| Li'l Dot | |
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Real Name |
Dorothy Polka |
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First Appearance |
Sad Sack Comics #1 (1949) |
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Original Publisher |
Harvey Comics |
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Created by |
Alfred Harvey and Vic Herman |
Origin[]
Little Dot is a young girl who is obsessed with dots, spots, and round, colorful objects. Anything that is round looks like a dot to her and fascinates her. She usually wears a red dress with black polka dots, and a matching bow on her ponytail. Her best friend is Little Lotta and they are both classmates with Richie Rich.
She was created in 1949 by writer Alfred Harvey and artist Vic Herman.
Dot first appeared in 1949 as a supporting feature in Sad Sack Comics, Humphrey Comics and Little Max Comics. Until August 1953 (issue date) she was referred to as "Li'l Dot". In September 1953, she was given her own series named Little Dot, drawn by Steve Muffati, joining Harvey's growing cast of child-oriented comedy characters.
Dot's obsessive nature presaged the development of Harvey's quirky child-friendly characters, many of which deviated from the Audrey model by incorporating fantasy elements (Hot Stuff, Spooky) or oddball behavior (Little Lotta). On the other hand, generation-based humor always played an important role in Little Dot's storylines. Like her in-house contemporaries, Dot frequently found herself at odds with her parents, teachers and other representatives of Bonnie Dell's adult population. Frequent plotlines involved her parents or teachers, who are annoyed with her obsession with dots, trying to trick her into giving up her dot addiction and catching it themselves.
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- 1-67 Sad Sack Comics (1949-1963)
- Little Dot #1-21 (1953-1957)
- Harvey Hits 18 - Buzzy the Crow (March 1959)
Notes[]
- Dot's first appearance - Sad Sack Comics #1 - did not have its copyright renewed and fell into the public domain. A list of pubic domain Harvey comics from the 1940s-1960s can be found here.