The Little King is an American gag-a-day comic strip created by Otto Soglow, which ran from 1930 to 1975.

[1] Soglow's character first appeared on June 7, 1930, in The New Yorker and soon showed signs of becoming a successful strip.

The Little King began publications in comic book issues from 1933, was licensed for a 1933–34 series of animated cartoons by Van Beuren Studios and featured in advertising campaigns for Standard Oil[2] and Royal Pudding (1955).

[2] The Little King (mustachioed, bearded, and clad in velvet and ermine) was small of stature, but as wide as he was tall.

The final panel of the comic strip often showed His Majesty pursuing a hobby, playing a children's game, flirting with a pretty woman, or otherwise enjoying himself in an unkingly fashion while neglecting his "official" duties.