Wee Pals

Wee Pals
Author(s) Morrie Turner
Website Creators.com: Wee Pals
Syndicate(s) Creators Syndicate

Wee Pals is a syndicated comic strip about a diverse group of children, created and produced by Morrie Turner.

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Background

Wee Pals first appeared on February 15, 1965. Syndicated by the Des Moines Register and Tribune Syndicate, the strip originally appeared in only 5 daily newspapers, as many papers refused to run a strip featuring black characters. After the assassination of Martin Luther King, the number of papers carrying the strip grew to 60; today it appears in over 100 dailies.

The strip is centered on the activities of a group of children from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. The regular characters include:

The strip is currently distributed by Creators Syndicate. Turner still writes and draws the strips.

Animated series

Wee Pals was later animated as Kid Power, which was produced by Rankin-Bass and Videocraft Productions. It aired in the USA on ABC television Saturday mornings. A total of 17 episodes were made, most of which aired from September 16, 1972 to January 6, 1973, followed by reruns. In the following year, a few new episodes which were unfinished during the first sesaon aired on Sunday mornings (combined with reruns) until September 1, 1974. Animation was done in Japan at Topcraft Studio.

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Currently syndicated
Agnes · Andy Capp · Archie · Ask Shagg · Ballard Street  · B.C. · The Barn · Boo Crew · Cafe Con Leche · Chuckle Bros · Daddy's Home · Diamond Lil · The Dinette Set · Doodles · Dog Eat Doug · The Dogs of C-Kennel · Flo & Friends  · Flare · Flight Deck · For Heaven's Sake · Free Range · Girls & Sports · Heathcliff · Herb and Jamaal · Liberty Meadows · The Meaning of Lila · Momma  · Nest Heads  · Natural Selection · On a Claire Day · One Big Happy · The Other Coast  · The Quigmans · Rubes · Rugrats  · Scary Gary · Speed Bump  · State of the Union  · Strange Brew  · Thin Lines · Wee Pals  · Winnie the Pooh · The Wizard of Id  · Working It Out  · Zack Hill
First-run animated series
The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963-1970) • The Smokey the Bear Show • The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969-1971) • Hot Wheels (1969-1971) • The Hardy Boys (1969-1971) • Skyhawks (1969-1971) • The Adventures of Gulliver (1968-1970) • Fantastic Voyage (1968-1970) • Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970-1972) • The Road Runner Show • The Funky Phantom (1971–1973) • The Jackson 5ive (1971–1973) • The Osmonds (1972-1974) • The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972-1974) • The Brady Kids (1972–1974) • Kid Power (1972-1974) • Yogi's Gang (1973-1975) • Super Friends • Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973-1975) • Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973) • Mission: Magic! (1973-1974) • Hong Kong Phooey (1974-1976) • The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974-1977) • Devlin (1974-1976) • These Are the Days (1974-1976) • The Tom and Jerry Show (1975-1977) • The Great Grape Ape Show (1975-1976) • The Oddball Couple (1975-1977) • Jabberjaw (1976-1978) • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour • The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976-1977) • The All-New Super Friends Hour • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show • Laff-A-Lympics • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) • Fangface (1978-1979) • Challenge of the Super Friends • The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978-1979) • The World's Greatest Super Friends • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk • Rickety Rocket) (1979-1981) • Spider-Woman (1979-1980) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
First-run live-action series
Rebroadcasts
George of the Jungle (1967-1970) • Bewitched • Jonny Quest (1970–1972) • H.R. Pufnstuf • The Monkees (1972–1973) • Speed Buggy • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
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