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Ginger Meggs is the longest-running Australian comic strip; it features the escapades of the title character, a red-haired pre-pubescent boy with considerable talent for mischief. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings that tells a story Currently in the Western world, most comic strips are written and drawn by a Comics artist 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. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar James Charles Bancks, or Jimmy Bancks (born Enmore, Sydney, 10 May 1889, died Point Piper, Sydney, 1 July After Jimmy Bancks, Ginger was drawn by Ron Vivian, then Lloyd Piper and James Kemsley. James Charles Bancks, or Jimmy Bancks (born Enmore, Sydney, 10 May 1889, died Point Piper, Sydney, 1 July Ron Vivian (1914&ndash1973 is an Australian cartoonist who is perhaps best known as having drawn Ginger Meggs after the original creature Jimmy Bancks Lloyd Piper (1923-1983 was an Australian cartoonist and art teacher who drew Wolf for the Sunday Telegraph and later Ginger Meggs. James Lawrence Kemsley OAM ( November 15 1948 &ndash December 3 2007) was an Australian cartoonist who drew Jimmy Bancks Ginger Meggs was made into a feature film 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. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French James Lawrence Kemsley OAM ( November 15 1948 &ndash December 3 2007) was an Australian cartoonist who drew Jimmy Bancks Welby is a small town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire. The Ginger Meggs strip will be written, drawn by Jason Chatfield and coloured by Hywel Kemsley. Jason Chatfield ( Perth 1984- is an Australian editorial and Comic strip Cartoonist and stand-up comedian based in Melbourne Victoria In the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honour lists, the Australian Government posthumously recognised Kemsley for his efforts with the Medal of the Order of Australia. The Commonwealth of Australia until 1975 used the Imperial or British honours system.

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