Comic Strips of the 1920s - American Studies
2000-7-13 · In the early 1920s, "there were forty comic strips featuring boys and only three starring girls" (Horn, 185). Thus, "Little Orphan Annie" demonstrates a shift in the comic world--from boys to girls. Born on August 5, 1924, the strip starred Little Orphan Annie, a "pathetic waif" with an …