Tillie the Toiler

Stylish working girl Tillie was employed as a stenographer, secretary and part-time model. An attractive brunette, she had no problem finding men to escort her around town. Comics historian Don Markstein described the story situations: ==Toppers==

For the Sunday page, Westover produced a series of topper strips, starting with Kitty Change-Her-Mind (Jan 10–March 14, 1926) and The Counter Kids (March 21–May 2, 1926). On May 9, 1926, Westover began a topper series that would run for two decades – first called The Van Zippers (May 9–Aug 15, 1926), then The Van Swaggers (Aug 22, 1926 – June 26, 1938) and finally The Van Swaggers Starring Aunt Min (July 3, 1938 – 1943?) A paper-doll panel, ''Tillie the Toiler's Fashion Parade'', appeared next to the topper from April 24, 1932, until 1951. ==Reprints==

Cupples & Leon collected the strips into book form in 1925, followed by seven other books in that series. Dell Comics reprinted the strip in 14 issues between 1941 and 1949. Tillie the Toiler and the Masquerading Duchess was a novel published by Whitman in 1943. ==Films==

The comic strip inspired two films of the same name: Tillie the Toiler (1927), a silent film with Marion Davies in the title role, and Tillie the Toiler (1941), starring Kay Harris. ==Radio==

The comic strip was also the basis for a short-lived radio series, also titled Tillie the Toiler. The series featured Caryl Smith as Tillie, with Billy Lynn as Mac MacDougal, John Brown as Simpkins and Margaret Burlen as Tillie's mother. The show ran on CBS Radio from April 11 to October 10, 1942. ==References==