Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner

Author: Arthur Asa Berger

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Al Capp's cartoons of Dogpatch's favorite son revealed as satiric culture for the common man.


The Best of Li'l Abner

The Best of Li'l Abner

Author: Al Capp

Publisher: Holt McDougal

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13:

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Cartoonist Al Capp presents 26 of his favorite sequences from his cartoon strip.


Al Capp

Al Capp

Author: Michael Schumacher

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2013-02-26

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1608197859

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More than thirty years have passed since Al Capp's death, and he may no longer be a household name. But at the height of his career, his groundbreaking comic strip, Li'l Abner, reached ninety million readers. The strip ran for forty-three years, spawned two movies and a Broadway musical, and originated such expressions as "hogwash" and "double-whammy." Capp himself was a familiar personality on TV and radio; as a satirist, he was frequently compared to Mark Twain. Though Li'l Abner brought millions joy, the man behind the strip was a complicated and often unpleasant person. A childhood accident cost him a leg-leading him to art as a means of distinguishing himself. His apprenticeship with Ham Fisher, creator of Joe Palooka, started a twenty-year feud that ended in Fisher's suicide. Capp enjoyed outsized publicity for a cartoonist, but his status abetted sexual misconduct and protected him from the severest repercussions. Late in life, his politics became extremely conservative; he counted Richard Nixon as a friend, and his gift for satire was redirected at targets like John Lennon, Joan Baez, and anti-war protesters on campuses across the country. With unprecedented access to Capp's archives and a wealth of new material, Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen have written a probing biography. Capp's story is one of incredible highs and lows, of popularity and villainy, of success and failure-told here with authority and heart.


Li'l Abner: the Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, Vol. 4: 1941-1942

Li'l Abner: the Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, Vol. 4: 1941-1942

Author: Al Capp

Publisher: Library of American Comics

Published: 2012-02-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781613771235

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In Volume 4 in The Complete Li'l Abner...You'll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters -- it's the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you'll meet Available Jones (Is yo' available, Available?), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the world's greatest jinx!), Dorothy Lamour (yes, that Dorothy Lamour), Lorna Goon, Orville Wolf, Cherry Blossom, the parents of Gat Garson, Sadie Hawkins V, Dinsmore Jerque, J.P. Fangsby, Tiny Mite, and that hog-wallowin' bundle of pulchritude, Moonbeam McSwine! They help make 1941 and 1942 fast, funny, and unforgettable!


The Coming of the Shmoos!

The Coming of the Shmoos!

Author: Al Capp

Publisher: Library of American Comics

Published: 2014-12-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781631401565

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Shmoo's Who?! What has been called "the greatest run of Li'l Abner ever" begins with Abner and Daisy Mae on a quest to locate the elusive Stanley Steamer. Meanwhile, Kickapoo Joy Juice prevents atomic disaster, while Fearless Fosdick tackles Anyface and the Chippendale Chair. "Evil Eye" Fleegle and Stupefyin' Jones make their inaugural appearances (not together, thank goodness), and Tenderleif Ericson creates a memorable Sadie Hawkins Day, by Yiminy! But when Abner makes a trip to the Valley of the Shmoon, he finds mankind's greatest benefactor -- and mankind's gravest threat! Laughs, thrills, and a healthy dose of gorgeous women all await in Li'l Abner Volume 7!


Al Capp's Shmoo

Al Capp's Shmoo

Author: Al Capp

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781595827203

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First appearing in Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip in August 1948, the oddly shaped (and happily edible) Shmoo creature became anovernight phenomenon, spawning an unprecedented merchandising frenzy in the late40s and 50s. As part of the Dark Horse Archives series, all Shmoonewspaper strip appearances and storylines are being collected for the firsttime ever in a deluxe, oversized hardcover.In addition to every weeklyand Sunday Shmoo newspaper appearance from 1948 to 1976, this collection alsofeatures rare Al Capp photographs and Shmoo illustrations from its marketingheyday. It also has a brand-new wraparound cover by renowned illustrator PetePoplaski, as well as an introduction and story annotations by certifiedShmoo-ologist Denis Kitchen.