Little Jimmy
Little Jimmy, originally titled Jimmy, is a newspaper comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton.
Little Jimmy
Jimmy Swinnerton · Public domain
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Little Jimmy, originally titled Jimmy, is a newspaper comic strip created by Jimmy Swinnerton.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Little Jimmy • Author — Jimmy Swinnerton • Altnames — Jimmy • Status — Concluded daily & Sunday strip • First — February 14, 1904 • Last — 1958 04 27 • Syndicate — King Features Syndicate (1915–1958) • Genre — Humor
Characters and story
Characters and story
The title character was a little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and ended up getting into trouble. As comics historian Don Markstein described: The strip first appeared sporadically in The New York Journal. It soon became a regular in the Sunday comics section and was picked up as a feature in other newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst. When King Features Syndicate was created in 1915, Little Jimmy went into nationwide syndication. In 1920, a daily strip was added and ran until the late 1930s. The Sunday strip continued until Swinnerton retired in 1958. Markstein noted that Swinnerton "drew his strip in a clear, open style, unlike most cartoonists of his time. In this, he anticipated dominant styles of the 20th century, less crowded and more easily read — quite appropriate for newsprint production, where the printing isn't always as clear as it should be." The Sunday page included several toppers over the course of the strip: Mr. Jack, a revival of a previous Swinnerton strip (January 24, 1926 - 1935), Li'l Ole Orvie and Oh, Yeah? (both 1935–1937), and Funny Films (November 1943 - 1944).
Animation
Animation
Little Jimmy appeared in the 1936 Betty Boop film Betty Boop and Little Jimmy.
Legacy
Little Jimmy Camp in the Angeles National Forest, near Los Angeles, California, is named after the comic strip in honor of Swinnerton, who often stayed there during the summers of 1908 and 1909. As a child, author Margaret Mitchell, best known for her seminal work Gone with the Wind, was nicknamed “Jimmy” after Little Jimmy’s main character, since she wore boy’s clothing.
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