{"product_id":"melvin-monster-omnibus-paperback-edition-paperback","title":"Melvin Monster: Omnibus Paperback Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Stanley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Stanley's beloved classic now available in paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow collected in an omnibus paperback, John Stanley's \u003ci\u003eMelvin Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is about a good-natured monster boy whose sweet personality belies his monstrous appearance. Melvin just wants to be good, go to school, and do as he is told. Melvin's sunny optimism makes him an oddball outcast in his Monsterville community, where he disappoints his parents, \"Mummy\" and \"Baddy,\" with his irrepressible sunny disposition, and also continually escapes the wrath of their pet alligator Cleopatra who only wants to eat Melvin whole. Gag after gag, the acclaimed mid-century cartoonist Stanley sets Melvin up in fairly quotidian situations that spiral into hilarious ridiculousness, with a ferociously frenetic comedic timing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharmingly na?e, \u003ci\u003eMelvin Monster\u003c\/i\u003e draws its direct inspiration from the 1960s monster craze and the work of cartoonist Charles Addams and its television adaptation \u003ci\u003eThe Addams Family\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Munsters\u003c\/i\u003e, however, \u003ci\u003eMelvin Monster\u003c\/i\u003e is all its own with Stanley's superior cartooning skills, melding pop colors, expressive lines, and funny jokes on full display.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Stanley \u003c\/b\u003e(1914-1993) was a journeyman comics scripter in the 1950s and 1960s. He is most famous for his scripts for the majority of the \u003ci\u003eLittle Lulu\u003c\/i\u003e comics produced by Dell, and is considered by many comics historians to be the most consistently funny and idiosyncratic writer ever to work in the field. He left comics bitterly sometime in the late 1960s, never to return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 6.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764927299872,"sku":"9781770466760","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/51556e76cbb2ac3d4d2fb4ea0ffecfef.webp?v=1780257878","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/melvin-monster-omnibus-paperback-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}