''Miss Caroline: The Little Girl in the Big White House '' was a

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about a fictionalized version of

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, the daughter of

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, who at the time was five years old. ''

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'' noted that the heads of Caroline's parents were never shown on panel.Little 'Miss Caroline' Laughs in White House
in ''

'', vol. 96, no. 27; published July 6, 1963; p. 47; via

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Written by

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and drawn by Frank B. Johnson, the strip was published in newspapers beginning on November 4, 1963,Gerald Gardner – RIP
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at

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; retrieved May 22, 2023 The strip was launched to capitalize on the commercial success of Gardner and Johnson's book of cartoons ''Miss Caroline'', which was published in January 1963 by

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, and sold 250,000 copies by July of that year.

Collections

In 2012,

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announced that they would be reprinting the complete ''Miss Caroline''.Exclusive: About Comics will only offer new material via POD and digital
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; published April 11, 2012; retrieved May 24, 2023; via

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