In "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Bob Hoskin's character is searching for Jessica, Roger's voluptuous wife. He thinks he spots her by the window of an apartment from the street below. He enters the room and encounters... ??? And, bolts out of the room in fear and horror.
1) Who was she?
2) What was her origin?
3) What was the origin of her looks?
(Disclaimer: I hope it's who I think it's supposed to be.)

Hint. I think I should have said, "Bob Hoskins bolts from the room in fear and loathing!"
Anyway.
1) She appeared in one of the great comic strips of all times as "The world's ugliest woman."
2) The reader never saw her face.
3) ???

A guess....... was the strip she appeared in Lil Abner?

Was it Lil' Abner and the character Moonbeam McSwine? I faintly remember she had her hair covering her face.It's been a long time!

The comic strip was "Lil Abner." No. It wasn't Moonbeam McSwine.

Aw come on guys.....this one is easy........ she even appeared on the cover of a big tabloid magazine at the time.

Behold the beauty...... For a good look at this lady...go to: www.toonopedia.com/lena.htm

Thanks for posting the site, Tom. I would have had problems doing it. The answers:
1) Lena the Hyena.
2) She appeared in the Lil Abner comic strip by Al Capp. (Again. Her face was never shown in the comic strip until the end of the story... See blow.)
3) Her looks came about in a nation wide drawing contest to determine how Lena should look. Basil Wolverton, who drew comic book characters Spacehawk, and Powerhouse Pepper, was judged the winner for drawing the ugliest Lena, which was published in Life Magazine, Oct 28, 1946.
Personal trivia: I was twelve years old then. My oldest brother and I sent in drawings for the contest just for the fun of it. But we were tic'd off when Wolverton was judged the winner, crying out that he was a professional cartoonist. Of course, we didn't realize at the time that the contest was open to all amateur and professional artists alike.
Willie

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