Mr. O'Malley was a character in the ground-breaking, intellectual comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

  Barnaby, by cartoonist

Cartoonist

A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...

 Crockett Johnson

Crockett Johnson

Crockett Johnson was the pen name of cartoonist and children's book illustrator David Johnson Leisk...

. He was the fairy godfather of five-year old Barnaby.

Jackeen J. O'Malley first appeared in response to Barnaby's wish for a fairy godmother. He was a 3 foot (0.9144 m), cigar smoking man with an overcoat and four tiny pink wings, and was a member of the Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men's Chowder & Marching Society

Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men's Chowder & Marching Society

The Elves, Leprechauns, Gnomes, and Little Men's Chowder & Marching Society was the fraternal organization frequented by Mr. O’Malley, the fairy godfather in Crockett Johnson’s daily comic strip Barnaby...

. His magic wand was the stub of his half-smoked Havana cigar.

Mr. O'Malley's conceit was matched only by his inability to grant the simplest childhood request, and his misguided attempts never failed to get Barnaby into hot water.

Mr. O'Malley was a comic strip original, though in appearance he had a passing resemblance to W.C. Fields. "Cushlamochree" was his signature cry when shocked by the inevitable down-turn of events in response to his ineffectual meddling in Barnaby's affairs. Throughout the course of his comic career Mr. O'Malley stumbled his way into the U.S. Congress and became a Wall Street

Wall Street

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tycoon.