- Pencils
- Al Capp (illustration)
- Inks
- Al Capp (illustration)
- Letters
- Al Capp (illustration); typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Great heavens!
- Characters
- Babs; Li'l Abner
Title page includes an illustration that is a reprint of the second panel of the October 25, 1935 comic strip reprinted on page 201.
- Script
- Catherine Capp Halberstadt (credited)
- Pencils
- Al Capp (credited) (drawing); ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Al Capp (credited) (drawing); ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I met Alfred Gerald Caplin -- Al Capp -- when we were both students at the Designers Art School in Boston.
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Al Capp; Catherine Capp
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Art; artist; Boston; cartoonist
The introduction by Capp's widow is accompanied by photos and a drawing by Al Capp.
- Script
- Al Capp (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Capp (illustration)
- Inks
- Al Capp (illustration)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Art; artist; cartoonist; comic strip
Al Capp's thoughts on comic strip creation.
- Script
- Al Capp
- Pencils
- Al Capp
- Inks
- Al Capp
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- About the time my first crop of whiskers began to come up, I took a walking trip through the Kentucky mountains.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Al Capp
- Keywords
- Art; artist; cartoonist; hillbilly; Kentucky; newspaper comic strip
Humorous account of finding inspiration for Li'l Abner.
- Script
- Dave Schreiner
- Pencils
- Al Capp (signed as A. G. Caplin) (credited as A. G. Caplin) (Mister Gilfeather drawing); Ham Fisher (signed as Ham Fisher) (Joe Palooka drawing) (see Notes); Al Capp (Joe Palooka drawing) (see Notes); ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Ham Fisher (credited) (signed as Ham Fisher) (Joe Palooka drawing) (see Notes); Al Capp (Joe Palooka drawing) (see Notes); Al Capp (signed as A. G. Caplin) (credited as A. G. Caplin) (Mister Gilfeather drawing); ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Al Capp; Catherine Capp; Mr. Gilfeather; Joe Palooka; Big Leviticus
- Reprints
- panel from Mister Gilfeather (The Associated Press) 1932-06-18.
six panels from Joe Palooka (McNaught Syndicate) 1933-11-12 reprinted in black and white.
- Keywords
- Art; artist; cartoonist; hillbilly; newspaper comic strip; plagiarism
Series editor's overview of Al Capp's career. Photos of Al Capp. Panel dated June 18, 1932 from his early feature "Mr. Gilfeather." "Joe Palooka" page from November 12, 1933, when Capp was an assistant for Ham Fisher. According to the article, Al Capp was the actual artist of the Joe Palooka strip reprinted here as Ham Fisher was on an extended vacation.
- Script
- Al Capp (credited) (signed as ) (see notes)
- Pencils
- Al Capp (credited) (signed as ) (see notes); Catherine Capp Halberstadt (some backgrounds) (see notes); Mo Leff (see notes)
- Inks
- Al Capp (credited) (signed as ) (see notes)
- Letters
- Al Capp (credited) (signed as ) (see notes); Catherine Capp Halberstadt (early months) (see notes)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The simple home of the Yokums, resting high in the hills of the south.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Bessie; Romeo Scragg; Marryin' Sam; Hannibal Hoops; Mary Ann Astorbux
- Reprints
- from Li'l Abner (United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) 1934-08-13 - 1936-01-07.
- Keywords
- Custody dispute; feud; fugitive; hillbilly; marriage; New York City; orphan
Collection of daily newspaper comic strips, with first appearance of all characters named. Notable story arcs include: Li'l Abner goes to visit Aunt Bessie in New York; Li'l Abner is kidnapped; the Scraggs feud with the Yokums, and torment Daisy Mae; Daisy Mae wants to marry Li'l Abner; Li'l Abner goes to elementary school; greedy relatives fight for custody of Mary Ann Astorbux; Li'l Abner dresses in drag and takes it on the lam with Mary Ann; Hannibal Hoops woos Daisy Mae; Marryin' Sam drums up business; Mammy and Pappy save Li'l Abner from matrimony.
According to Schreiner's essay, confirmed by Catherine Capp Halberstadt's introduction, Catherine Capp assisted on the strip during 1934-1935. She indicated that she provided backgrounds, particularly for outdoor scenes in the hills, for the strip's first six to twelve months. She also lettered early strips. Schreiner reports that Moe Leff became assistant in 1935.
Signature: Al Capp signed his name in several ways including: Al Capp; Al. Capp; Al. G. Capp; Al G. Capp; Al G Capp; and C—. Although normally signed in cursive, the strip was on occasion signed by printing.
- Pencils
- Al Capp
- Inks
- Al Capp
- Colors
- Pete Poplaski
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Baron Slinkovitch; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Payne Morland; Mary Ann Astorbux
Back cover. Montage of characters. Cover design by Peter Poplaski.