Tillie the Toiler

This article is about the comic strip. For other uses, see Tillie the Toiler (disambiguation).

Tillie the Toiler
Author(s)Russ Westover
Launch dateJanuary 3, 1921
End dateMarch 15, 1959
Syndicate(s)King Features Syndicate
This 1939 Russ Westover page was reprinted in the Dell Four Color Comic Tillie the Toiler #22.

Tillie the Toiler is a newspaper comic strip created by cartoonist Russ Westover who initially worked on his concept of a flapper character in a strip he titled Rose of the Office. With a title change, it sold to King Features Syndicate which carried the strip from January 3, 1921, to March 15, 1959.[1]

The daily strip began on Monday, January 3, 1921, followed by the Sunday page on October 10, 1922.

Westover retired in 1951 with his assistant Bob Gustafson then doing most of the writing and drawing. After Westover departed completely three years later, Gustafson's signature appeared on the strip beginning October 4, 1954. The daily strip ended March 7, 1959, with the last Sunday eight days later on March 15.[2]

  1. ^ Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. p. 386. ISBN 9780472117567.
  2. ^ Toonopedia" Tillie the Toiler