The Little King

The Little King is a single-issue comic from 1945, published by John Martin's House. It is best known as the debut of the whimsical, wordless monarch created by Otto Soglow, whose spare, elegant cartoons had already charmed readers in The New Yorker. This one-shot stands as a quiet landmark of mid-century humor, capturing the gentle, absurdist appeal that made the Little King a beloved fixture of American comics.