Lil’ Abner
Dublin Core
Title
Lil’ Abner
Creator
Al Capp
Source
Encylopedia Britannica. "Al Capp". February 11, 2019. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/94092/Al-Capp
Date
1957
Format
23 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Identifier
56
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Biography
Al Capp was an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “Li’l Abner.” Capp studied landscape architecture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts school and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. In 1933 he was hired as an assistant to Ham Fisher, the creator of “Joe Palooka.” “Li’l Abner” first appeared in The New York Mirror in 1934. The broadly humorous comic strip was set in the fictitious backwoods community of Dogpatch, U.S.A., and featured Li’l Abner, a shy and awkward rustic; Daisy Mae, a persistent damsel who finally caught Abner after a 17-year pursuit; the pipe-smoking Mammy Yokum; and various social caricatures. “Li’l Abner” ended upon Capp’s retirement in 1977 Capp lost a leg as a child and this was a motivation toward his career.
Media
Ink
Media Details
Black & white comic strip
Signature Position
Signed, lower right
Donor
Ann and Burt Chernow
Citation
Al Capp, “Lil’ Abner,” Westport Public Schools Digital Collections, accessed November 12, 2019, https://collections.westportps.org/items/show/81.
Item Relations
| This Item | dcterms:creator | Item: Alfred Gerald Caplin (Al Capp) |
| This Item | dcterms:relation | Item: Staples Art Storage |