I haven't read one since I was about eight but I recall enjoying the Little Dot comic books. The character was reportedly created by writer-artist Vic Herman and debuted, looking somewhat different than she later did, as a back-up feature in Harvey's Sad Sack comic book. Later, she was redesigned by Warren Kremer, who was the archetype artist for Harvey Comics, and she got her own book…and two of her back-up features, Little Lotta and Richie Rich, also graduated to stardom. It was a fun comic…but I never thought about it in quite the same way that my pal Mike Gold is thinking about it over on his weblog.