Ginger Meggs

Ginger Meggs, Australias most popular and longestrunning comic strip, was created in the early 1920s by Jimmy Bancks. The strip follows the escapades of a redhaired prepubescent mischiefmaker who lives in an inner suburban workingclass household. While employed at The Bulletin, Bancks submitted cartoons to the Sydney Sunday Sun, where he began his Us Fellers strip in 1921 in the Sunbeams section of the Sunday Sun. Ginger first appeared in Us Fellers onNovember 1921, drawn by Bancks. When Bancks died onJuly 1952 from a heart attack, Ron Vivian took over the strip 19531973, followed by Lloyd Piper 19731982, James Kemsley 19832007 and since 2007, Jason Chatfield.

James Kemsley wrote, drew and syndicated Ginger Meggs from 19842007. OnDecember 2007, Kemsley died at his home in Welby, New South Wales. In the 2008 Queens Birthday Honour lists, the Australian Government posthumously recognised Kemsley for his efforts with the Medal of the Order of Australia.The strip remains the most widely syndicated Australian comic strip today, appearing in over 120 newspapers incountries. In 1997, a park in Valley Road, Hornsby, was officially named Ginger Meggs Park. Bancks had spent much time in the area during his childhood. ........

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