Newspaper comic strips have been an important staple ... Still, despite the controversy, Little Orphan Annie spawned a hit ...

Daddy Warbucks is in serious trouble. The egg-bald guardian of that ageless comic-strip carrot top, Little Orphan Annie, has been railroaded into a private insane asylum run by one Dr. Le Quaque.

And while the 1977 Broadway musical and its 1982 film adaptation take place in the '30s — when the original "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip was created — the Wallis version has been updated ...

Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the film called 'Little Orphan Annie), is befriended by a fight manager, 'Pop' Corrigan (J. Farrell ...

When it comes to comfort food, the occasional tasty surprise is always welcome, but for the most part we want what's worked for us before. "Annie," the endlessly tuneful and familiar musical about ...

The 1977 musical, later made into a 1982 film, is based on Harold Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" comic strip, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The story starts with 11-year-old ...

Gray penned “Little Orphan Annie” while living in Lombard, first on Stewart Avenue and then in that grand Main Street home. His comic strip would take on a life of its own, spawning a radio ...

Daily comics gave characters the freedom to engage in ongoing adventures, as was the case with strips like Harold Gray's "Little Orphan Annie" and "Terry and the Pirates" by Milton Caniff ...

“Put a skirt on the kid and call him Annie.” Thus was born one of the most enduring and distinctly American comic strip characters. A vintage “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip from 192 ...

The story of Annie first originated in 1924 with the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. The strip, created by cartoonist Harold Gray, followed the many adventures of Annie, her dog Sandy ...

Harold Gray, creator of “Little Orphan Annie,” a comic strip that debuted in the New York Daily News in 1924, lived with his parents in that sprawling frame Victorian that sports a distinctive ...

Little Orphan Annie is an American cartoon series created by Harold Gray, which features a man named Punjab as a supporting character. Syndicated by the Tribune Media Services, the strip had a ...