Li'l Abner Dailies #5

(1989)

[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

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Five: 1939

Characters

Li'l Abner; Pappy Yokum

Indexer Notes

Title page, front matter. One panel repeated oversize from interior.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Script

Julie Capp Cairol

Pencils

? (photograph)

Inks

? (photograph)

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

One evening not long ago, I was introduced to some French visitors as the daughter of Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner.

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Al Capp [Alfred Caplin]; Elliott Caplin; Jerome Caplin; Julie Capp; Tillie Caplin; Madeline Caplin; Cathie Capp

Indexer Notes

Introduction by Al Capp's elder daughter. Family photo. Elliot Caplin (Al Capp's brother, included in the photo) wrote and co-created Big Ben Bolt and The Heart Of Juliet Jones. He also wrote Log Sam, Abbie an' Slats, and Little Orphan Annie, besides founding comics publisher Toby Press.

The Call From Dogpatch (Table of Contents: 4)

Abbie an' Slats / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Stephen Lamar Harris

Pencils

Raeburn Van Buren; ? (photograph)

Inks

Raeburn Van Buren; ? (photograph)

Letters

Typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Raeburn Van Buren; Abbie; Slats

Keywords

Art; artist; cartoonist; family; illustration; illustrator; magazine; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Story of Raeburn Van Buren and the creation of comic strip Abbie an' Slats, which had art by Van Buren, scripts by Al Capp and Elliot Caplin. Photo of Van Buren; Van Buren magazine illustrations; promotional materials for Abbie an' Slats.

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Abbie an' Slats / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Raeburn Van Buren

Inks

Raeburn Van Buren

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Never figgered YOU'D be interested in this here now prize-fight, Mr. Hagstone.

Genre

humor

Characters

Abbie; Slats; Tony Pastafalooza; Judy; Mr. Hagstone

Synopsis

Slats wins a boxing match with flyweight champion Tony Pastafalooza, thrilling the hometown crowd in Crabtree Corners and even softening the hard heart of Judy's father. But cheers turn to laughter when the town learns that his opponent was actually the champion's cousin of the same name... a dishwasher who has never boxed in his life.

Keywords

Boxing; family; imposter; mistaken identity

Indexer Notes

Eleven daily newspaper comic strips from 1937.

1939: Some Turning Points (Table of Contents: 6)

text article / 3 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Schreiner

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Al Capp; typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Li'l Abner [Wreck Butler]; Daisy Mae [Scallop O'Hara]; Hannibal Hoops [Ashcan Wilkes]

Keywords

1939; Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

The editor's commentary on the year 1939 in the world and in the strip, with special attention to Capp's Gone With the Wind parody and legal action by author Margaret Mitchell. Includes the first Sunday strip of the parody.

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Li'l Abner / comic story / 157 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Al Capp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Hope Li'l Abner gits back in time fo' 'Old Home Week' -- it starts today.

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Freddie Flophouse; Hannibal Hoops; King; Marryin' Sam; Aunt Bessie; Lonesome Polecat; Hairless Joe; Charlie's ghost; Sandra Petwell; Julie Roy; Mother Ratfield; Gat Garson; Inspector Lawless; Professor Storm; Number 7; Number 23

Keywords

Abdication; doppelganger; double; espionage; feud; ghost; hillbillies; hillbilly; king; lookalike; mad scientist; mistaken identity; newspaper comic strip; prison; Sadie Hawkins Day; spy

Indexer Notes

Compilation of daily newspaper comic strips from December 15, 1938 through mid-December, 1939. Notable story arcs include: Li'l Abner and Flophouse Freddie may have been switched at birth; the Yokums all go to prison; a king will give up his throne for Daisy Mae, but she remains true to Li'l Abner; Aunt Bessie unwittingly imports a monster from Scotland; Hairless Joe and Lonesome Polecat ruin Aunt Bessie's party; Li'l Abner helps Charlie's ghost find peace by marrying off Sandra Petwell; in a multi-day fight, Mammy ends the feud between the Ratfields and the Roys; impersonating Gat Garson undercover, Li'l Abner narrowly escapes execution; Li'l Abner saves Daisy Mae's life on Sadie Hawkins Day, but she releases him from his obligation; Li'l Abner protects a death ray from foreign spies. Includes Lonesome Polecat's first appearance in the daily strips.

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promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

Li'l Abner / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Colors

Ray Fehrenbach

Letters

Typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

In 1939, Al Capp staged the wildest Sadie Hawkins Day race to date.

Characters

Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat

Keywords

Kickapoo Joy Juice

Indexer Notes

Design by Ray Fehrenbach and Peter Poplaski, from art by Al Capp.