Miss Caroline

'''''Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House ''''' was a [[comic strip]] about a fictionalized version of [[Caroline Kennedy]], the daughter of [[John F. Kennedy]], who at the time was five years old. ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' noted that the heads of Caroline's parents were never shown on panel.<ref name=E&P>[https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1963-07-06_96_27/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22miss+caroline%22 Little 'Miss Caroline' Laughs in White House], in ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', vol. 96, no. 27; published July 6, 1963; p. 47; via [[archive.org]]</ref>

'''''Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House ''''' was a [[comic strip]] about a fictionalized version of [[Caroline Kennedy]], the daughter of [[John F. Kennedy]], who at the time was five years old. ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'' noted that the heads of Caroline's parents were never shown on panel.<ref name=E&P>[https://archive.org/details/sim_editor-publisher_1963-07-06_96_27/page/46/mode/2up?q=%22miss+caroline%22 Little 'Miss Caroline' Laughs in White House], in ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', vol. 96, no. 27; published July 6, 1963; p. 47; via [[archive.org]]</ref>

Written by [[Gerald Gardner (writer)|Gerald Gardner]] and drawn by Frank B. Johnson, the strip was publishedddddddddddddddddddd in newspapers beginning on November 4, 1963,<ref name=GardnerObit>[https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/10/13/gerald-gardner-rip/ Gerald Gardner – RIP], by D. D. Degg, at DailyCartoonist.com; published October 13, 2020; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref> and was abruptly cancelled following the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination of Caroline's father]] on November 22.<ref name=Lambiek>[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnson_frank_b.htm Frank B. Johnson], at [[Lambiek]]; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref>{{efn|Although most newspapers published their last installment of ''Miss Caroline'' on November 22, 1963, comic strip historian [[Allan Holtz]] found one newspaper that published the November 23 installment as well.<ref name=FirstLast>[https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/03/07/first-and-last-hippy-and-pop-and-caroline/ First and Last – Hippy And Pop, and Miss Caroline], by D. D. Degg, at DailyCartoonist.com; published March 7, 2020; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref>}}

Written by [[Gerald Gardner (writer)|Gerald Gardner]] and drawn by Frank B. Johnson, the strip was published in newspapers beginning on November 4, 1963,<ref name=GardnerObit>[https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/10/13/gerald-gardner-rip/ Gerald Gardner – RIP], by D. D. Degg, at DailyCartoonist.com; published October 13, 2020; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref> and was abruptly cancelled following the [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|assassination of Caroline's father]] on November 22.<ref name=Lambiek>[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/j/johnson_frank_b.htm Frank B. Johnson], at [[Lambiek]]; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref>{{efn|Although most newspapers published their last installment of ''Miss Caroline'' on November 22, 1963, comic strip historian [[Allan Holtz]] found one newspaper that published the November 23 installment as well.<ref name=FirstLast>[https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2020/03/07/first-and-last-hippy-and-pop-and-caroline/ First and Last – Hippy And Pop, and Miss Caroline], by D. D. Degg, at DailyCartoonist.com; published March 7, 2020; retrieved May 22, 2023</ref>}}

The strip was launched to capitalize on the commercial success of Gardner and Johnson's book of cartoons ''Miss Caroline'', which was published in January 1963 by [[Gold Medal Books]], and sold 250,000 copies by July of that year.<ref name=E&P/>

The strip was launched to capitalize on the commercial success of Gardner and Johnson's book of cartoons ''Miss Caroline'', which was published in January 1963 by [[Gold Medal Books]], and sold 250,000 copies by July of that year.<ref name=E&P/>