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Buell, Marjorie Henderson (Marge)
1904 - Born on December 11th in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. American cartoonist.
- Marjorie Henderson Buell, the creator of Little Lulu, the mischievous cartoon character with corkscrew curls who regularly outwitted the neighborhood boys.
1921 - Her first cartoon was published, when she was 16, in The Philadelphia Ledger.
1934 - The Saturday Evening Post asked her to draw a weekly cartoon for the magazine's back page. George Horace Lorimer, the editor, wanted a young female character to take the place of another cartoon that was moving from The Post to King Features Syndicate.
1935 - The first "Little Lulu" drawing appeared in December.
1944 - Mrs. Buell took Lulu and her friends Tubby, Alvin, Annie and Wilbur from The Post and made the cartoon a daily syndicated comic strip.
1947 - She resigned from drawing Little Lulu for the Post.
1960 - Lulu also served as the advertising mascot for Kleenex tissues.
1971 - Mrs. Buell sold her copyrights to Western Publishing Company when she retired.
1993 - Died of lymphoma in Elyria, Ohio on May 30th.
- Marjorie Henderson Buell, the creator of Little Lulu, the mischievous cartoon character with corkscrew curls who regularly outwitted the neighborhood boys.
1921 - Her first cartoon was published, when she was 16, in The Philadelphia Ledger.
1934 - The Saturday Evening Post asked her to draw a weekly cartoon for the magazine's back page. George Horace Lorimer, the editor, wanted a young female character to take the place of another cartoon that was moving from The Post to King Features Syndicate.
1935 - The first "Little Lulu" drawing appeared in December.
1944 - Mrs. Buell took Lulu and her friends Tubby, Alvin, Annie and Wilbur from The Post and made the cartoon a daily syndicated comic strip.
1947 - She resigned from drawing Little Lulu for the Post.
1960 - Lulu also served as the advertising mascot for Kleenex tissues.
1971 - Mrs. Buell sold her copyrights to Western Publishing Company when she retired.
1993 - Died of lymphoma in Elyria, Ohio on May 30th.
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