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Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner....

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  • Blog Source: wellcomelibrary.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    The artist Al Capp controlled his own rights and used them to support several good causes, in this case the Minnesota Tuberculosis and Health Association. The poster bears their imprint and their address at 614 Portland Avenue, ...
  • Blog Source: figure-drawings.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    Gregg's illustrations are typical of the drawings of the period. you can compare them to the work of Al Capp who drew the famous L'il Abner strip, Milton Caniff who drew Steve Canyon and Terry and the Pirates and Dan DeCarlo who drew ...
  • Blog Source: edaholiday.com | 10 days ago
    Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, needed a plot point to move the story along in his November strip. Li'l Abner starred Abner Yokum, a small-town simpleton whose life revolved around fishin' and not gettin' hooked to his ...
  • Blog Source: ukyarchives.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    This pseduo-holiday debuted in Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip back in November 1937, and quickly caught on, in American pop culture for decades to follow. The story began when Sadie Hawkins, the "ugliest" female residing in the ...
  • Blog Source: yomj.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    One has but to watch the Emmys, Grammies, Oscars, and the the CMA awards, and 'as any fool kin plainly see' (Al Capp, "Li'l Abner"), The South abides as the repository where patriotism for our nation is most deeply ingrained and ...
  • Blog Source: latcrossword.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    @John - Today's Al Capp memory from the hubster - Wolfgal - was "interested" in Spencer Tasty because he was chubby. This puzzle was so easy, I was almost asleep, when I caught myself printing "crop" instead of 66A PROD for cattle ...
  • Blog Source: davekarlenoriginalartblog.blogspot.com | 10 days ago
    One of the most popular comic strips ever to grace the funny pages was Al Capp's historic feature, Li'l Abner, which ran for forty three years and inspired lots of merchandise, a television show, stage plays and a motion pictures. ...
  • Blog Source: pawatercooler.com | 10 days ago
    That's the way things went in “Dogpatch”, Al Capp's imaginary universe. When I was young we used to have “Sadie Hawkins” dances at our school. On those occasions girls would take the initiative and ask boys of their choice for a date or ...
  • Blog Source: thrillingdaysofyesteryear.blogspot.com | 18 days ago
    ... but my first familiarity with the man's extraordinary talent was when I was in junior high and had landed the role of Marryin' Sam in a high school production of Li'l Abner (based on the successful comic strip created by Al Capp). ...
  • Blog Source: thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com | 18 days ago
    1938: Al Capp, the Jewish cartoonist of Lil' Abner creates Sadie Hawkins Day. 1939: Five hundred Jewish families were deported from Lublin, Poland. 1941: Having finished murdering the Jews of Minsk on November 6, the Nazis began moving ...

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