Little Orphan Annie
Little Orphan Annie is a full page (later half page or tab) American comic strip that first appeared in 1924. It was created by Harold Gray (b.1894 †1968).
Annie is an orphan girl with red curly hair who originally lived in an orphanage. The comic strip and its settings and characters developed and changed over the decades.
The orphanage was run by Miss Asthma, a strict and dour disciplinarian. Annie had lived in the orphanage under Miss Asthma's supervision since infancy. In 1925, Annie rescued a small pup and named him Sandy. She was not allowed to bring the pup into the orphanage, so she gave him into Paddy Lynch's care. When Annie fled the Bottle home, she was kidnapped by a group of Gypsies who abused her, and Sandy, now full grown, came to rescue her. From this day Annie and Sandy were inseparable. Sandy is known for his catch phrase "Arf!".
In the 1930s, more characters followed such as "Daddy" Oliver Warbucks, a prototypical capitalist of almost unlimited wealth and influence, his right hand, the Asp, Punjab (an eight-foot native of India) and Mr. Am.
Adaptions
From 1930 to 1940 there was a radio show Little Orphan Annie, and several film adaptions were made (RKO: Little Orphan Annie (1932), Paramount: Little Orphan Annie). There was also a Broadway musical Annie (1977) made from it, which also was filmed several times. There are also a lot of parodies on Little Orphan Annie.
Little Orphan Annie and spanking
Little Orphan Annie features no spanking scenes, but there are references to spankings in the orphanage. In one strip, for example, a very misbehaved girl visits her home and Annie comments "Gee, they'd wear a hair-brush out on me for that trick".
Links
- Little Orphan Annie comic strips (1924-1927) on Barnacle Press
- Annie Current strip
- Don Markstein's Toonopedia
Little Orphan Annie Home Page(Jan 2011)- Orphan Annie pinbacks
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