[Little Lulu. [graphic] /
Marge, 1904-1993, artist.
still image
Cartoons (Commentary) 1940-1950. gmgpc
Watercolors Color 1940-1950. gmgpc
Ink drawings Color 1940-1950. gmgpc
[1942]
eng
Cartoon shows Little Lulu and her fat friend Tubby entering the barbershop where Tubby gets a haircut. The barber hands Tubby a lollipop, but when the two leave, Little Lulu is sucking the lollipop while Tubby fumes. The cartoon was created in 1935 by Marjorie Henderson Buell (who signed her cartoons as Marge) and was published for many years in The Saturday Evening Post.
Caption label from exhibit Drawn to Purpose--Themes and Genres: Proto-Feminist. Snagging the lollipop intended for her friend, Little Lulu displays her resourcefulness in getting the better of her male playmates. Marge Henderson Buell debuted her comic in 1935 in the Saturday Evening Post, where it became a hit and ran until 1944. She eventually delegated writing and drawing to other cartoonists but maintained rights to her creation for many years, capitalizing on Lulu's popularity by developing an array of products and projects.
Title devised by Library staff.
The Curtis Publishing Company.
Forms part of: Art Wood Collection of Caricature and Cartoon (Library of Congress).
Published in: Saturday Evening Post, September 12, 1942.
Exhibited: "Out of sequence : Underrepresented voices in American comics" at the Keannert Art Museum, Champaign, Ill., 2008-2009.
Exhibited: "Drawn to Purpose" in the Graphic Arts Gallery, Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Nov. 2017 - March 2018.
Barbershops--1940-1950.
Children--1940-1950.
Relations between the sexes--1940-1950.
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