Contents: 22)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Tubby solves the case of the missing Tiny Tot’s Tonic at Lulu’s house.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

Little Lulu / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'll eat your hat if you don't laugh at this, Lulu...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 24)

Little Lulu / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wow! Look at the fish I caught!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

Who's Jealous? (Table of Contents: 25)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Annie; Tubby; Gloria
Synopsis
Lulu does everything to try to make Tubby jealous.
Reprints

[Stolen Sweater] (Table of Contents: 26)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Lulu steals Tubby's sweater by knitting it into a sweater that she's wearing.
Reprints

Little Itch and the Two-Handed Tweek (Table of Contents: 27)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; fantasy-supernatural; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when the poor little girl impresses the prince with her crooked nose.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Little Itch appears, but not Witch Hazel.

An Inside Job (Table of Contents: 28)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby; Gloria
Synopsis
Tubby sews an alarm clock inside Gloria’s doll.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 29)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

Little Lulu / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Er...Tubby--
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Alvin
Synopsis
Tubby looks up “obnoxious” in the dictionary after Lulu’s pop calls him that.
Reprints

Fiddle Faddle (Table of Contents: 31)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Willy; Annie
Synopsis
Tubby leaves his violin with Lulu and she plays it.
Reprints

Buried Treasure (Table of Contents: 32)

Little Lulu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Alvin is digging for buried treasure at the beach.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 33)

Little Lulu / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Lulu! Lulu! Lulu!
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Alvin; Annie
Synopsis
Tubby asks Lulu to tie him up until after the ice cream truck has passed.
Reprints

Ol' Witch Hazel and the Part-Time Monkeys (Table of Contents: 34)

Little Lulu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when Itch turns the poor little girl into a monkey.
Reprints

Trapped (Table of Contents: 35)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby; Janie; Iggy
Synopsis
Tubby has to buy Janie a soda, but he has no money.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 36)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I'm tired of playing with my doll house...
Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 37)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Stanley ?
Inks
John Stanley ?
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Reprints

Locked Out (Table of Contents: 38)

Little Lulu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
Lulu is locked out of her house in the middle of the night.
Reprints

The Case of the Wet Hat (Table of Contents: 39)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Iggy
Synopsis
Tubby solves the case of how Lulu’s mother’s hat got wet.
Reprints

[Watch That First Step] (Table of Contents: 40)

Little Lulu / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Pantomime

Boys, Boys, Go Away (Table of Contents: 41)

Little Lulu / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Iggy; Willy
Synopsis
Lulu has her hands full when the Fellers come into her house to get out of the rain.
Reprints

Little Itch and the Rubber Lunch (Table of Contents: 42)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when Itch turns the poor little girl’s lunch into a rubber ball.
Reprints

Beware of Tubby (Table of Contents: 43)

Tubby / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby; Gloria; Wilbur
Synopsis
Gloria puts a dog on her front stoop to try to keep Tubby away.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 44)

Little Lulu / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
John Stanley ?
Inks
John Stanley ?
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Reprints

The New Boy (Table of Contents: 45)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Herbert; Tubby
Synopsis
Lulu wants a new boy named Herbert to join the boys’ club.
Reprints

The Most Terrible Mumday (Table of Contents: 46)

Little Lulu / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby; Iggy
Synopsis
Tubby and Iggy accidentally talk to Lulu on Mumday.
Reprints

The Secret Weapon (Table of Contents: 47)

Little Lulu / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Tubby
Synopsis
The West Side gang have Lulu’s doll and offer to trade it for Tubby.
Reprints

[Stop to Smell the Flowers] (Table of Contents: 48)

Little Lulu / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]
Synopsis
Lulu journeys to the 36th floor of an apartment building so that she can smell a flower.
Reprints

Ol' Witch Hazel Pays a Sick (and Tired) Call (Table of Contents: 49)

Little Lulu / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Little Lulu [Lulu Moppet]; Alvin
Synopsis
Lulu tells Alvin about when Itch misses the poor little girl who is home sick.
Reprints

The Hard Way (Table of Contents: 50)

Tubby / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
John Stanley
Pencils
Irving Tripp
Inks
Irving Tripp
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
humor; children
Characters
Tubby; Gloria
Synopsis
Tubby has to wear white gloves when he delivers Gloria’s newspaper.
Reprints
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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  2. 1. [Title Page and Credits]
  3. 2. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  4. 3. Two Foots Is Feet
    Little Lulu
  5. 4. The Marble Champ
    Little Lulu
  6. 5. ["Keep Off Grass"]
    Tubby
  7. 6. A Row Deal
    Little Lulu
  8. 7. ["Mmm...that cake you're baking sure smells good, Mother!"]
    Little Lulu
  9. 8. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Hidden Cottage
    Little Lulu
  10. 9. A Stale Tale
    Tubby
  11. 10. ["I'll betcha I scare Tub out of his wits with this awful false face!"]
    Little Lulu
  12. 11. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  13. 12. Big Bite
    Little Lulu
  14. 13. The Bawlplayers
    Little Lulu
  15. 14. [Umbrella While Shopping]
    Little Lulu
  16. 15. The Sick Tree
    Little Lulu
  17. 16. ["Hi, Tub! I'm picking flowers for my mother!"]
    Little Lulu
  18. 17. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Goblin with the Tender Toes
    Little Lulu
  19. 18. A Brave Deed
    Tubby
  20. 19. [Wrecked Umbrella]
    Little Lulu
  21. 20. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  22. 21. Who's Nosy?
    Little Lulu
  23. 22. The Case of the Taken Tonic
    Little Lulu
  24. 23. ["I'll eat your hat if you don't laugh at this, Lulu..."]
    Little Lulu
  25. 24. ["Wow! Look at the fish I caught!"]
    Little Lulu
  26. 25. Who's Jealous?
    Little Lulu
  27. 26. [Stolen Sweater]
    Little Lulu
  28. 27. Little Itch and the Two-Handed Tweek
    Little Lulu
  29. 28. An Inside Job
    Tubby
  30. 29. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  31. 30. ["Er...Tubby--"]
    Little Lulu
  32. 31. Fiddle Faddle
    Little Lulu
  33. 32. Buried Treasure
    Little Lulu
  34. 33. ["Lulu! Lulu! Lulu!"]
    Little Lulu
  35. 34. Ol' Witch Hazel and the Part-Time Monkeys
    Little Lulu
  36. 35. Trapped
    Tubby
  37. 36. ["I'm tired of playing with my doll house..."]
    Little Lulu
  38. 37. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  39. 38. Locked Out
    Little Lulu
  40. 39. The Case of the Wet Hat
    Little Lulu
  41. 40. [Watch That First Step]
    Little Lulu
  42. 41. Boys, Boys, Go Away
    Little Lulu
  43. 42. Little Itch and the Rubber Lunch
    Little Lulu
  44. 43. Beware of Tubby
    Tubby
  45. 44. [no title indexed]
    Little Lulu
  46. 45. The New Boy
    Little Lulu
  47. 46. The Most Terrible Mumday
    Little Lulu
  48. 47. The Secret Weapon
    Little Lulu
  49. 48. [Stop to Smell the Flowers]
    Little Lulu
  50. 49. Ol' Witch Hazel Pays a Sick (and Tired) Call
    Little Lulu
  51. 50. The Hard Way
    Tubby
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  • Steve Dasinger
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  • Michael Hoskin
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