Merely Margy, a Comic Strip by John Held Jr.

Merely Margy Comic Strip, by John Held Jr.
Clipping from The San Francisco Examiner
© 1929 King Features Syndicate, Inc.
Originally uploaded by Paula Wirth

John Held Jr. is best known for his caricaturization of the 1920s flapper girl, and other characters of the Jazz Age. His cover illustrations and caricatures adorned such magazines as Life, Judge, The New Yorker, Harper’s Bazaar, Redbook and Vanity Fair.

In 1925, Held started a single-panel cartoon feature for United Features Syndicate, called Oh! Margy!. By 1927, Held transformed the idea into a daily comic strip, Merely Margy, An Awfully Sweet Girl, for King Features Syndicate.

I recently found a pile of newspaper clippings from the 20s-30s, including six comic strips of Merely Margy, printed in 1929 in the San Francisco Examiner. Expect to see more scans, shortly.

More about Merely Margy on Toonopedia.

About John Held Jr.

• Biography on Wikipedia, the Getty Union List, and BPIB.
• Pinups on ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive