Indicia title is "THE LITTLE PEOPLE, No. 485." Code number is L.P.O.S. #485-538. Copyright 1953 by NEA Service, Inc. On-sale date is publication date in Catalog of Copyright Entries, 1953 Books and Pamphlets, page 448. Based on the newspaper comic strip "The Little People" by Walt Scott. First of ten Little People Four Colors.
Cover
1 page
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Shoe-boat / The Little People (1 page)
Synopsis
Loop uses an old slipper for shade when it's sunny and then as a boat when it rains.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Loop; Jink; Old One]
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Little People and the Sick Fawn / The Little People (20 pages)
Synopsis
When Mrs. Doe's fawn is sick, the Little People must go to the cave of their enemies, the Groons, to bring back yop-yop leaves to make a medicine to cure the fawn.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]; Tar (crow); Groons (villains)
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
The Little People's Carnival / The Little People (12 pages)
Synopsis
The Little People are putting on a carnival, but there doesn't seem to be anything that Loop can do to participate.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
In addition to the five main characters, many other unnamed Little People appear. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Picnic Distraction / The Little People (1 page)
Synopsis
The Little People set up a separate picnic for the ants so they can enjoy their own picnic in peace.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Chub; Loop; Jink; Cork; Old One]
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Inside back cover; black and white; pantomime story. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Comic Story
Hair tonic trick / The Little People (1 page)
Synopsis
Jink and Loop sell phony hair tonic to a frog, but the frog and the Old One trick them into thinking it actually works.
Genre
Fantasy
Characters
The Little People [Jink; Loop; Old One]
Script
Paul S. Newman
Pencils
Don Gunn
Inks
Don Gunn
Notes
Back cover; color. Pencils and inks credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
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