The Best of Li'l Abner

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

The best of Li'l Abner

Capp, Al

HOLT. RINEHART AND WINSTON

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 1: 1934-1935

Arts & Photography

Kitchen Sink Pr

HC, New, "1934-1935!" By Al Capp. Published in 1988. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 232 pages, B&amp;W. Cover price $27.95.

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 2: 1936

HC, Used-Like New, "1936!" By Al Capp. Published in 1988. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.

Kitchen Sink Press

Description from the back cover: On Monday, August 13, 1934, eight newspapers commenced printing an obscure comic strip by an equally obscure cartoonist about a family of poor hillbillies living in Kentucky. Before the cartoonist retired with his creation 43 later, Al Capp's Li'l Abner had become internationally famous, syndicated in over 900 newspapers worldwide and avidly followed by millions. Over the years, Capp and Li'L Abner were twin centers of both outrage and delight. Capp's trenchant outlook and sharp wit found voice in his comic strip and he seldom lacked an opinion about any facet of the national scene. John Steinbeck called him the greatest satirist since Laurence Sterne and recommended that he be considered for a Nobel Prize in literature. Others recommended that Capp be boiled in oil. Through all of it, Capp remained true to his personal vision of what Li'l Abner should be, and in the process, made it the greatest comic strip of all time.  If you haven't already...meet the Yokums! They're right at home wherever they are, and they want you to feel the same. There's Mammy, Pappy, and of course, Li'l Abner. Their creator is Al Capp, humorist, satirist, center of both outrage and delight. In this book, you'll see the Yokums at their adventurous best, visiting the big city and at their residence in Dogpatch. You'll get acquainted with their friends (and enemies), too. So meet the Yokums. There's no need for you to get dress up.

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic Strips

Li'L Abner (Volume 3)

Description from the back cover: On Monday, August 13, 1934, eight newspapers commenced printing an obscure comic strip by an equally obscure cartoonist about a family of poor hillbillies living in Kentucky. Before the cartoonist retired with his creation 43 later, Al Capp's Li'l Abner had become internationally famous, syndicated in over 900 newspapers worldwide and avidly followed by millions. Over the years, Capp and Li'L Abner were twin centers of both outrage and delight. Capp's trenchant outlook and sharp wit found voice in his comic strip and he seldom lacked an opinion about any facet of the national scene. John Steinbeck called him the greatest satirist since Laurence Sterne and recommended that he be considered for a Nobel Prize in literature. Others recommended that Capp be boiled in oil. Through all of it, Capp remained true to his personal vision of what Li'l Abner should be, and in the process, made it the greatest comic strip of all time. In 1937, Al Capp introduced Sadie Hawkins Day in his Li'l Abner daily strip. It didn't take long for America to take it to heart. By 1939 the tradition of an annual day in which women pursued men had become a staple of undergraduate life, and Capp was forced to include it in the strip every year, with the understanding that he alone named the precise day. In this volume, you can read the origin of Sadie Hawkins Day and enjoy a year's worth of other great adventures with Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy, Pappy, and the other citizens of Dogpatch, U.S.A.

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 3: 1937

Volume 4 in the LIL ABNER DAILIES series, reprinting black-and-white strips originally seen in newspapers in 1938. Published by Kitchen Sink Press. Hardcover, 1989.

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 4: 1938

Description from the back cover: On Monday, August 13, 1934, eight newspapers commenced printing an obscure comic strip by an equally obscure cartoonist about a family of poor hillbillies living in Kentucky. Before the cartoonist retired with his creation 43 later, Al Capp's Li'l Abner had become internationally famous, syndicated in over 900 newspapers worldwide and avidly followed by millions. Over the years, Capp and Li'L Abner were twin centers of both outrage and delight. Capp's trenchant outlook and sharp wit found voice in his comic strip and he seldom lacked an opinion about any facet of the national scene. John Steinbeck called him the greatest satirist since Laurence Sterne and recommended that he be considered for a Nobel Prize in literature. Others recommended that Capp be boiled in oil. Through all of it, Capp remained true to his personal vision of what Li'l Abner should be, and in the process, made it the greatest comic strip of all time.  In 1938, Abner met his match when he was caught by the aptly named Strange Gal during the second Sadie Hawkins Day race. Abner became an orphan in that year, and pulled a stretch in prison, too! Once again, Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner, put Abner, the Yokums, and the rest of his Dogpatch characters through their paces. In this volume, you'll meet Old Man Mose, and Daisy Mae's repellent relatives, the murderous Scraggs, cause much more trouble than they're worth. You'll visit West Misery, Fat Chance, New York, and, of course, Dogpatch.  Enjoy a year's worth of other great adventures with Abner and the Yokums inside!

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 5: 1939

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The best of Li'l Abner

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 1: 1934-1935

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 1: 1934-1935

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 2: 1936

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 2: 1936

Li'L Abner (Volume 3)

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 3: 1937

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 4: 1938

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 4: 1938

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 5: 1939