This persona was closely tied to a real comic strip titled , created by cartoonist Hilda Terry , which began running in 1944 through King Features Syndicate. The strip examined a "typical" teenager’s life, reflecting the carefree but fashion-conscious outlook of girls who danced to jazz and hung out at soda fountains. Evolution of the "Teen Strip"
This topic appears to refer to the intersection of and the Teena comic strip , which together helped define the modern concept of the "teenager" in the mid-20th century.
The Invention of the Teenager: Seventeen and the Teena Comic Strip
