Ginger Meggs 1788648 225936835 2008-07-16T02:43:21Z 203.164.135.191 add/* External links */ '''''Ginger Meggs''''' is the longest-running [[Australia]]n [[comic strip]]; it features the escapades of the title character, a red-haired pre-pubescent boy with considerable talent for mischief. Most of the strips include either a sense-moral or a wisdom phrase written on one of the images. Meggs first appeared, titled ''Us Fellers'', in the "Sunbeams" section of the Sydney ''Sunday Sun'' on [[13 November]] [[1921]], drawn by [[Jimmy Bancks]], and remains widely syndicated today appearing in over 120 newspapers in 32 countries. After [[Jimmy Bancks]], Ginger was drawn by [[Ron Vivian]], then [[Lloyd Piper]] and [[James Kemsley]]. Ginger Meggs was made into a feature film by Jonathan Dawson [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dawson]] in 1982. On [[December 3]], 2007, [[James Kemsley]], cartoonist for Ginger Meggs for 23 years, passed away at his home in [[Welby, New South Wales]]. The Ginger Meggs strip will be written, drawn by [[Jason Chatfield]] and coloured by Hywel Kemsley. In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honour lists, the Australian Government posthumously recognised Kemsley for his efforts with the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Australia|Medal of the Order of Australia]]. == References == * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1727934 A birthday celebration for Ginger Meggs: congratulations to the little Aussie battler]'' / by Robert Holden (1986) * ''Just a little ginger headed feller'' / words and music by Mary Brett; arr. by Tom Davidson (194?) * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn68875 The comic adventures of Ginger Meggs]'' / created by [[Jimmy Bancks]], written and drawn by [[James Kemsley]] (1986, ISBN 0-7316-0697-3) * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1596390 Further adventures of Ginger Meggs]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1414409 Ginger Meggs and Herbert the billy goat]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn39854 Ginger Meggs and the country cousin]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn96183 Ginger Meggs annual]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn1550853 Ginger Meggs at large: based on the stories and characters of Bancks]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn325119 Ginger Meggs]'' / created by [[Jimmy Bancks]], written & drawn by Kemsley * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn644229 Ginger Meggs' lucky break]'' * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2778642 Ginger Meggs meets the test]'' / written by Bill Peach, illustrated by Dan Russell (19765, ISBN 0-207-13601-7) * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn415946 Ginger Meggs" the sunbeams song]'' music / by Henry T. Hayes & Billy Edwards (c1923) * ''[http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn605840 Ginger Meggs]'' / words and music by Jack O'Hagan *[[Ginger Meggs]] (Feature Film), [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Dawson]] ,1982) [[<http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084003/>]] "/ directed by [[Jonathan Dawson]] == External links == * [http://www.gingermeggs.com/ www.gingermeggs.com] - Meggs strips and a comprehensive history * ''[http://www.hinet.net.au/~meggs/ Ginger Meggs: Australia's favourite comic strip!] / Jed Kemsley * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084003/] - Feature Film [[Ginger Meggs]],(1982) {{Universal Press Syndicate}} {{comic-strip-stub}} {{Australia-stub}} [[Category:Australian comic strips]] [[Category:Australian comics titles]] [[Category:Australian films]] [[Category:Comic strips started in the 1920s]] [[Category:Deaths from motor neurone disease|Meggs, Ginger]] [[Category:Fictional Australians|Meggs, Ginger]]