Luke Worm (Cartoon Mascot in Case)
Date1947
DimensionsOverall: 37 x 24 x 34.5 cm
Credit LineGift of Richard Costley-White, 2003.
Object number2003.018.025
Label TextLondon Free Press political cartoonist, Merle “Ting” Tingley, created his mascot and alter-ego, Luke Worm, in 1948. Ting created cartoons for the paper into the early 1990s. Luke Worm appeared in almost all of them. Londoners of all ages
searched for him in every cartoon.
NamePiece, Display
1999-2000
