Jimmy Bancks
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James Charles Bancks, commonly J. C. Bancks, was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist, writer and illustrator best known for his comic strip Ginger Meggs.
Jimmy Bancks, photographed in October 1942.
Plaque in Ginger Meggs Park, Hornsby, which was named after Bancks's character.
Ginger Meggs
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Ginger Meggs, created in 1921 by Jimmy Bancks, is one of Australia's most popular and the longest-running comic strip. The strip follows the escapades of a red-haired prepubescent mischief-maker who l
Jimmy Bancks
…1889 – 1 July 1952), commonly J. C. Bancks, was an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist, writer and illustrator best known for his comic strip Ginger Meggs. James Charles Bancks was born in Enmore, New South Wales, Australia on 10 May 1889, the son of an Irish railway worker, John Spencer Bancks. Bancks…
First appearance of Ginger, 13 November 1921