Little Annie Fanny: Difference between revisions

Annie Fanny is the feature's lead character. Like other young women in ''Playboy'' pictorials, Annie is beautiful, buxom, and often unclothed.{{sfnm|1a1=Markstein|1y=2001|2a1=Buhle|2y=2007|2p=304}} She is sexually innocent, oblivious to the worldliness around her. Like her forebear Goodman Beaver, Annie was conceived as a modern [[Candide]], above the story's corruptions and temptations. Unlike Goodman, however, Annie is never shocked or offended; she remains blithe.{{sfnm|1a1=Duncan|1a2=Smith|1y=2013|1p=428|2a1=Kitchen|2y=2000|2p=208|3a1=Kitchen|3a2=Buhle|3y=2009|3pp=213, 215}} The authors of ''Icons of the American Comic Book'' say Annie "glides through a changing world with an untiring optimism" with a "good-natured lack of desire". She is insulated from the carnal nature of those around her, who explain the new rules of society to her each episode.{{sfn|Duncan|Smith|2013|pp=428–429}} Ruthie, Annie's mother hen roommate, appears in the first episode and remains in the strip throughout its run. Wanda Homefree, Annie Fanny's wild and shapely best friend, first appears in an episode-10 beauty contest as Miss Greenwich Village and is often seen at Annie's side throughout the remainder of the series. Ralphie Towzer, Annie's nerdy-but-hip do-gooder boyfriend, has the look of Goodman Beaver (with playwright [[Arthur Miller]]'s eyeglasses and pipe) and the temperament of a straightstrait-laced, chastising prude. Solly Brass, Annie's [[huckster]] agent, is based on actor [[Phil Silvers]].{{sfn|VandenBergh|2001|p=205}}