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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, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and drawing until 1977.
He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning."
Offered here is a Li'l Abner daily from 21. January 1954. It’s featuring a rich man (with a great resemblance to Al Capp himself) and the two major characters of the series Li'l Abner Yokum—the simple-minded, loutish but good-natured and eternally innocent hayseed and Daisy Mae Yokum.
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, USA. The strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977 and had 60 million readers in over 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers in 28 countries.
He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning."
Offered here is a Li'l Abner daily from 21. January 1954. It’s featuring a rich man (with a great resemblance to Al Capp himself) and the two major characters of the series Li'l Abner Yokum—the simple-minded, loutish but good-natured and eternally innocent hayseed and Daisy Mae Yokum.
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of Dogpatch, USA. The strip ran for 43 years, from August 13, 1934 through November 13, 1977 and had 60 million readers in over 900 American newspapers and 100 foreign papers in 28 countries.
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Signed by Capp in the last panel
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About Al Capp
Al Capp was one of the most praised satirists of the 1940s and 1950s. His long-running comic strip 'Li'l Abner' (1934-1977) was a phenomenon during its heyday, published in over 900 American newspapers and 28 countries. It inspired radio series, puppet shows, films, animated cartoons, jazz songs and a theater musical; it penetrated American pop culture in degrees unimaginable today.
Together with George Herriman's 'Krazy Kat', Walt Kelly's 'Pogo' and Charles M. Schulz' 'Peanuts' it was one of the first American comics to receive critical praise and popularity among intellectuals. The series is renowned for its highly dynamic artwork and sophisticated writing. Capp crafted funny and imaginative storylines, filled with colourful characters and sometimes biting social satire. Even though 'Li'l' Abner' is set in a fantasy world with absurd slapstick, odd creatures and fictional countries he frequently gave real-life celebrities cameos and winked at current political and cultural events. The artist even satirized the comic strip medium itself! Compared with other comic artists at the time, Capp was also a notable public figure and one of the most recognizable cartoonists in the USA.
However his reputation was considerably damaged in the 1960s and 1970s due to his increasingly more prevalent conservative opinions about the hippie generation.
Text (c) Lambiek
