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When I was a kid in the late 50's/early 60's I used to read a Sunday comic strip about fairies or brownies I believe was
called "The Little People." There were hardly any words (maybe none) and a lot of strips centered around birds and
dragonflies and such. Was the artist Walt somebody? And are these strips available in book form anywhere? Thank you!
You've got a good memory. On June 1, 1952, "The Little People" by former "Captain Easy" and Disney cartoonist Walt Scott
debuted. It ran on Sundays only, accompanied by Scott's other strip, "Huckleberry Hollow," a fantasy involving talking
animals. Both strips ended on September 6, 1970, just after Scott's death.
According to Maurice Horn's "World Encyclopedia of Comics," "The little folks are forest dwellers, the friends of friendly
animals and fearful of bigger people and fiercer animals. They have enormous heads with floppy ears and impish expressions,
and enormous feet.
"In the beginning, the little ones lived in a big log and made toys for Santa, but the Christmas theme soon vanished and
the happenings in the Valley of the Small People became simple humorous situations on a cuter, smaller scale. Among the
regular cast of little people were Cork, Chub, Wembly, Woosh, Weesh, Loop, Jink, and Old One."
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