A TRUE
AUSSIE LEGEND
The kid who lived through a century.
Just a little ginger-headed-feller…
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This is the story of Australia’s oldest 12-year-old.
“Creators come and go but their characters live on... When I pass on I hope the character I have created in Ginger will live long beyond me.”
— James C. Bancks
Ginger Meggs creator, 1951
THE CARTOONISTS
Ginger has had five fathers over the course of the past century, four of them stewarding Ginger through the decades after his original creator’s passing. When James C. Bancks passed away, TK (Story about paper)
The artists who have written and drawn Ginger Meggs in the ensuing years were:
Ron ViVian
(1953-1973)
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JAMES KEMSLEY
(1984-2007)
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Lloyd Piper
(1973-1983)
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Jason Chatfield
(2007-PRESENT)
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QUICK FACTS
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Dream it.
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Build it.
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Grow it.
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Dame Mary Gilmore, who had a great affection for Ginger Meggs, wrote this poem in 1942 to celebrate his 21st birthday:
“Battered, beaten, troubled, sore.
Ginger Meggs gets up for more.
“Where’s the paper?” Boy or man.
Eagerly his doings scan.
Boy or man? And woman too.
Ginger laddie, here’s to you!”