The Kin-der-Kids

'''''The Kin-der-Kids''''' and '''''Wee Willie Winkie's World''''' were early newspaper [[comics]] by painter [[Lyonel Feininger]] and published by the ''[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Sunday Tribune]]'' during 1906–07.

'''''The Kin-der-Kids''''' and '''''Wee Willie Winkie's World''''' were early newspaper [[comics]] by painter [[Lyonel Feininger]] and published by the ''[[Chicago Tribune|Chicago Sunday Tribune]]'' during 1906–07.

Similar in form to ''[[Little Nemo]]'' and the later Sunday editions of ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', most of Feininger's comics occupied a full-page and were rendered in color. ''The Kin-der-Kids'' were published in ''Tribune'' papers beginning April 29, 1906. Feininger's second feature, ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'', was published concurrently with ''The Kin-der-Kids'' from August 19, 1906, until ''The Kin-der-Kids'''s cancellation on November 18, 1906. ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'' ended three months later, on February 17, 1907. The series' short existences have been attributed to several causes, including Feininger being unable to produce two strips of finely detailed artwork on a weekly schedule, and personal conflict between Feininger and his publishers.[http://www.toonopedia.com/feiningr.htm Lyonel Feininger] at [[Con Markstein's 'Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20150416004350/http://toonopedia.com/feiningr.htm Archived] from the original on April 16, 2015.

Similar in form to ''[[Little Nemo]]'' and the later Sunday editions of ''[[Krazy Kat]]'', most of Feininger's comics occupied a full-page and were rendered in color. ''The Kin-der-Kids'' were published in ''Tribune'' papers beginning April 29, 1906. Feininger's second feature, ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'', was published concurrently with ''The Kin-der-Kids'' from August 19, 1906, until ''The Kin-der-Kids'''s cancellation on November 18, 1906. ''Wee Willie Winkie's World'' ended three months later, on February 17, 1907. The series' short existences have been attributed to several causes, including Feininger being unable to produce two strips of finely detailed artwork on a weekly schedule, and personal conflict between Feininger and his publishers.[http://www.toonopedia.com/feiningr.htm Lyonel Feininger] at [[Don Markstein]]'s [[Toonopedia]]. [https://archive.today/20150416004350/http://toonopedia.com/feiningr.htm Archived] from the original on April 16, 2015.

Much like ''The [[New York Herald]]'s'' ''Little Nemo'', ''Tribune'' publishers envisioned ''The Kin-der-kids'' as a relatively sophisticated alternative to the comical, and at times violent, antics of ''[[Happy Hooligan]]'' and ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'', comic strips published in newspapers owned by [[William Randolph Hearst|Hearst]] and [[Joseph Pulitzer|Pulitzer]].[[Bill Blackbeard|Blackbeard, Bill]] "Wee Willie Winkie, Tall Uncle Feininger, and the Comic Strip Horrors of 1906: How Auntie Jim-Jam was No Antidote but Genius Triumphed". ''The Comic Strip Art of Lionel Feininger'' [[Kitchen Sink Press]], Northampton, MA: 1994. p. 3–4.

Much like ''The [[New York Herald]]'s'' ''Little Nemo'', ''Tribune'' publishers envisioned ''The Kin-der-kids'' as a relatively sophisticated alternative to the comical, and at times violent, antics of ''[[Happy Hooligan]]'' and ''[[The Katzenjammer Kids]]'', comic strips published in newspapers owned by [[William Randolph Hearst|Hearst]] and [[Joseph Pulitzer|Pulitzer]].[[Bill Blackbeard|Blackbeard, Bill]] "Wee Willie Winkie, Tall Uncle Feininger, and the Comic Strip Horrors of 1906: How Auntie Jim-Jam was No Antidote but Genius Triumphed". ''The Comic Strip Art of Lionel Feininger'' [[Kitchen Sink Press]], Northampton, MA: 1994. p. 3–4.