MELVIN MONSTER Set Volume 1 & 2

Collects Issues #1-6. Melvin Monster is a 1960s satirical children's comic book character created by John Stanley (from the John Stanley Library) and published by Drawn & Quarterly. Melvin first appeared in 1965. Nine issues were published on a semi-annual basis. Volume 1 collects the first 3 issues of the series, volume 2 collects issues 4-6 which ran 1966 through 1967. Melvin Monster is a green-skinned boy who lives in Monsterville. Melvin Monster is about a good-natured green-skinned monster boy living in Monsterville, 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. Charmingly naive, Melvin Monster draws its direct inspiration from the 1960s monster craze and the work of cartoonist Charles Addams and its television adaptation The Addams Family as well as The Munsters, however, Melvin Monster is all its own with Stanley’s superior cartooning skills, melding pop colors, expressive lines, and funny jokes on full display. Out Of Print. Condition: Very Fine Minus. Light wear to bottom spines and corner bumps.