Little Jimmy
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| Little Jimmy | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Jimmy Swinnerton |
| Current status | Defunct |
| Syndicate(s) | King Features Syndicate |
| Launch date | February 14, 1904 |
| End Date | 1958 |
| Genre(s) | Humor |
Little Jimmy was a newspaper comic strip character created by Jimmy Swinnerton. With a publication history from 1904 to 1958, it was one of the first continuing features and one of the longest running.
The title character was a little boy who was constantly forgetting what he was supposed to do and ended up getting himself into trouble.
The strip first appeared sporadically in The New York Journal, but soon became a regular in the Sunday comics section and was picked up as a feature in other newspapers owned by the William Randolph Hearst. When King Features Syndicate was created in 1915, the Little Jimmy strip went into nationwide syndication. In 1920, a daily strip was added and continued until the late 1930's. The Sunday strip continued until Swinnerton retired in 1958.
Little Jimmy appeared in the 1936 Betty Boop film Betty Boop and Little Jimmy.
