# Bild Lilli--looking for a book **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412 "2004-05-21T19:23:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/1 "2004-05-21T19:23:33Z")
After WW2, the German newspaper _Bild_ started a comic strip about a conniving Blonde named Lilli. Sexy, perky, with sultry eyes, pouty lips & a pony tail, she was always hunting for a “sugar daddy”. Later, a doll was made of her. This more or less inspired Barbie. I’ver heard that there were printed collections of the comics in Germany. Trade paperbacks, I believe. I’ve also seen am on-line site where the cartoons were printed in _English_. Judging by the typefont, these English-Language-Lillis were taken from a book. Sadly, that website has vanished. I’m looking for that book, & its title. English, German or either. Dopers, can you help me? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/2 "2004-05-24T12:25:59Z")
OK, posting this on Friday afternoon may have been an error. BTW—the book may have been published by the US Army in English, for occupation troops. Or, not. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/3 "2004-05-24T13:53:45Z")
Did you try a title search on [bookfinder.com](http://bookfinder.com)? I have located all kinds of obscure books there. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/4 "2004-05-24T14:04:09Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Did you try a title search on [bookfinder.com](http://bookfinder.com)? I have located all kinds of obscure books there. Hmmm… maybe. Thanks for the suggestion. Anybody else with input? ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/5 "2004-05-27T01:32:46Z")
Try e-mailing these people. They might know… [http://zenzo.de/homepage/english.html](http://zenzo.de/homepage/english.html) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/6 "2004-05-27T11:18:43Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Try e-mailing these people. They might know… > > [BARBIE! BARBIE! BARBIE!!!](http://zenzo.de/homepage/english.html) An e-mail is on the way as I type this. Many warm thanks. 🙂 Does anybody else have any input? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/7 "2004-05-27T12:20:51Z")
Oops. That e-mail addy from the site is NG. ☹ Back to square 1. ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2004, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/8 "2004-05-27T12:48:39Z")
If it helps (and you don’t already know) the name of the Lili cartoonist is Reinhard Beuthien, and the full name of the paper the cartoon appeared in was Bild-Zeitung. I own a pop-history book on Barbie (Forever Barbie by M. G. Lord) with a chapter on Lili and a few examples of the strip (in German). I was hoping that the book you’re looking for might be listed in the bibliography. No luck, though – apparently Lord got the strips from reprints of the paper itself rather than a collection. One more hint, though. Lord attributes some of her information on Lili to Billy Boy’s, Barbie: Her Life and Times – maybe you could track down a copy and check the bibiography. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bild-lilli-looking-for-a-book/246412/9 "2014-12-28T14:51:12Z")
It’s been years, and there has been plenty o time for a book to be published. Any ideas?