Right Around Home was a weekly Sunday newspaper comic strip by Dudley Fisher, created in 1937, and first published by King Features Syndicate in January 1938. Set (like many other comic strips) in a suburban neighborhood, the strip differentiated itself from other comics by its format: in many installments, instead of a series of panels, it showed a single scene which filled an entire Sunday comic page and featured numerous characters (families living in the neighborhood) going about their antics and interacting with each other.
In 1942, Fisher created an accompanying, traditional weekday strip, titled Myrtle. It focused on one of the neighborhood kids, the spunky, bratty Myrtle who, despite her elegant girly clothes, had a major tomboy streak. After World War II, the two strips merged into Myrtle — Right Around Home, later known as Right Around Home with Myrtle or just Myrtle. Dudley Fisher died in 1951, and the strip was subsequently continued by his assistant Bob Vittur until it ended in 1964.
Right Around Home and Myrtle feature the following tropes:
- Breakout Character: Myrtle, who started as just one of the neighborhood strip but easily proved to be the most popular character and received her own daily strip a few years in.
- Iconic Outfit: Myrtle is almost always seen in only one outfit, including a wide-brimmed hat with a ribbon, a black shirt, and a short red skirt.
- Protagonist Title: The daily strip was simply named Myrtle after its main character.
- Tomboy: Myrtle, who is usually seen getting into some mischief, punching boys, or engaging in dangerous impromptu gymnastics.
