LITTLE LULU vtg plush doll Gund comic-strip toy 1970s yarn hair King Features
This is a previously-owned “Little LuLu” plush doll (wearing a red dress and bloomers) manufactured by Gund in the 1970s (synthetic fibers). The doll measures approximately 7 inches tall and is in good shape with a little general wear and discoloration (see picture)… “Little Lulu” is the nickname for Lulu Moppett, a comic strip character created in the mid-1930s by Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character debuted in “The Saturday Evening Post” in early 1935 in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding and strewing the aisle with banana peels. Little Lulu replaced Carl Anderson’s “Henry,” which had been picked up for distribution by King Features Syndicate.