Winnie Winkle
In the 1920s, the Sunday pages of American artist Martin Branner's "Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner" focused on the adventures of her little brother Perry and his gang the Rinkydinks, which included a Chinese boy called Chink. Their stories proved very popular in Europe. Perry was renamed "Bicot" for the French market and European artists made new comics about him and the Rinkydinks when Branner's weekly pages were no longer sufficient. The "Our Gang" films were also popular and featured African-American kids as well as whites. Among the Belgian children who enjoyed these series were André Franquin and Jean Roba.