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Al Capp Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip and Kigmy Design Illustrations Original Art (King Features Syndicate, 1949)
Auction: 04/04/2024 - 4/7/2024
Lot: 94457
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1909 New Haven, Connecticut - 1979. Known for: Cartoon strip, illustration.
Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner. The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977. During the long life span of the... Read full biography
Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner. The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977. During the long life span of the satirical hillbilly saga, he swung from liberal to conservative politically, earned a great deal of money... Read full biography
Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner. The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977. During the long life span of the satirical hillbilly saga, he swung from liberal to conservative politically, earned a great deal of money and publicity, appeared on radio, television, and in any other medium that would give him an opportunity to hold forth. He carried on some impressive feuds, and gave the outward impression he was... Read full biography
Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner. The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977. During the long life span of the satirical hillbilly saga, he swung from liberal to conservative politically, earned a great deal of money and publicity, appeared on radio, television, and in any other medium that would give him an opportunity to hold forth. He carried on some impressive feuds, and gave the outward impression he was having an enormously good time living his life. He was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut. "My mother and father had been brought to this country when they were infants," he once said. "Their fathers had found that the great promise of... Read full biography
Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of Lil Abner. The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977. During the long life span of the satirical hillbilly saga, he swung from liberal to conservative politically, earned a great deal of money and publicity, appeared on radio, television, and in any other medium that would give him an opportunity to hold forth. He carried on some impressive feuds, and gave the outward impression he was having an enormously good time living his life. He was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut. "My mother and father had been brought to this country when they were infants," he once said. "Their fathers had found that the great promise of America was true, -it was no crime to be a Jew." No crime, but not as advantageous, Capp felt, as being a gentile. He remembered his... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAl Capp Li'l Abner Unpublished Prototype and Senator Stooge Daily Comic Strip Original Art Group of 7 (c. 1934)
Al Capp Auction: 04/04/2024 - 4/7/2024Lot: 92023Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAl Capp Li'l Abner Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 9-1-1935 and Al Capp's Li'l Abner Vol-1 Book (United Feature Syndicate, 1935)
Al Capp Auction: 01/12/2023 - 1/15/2023Lot: 93017Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAl Capp and Frank Frazetta Li'l Abner Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 10-6-57 (United Feature Syndicate, 1957)
Al Capp Auction: 09/12/2024 - 9/15/2024Lot: 94082Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAl Capp and Frank Frazetta Li'l Abner Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-2-56 (United Feature Syndicate, 1956)
Al Capp Auction: 02/22/2018 - 2/24/2018Lot: 92062Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeAl Capp Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 9-1-34 (United Feature Syndicate, 1934)
Al Capp Auction: 04/04/2024 - 4/7/2024Lot: 94452Subscribe or get free alerts
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