DescriptionWimpy1931.jpg	English: J. Wellington Wimpy's first appearance from May 1931, copyright not renewed.
Date	May 2 or 3 1931 (It was published in at least 2 newspapers dated May 2, 1931)
Source	Scan from the original work https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1269569416 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/999170671
Author	E. C. Segar (1894–1938)     Alternative names E. C. Segar Description American cartoonist Date of birth/death 8 December 1894  13 October 1938  Location of birth/death Chester  Santa Monica  Authority file : Q452745 VIAF: 44305371 ISNI: 0000000108926527 ULAN: 500123898 LCCN: n86814505 NLA: 35487964 WorldCat creator QS:P170,Q452745

The copyright on Wimpy's first appearance in the May 3, 1931 strip of Thimble Theatre was not renewed in 1958 or 1959:

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/1958r.html

https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/cce/1959r.html

Wimpy was originally a unnamed character in bis debut strips, he would later get his name and his famous appetite of Hamburgers as well as moocher behavior later in the year and joined the strip fully by early 1933.

He'll gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today!

No renewals were found for Thimble Theatre between 1931-May 3, 1933, only Popeye himself were renewed but not Wimpy's nor were the others. Nothing is also found for King Features Illustrated (which didn't start renewals until May 4th 1933).

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