Little Audrey, her dark origins:
During the 1930s, series of cruel jokes became popular known as "Little Audrey Laughed" jokes. The jokes usually involved physical harm or death to someone, then an ironic twist and Little Audrey laughing inappropriately about it. Perhaps they where a response to the Great Depression, who knows.
“One day, Little Audrey and her mother were driving along when all of a sudden the car door flew open, and Little Audrey's mother fell out. Little Audrey just laughed and laughed, 'cause she knew all the time that her mother had on her light fall suit.”
Little Audrey (Smith) 17 Paramount cartoons from 1947 to 1958.
St. John Publications from April 1948 to May 1952. 24 issues and an annual. They later returned and were played repeatedly on Harvey themed TV series.
A short-lived newspaper strip
Chicago Herald - American: 1951
Harvey Comics from 1952 to 1994:
Where the art style used in her comic became the House Style for later Harvey Kid comics such as Little Dot and Richie Rich. 274 issues under various titles, Little Audrey, Playful Little Audrey, Little Audrey and Melvin, etc., plus appearances in multiple other Harvey Comics.
Of note, one of the first is perhaps the first none racist regular black characters, Tiny, the Little Kid With a Big Heart, appeared in Little Audrey starting in the late 40s.
The last Little Audrey comic from 1994.
Harvey Girls Forever! Four seasons from 2018 to 2020, 52 episodes.
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