Ginger Meggs figure |
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| Title : | Ginger Meggs figure |
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| Source : | [Ginger Meggs objects] [toy] | ||
| Format : | Object | ||
| Dimensions : | 220 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Donated by : | Ms Valmai Hankel |
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| Description : |
On 13 November 1921, cartoon character Ginger Smith made his first appearance in the Sydney Sunday Sun colour comic strip Us Fellers, which was created by James 'Jimmy' Charles Bancks. By 1922 the mischievous red-haired, young boy character Ginger had become Ginger Meggs, with a gang of mates, enemy Tiger Kelly, and girlfriend Minnie Peters. For three decades Ginger's adventures appeared weekly in the Sunday Sun, and from 1924 in Sunbeams publications. Bancks died in 1952 with the express wish that the strip continue after his death. Ron Vivian and Lloyd Piper both worked on the comic strip, and in 1983, James Kemsley commenced creating Ginger Meggs. Since Kemsley's death in 2007 the comic strip has been drawn by Jason Chatfield of Perth. Known throughout Australia, Ginger Meggs comic strip is widely syndicated and published in more than 20 countries. There is no maker's mark on this plaster figure or its box which date from the Bancks' period. Memorabilia of Ginger Meggs includes plaster, and later plastic, figures of both Ginger and his girlfriend Minnie Peters; figures of Ginger in football uniforms were popular in both Adelaide and Melbourne. Plates and breakfast sets were issued, match manufacturers featured Australia's most famous redhead on their matchbox, and a margarine manufacturer used Ginger Meggs to promote their product. Sheet music and vinyl recordings feature Ginger Meggs and in 1982 a film starring Gary McDonald was released. |
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| Related names : | Bancks, J. C. (James Charles), 1889-1952 |
| Period : | 1939-1945 |
| Further reading : | Bancks, J. C. The golden years of Ginger Meggs, 1921-1952, edited by John Horgan Medindie, S.A.: Souvenir Press in association with Brolga Books, 1978 Bancks, J. C. The sunbeams book, Sydney: Sun Newspapers, 1924-1950 Kemsley, James. Ginger Meggs at large: based on the stories and characters of Bancks, London; Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1985 |
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| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing exhibitions. To be a child August 2004- |
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