Li'l Abner Dailies #1

(1988)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Title page includes an illustration that is a reprint of the second panel of the October 25, 1935 comic strip reprinted on page 201.

Introduction (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages (report information)

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

• from Al Capp by Li'l Abner (American Red Cross, 1946 series) (1946) [Black and white reprint of a panel depicting Catherine Capp and Al Capp working on the comic strip while their baby daughter Julie fusses.]

Keywords

Art; artist; Boston; cartoonist

Indexer Notes

The introduction by Capp's widow is accompanied by photos and a drawing by Al Capp.

Innocents in Peril (Table of Contents: 4)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Al Capp (signed)

Pencils

Al Capp (illustration)

Inks

Al Capp (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Reprints

• from The World of Li'l Abner (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1953 series) #[nn] (January 1953)

Keywords

Art; artist; cartoonist; comic strip

Indexer Notes

Al Capp's thoughts on comic strip creation.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Humorous account of finding inspiration for Li'l Abner.

The Storyteller (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 6 pages (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 220 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp) (see notes)

Pencils

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp) (see notes); Catherine Capp Halberstadt (some backgrounds) (see notes); Mo Leff (see notes)

Inks

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp) (see notes)

Letters

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp) (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

Indexer Notes

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.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Montage of characters. Cover design by Peter Poplaski.