artteacher72 wrote:
Funny you should ask. Just last night I was flipping through the issue of NEMO magazine (a magazine that Fantagraphics published in the 80's devoted to comics strips) that showcased ALLEY OOP Sundays. I've been a huge fan of V.T. Hamlin since Kitchen Sink published the 3 volumes (with a 4th published by Rick Norwood) of Hamlins dailys. He's an amazing artist and such a wonderful storyteller, especially the time travel stories. Anyway, the early Sundays are brilliant and have only been published in color sporadically. I would love for IDW to publish ALLEY OOP, preferably in the L'il Abner format to include the Sundays and Dailys.

(There is another publisher that puts out ALLEY OOP books, SPEC, I use to own quite a few, but they are way to expensive with very few strips...and dailys only).

Yes , Yes, YES! I Love Alley Oop. Can't remember if my first exposure to it was the Kitchen Sink books, or the Dragon Lady Press Mags- either way I was knocked out and scrambled to find whatever else was available. This material is ripe for reprinting now, and I would love to see IDW be the ones to do it.

I also have that issue of Nemo, and if there is a Sunday page reprinted in there (can't remember off hand) it has to be the only one I've ever seen. Seeing the Sunday's in color would be a real treat. Great strip, great storytelling, great cartooning. Hamlin's very cinematic distinction of foreground, middle ground, and background makes for  very classy looking panels. This one is right up there with my all time faves.

Other titles I would love to see- Casey Ruggles by Warren Tufts and Long Sam by Bob Lubbers
Not sure how long either of those ran, or how 'classic' they are, but I've long wanted to check them out.