Unbeknownst to most, Barbie actually started out life in the late 1940s as a German cartoon character created by artist Reinhard Beuthien for the Hamburg-based tabloid, Bild-Zeitung.
I just pulled the date from this description under one of the images on imgur, if it’s inaccurate that’s why.
Wikipedia says 1952 to 1961, not 1940s. Pretty important difference lol
Links for the lazy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilli_(comic_strip) 1952-1961
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bild_Lilli_doll 1955-1964
I just pulled the date from this description under one of the images on imgur, if it’s inaccurate that’s why.