Winnie Winkle

Winnie Winkle (originally: Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner ) was an American comic strip that appeared 1920-1996. Its creator was Martin Branner, who, supported by several assistants ( including in the mid-1930s, Robert Velter ), drew the strip until 1962. Branners successor was his longtime assistant Max van Bibber.

Action

The comic strip revolves around the office and love life of Winnie Winkle, the latter is in the foreground. Winnie worked as a stenographer at Barnaby Bibbs to support their parents financially. Later, Winnie's parents adopt another boy named Perry, who became the leader of a gang called Rinkydinks the main character of the Sunday page. 1937 Winnie was married to Will Wright, her husband disappeared but a few years later from the scene. Max van Bibber introduced Winnie's daughter Wendy.

Publication

Winnie Winkle first appeared on September 20, 1920, a first Sunday page appeared on April 2, 1922. Particular, the figure of Perry was very popular in Europe. Thus appeared in the Netherlands, the adventures of Perry under the name Sjors van de rebels Club, which were later continued by Dutch signatories with a different style. In France, the stories of Perry Winkle found under the name Bicot distribution. There was one among others, Jean -Claude Forest to its subscribers. Under the name Kalle, the rascals King published the adventures of Perry Winkle from 1933 to 1935 in the German-speaking world in the journal New Youth. A book with the subtitle 60 funny pranks appeared in 1935 in the Berlin magazine publishing and in 1938 was banned by the inclusion in the list of harmful and undesirable writings. In Kalle, the rascal king all copyright notices and signatures were Branners removed, so that the origin of the comic was no longer recognizable.

Adaptations and effect

According to Andreas C. Knigge served Winnie Winkle several in the 1920s, the newly created comic strips with female main characters as a model. Likewise, Knigge makes the success of the comic responsible for ensuring that Joseph Medill Patterson Harold Gray influenced in such a way that Little Orphan Annie got a girl as the main character.

Winnie Winkle was filmed in the 1920s several times. In addition, she was popular protagonist in the so-called Eight - pagers.