(1989)
- Volume
- 8
- Price
- 16.95 USD [Softcover]; 29.95 [Hardcover]; 20.35 CAD [Softcover]
- Pages
- 188
- On-sale Date
- 1990-04-15
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
- Brand
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Kitchen Sink Press
- ISBN
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0-87816-069-8
- Editing
- Dave Schreiner
Issue Notes
The on-sale date is the publication date reported in the U. S. Copyright Office filing. The filing states the copyright year is 1989.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Eight: 1942
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum
Indexer Notes
Title page, front matter. Illustrations repeated from interior.
Li'l Abner in Wartime: The Mystery of the Dog That Didn't Bark in the Night
text article / 5 pages
- Script
- Maurice Horn
- Pencils
- Al Capp; ? (photograph)
- Inks
- Al Capp; ? (photograph)
- Letters
- Al Capp; typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Al Capp; Li'l Abner; Dangerous Dan McPew
- Keywords
- Army; rationing; World War II
Indexer Notes
Maurice Horn's discussion of Capp's approach to World War II in Li'l Abner... essentially, to touch it only lightly... and his possible motivations. Includes Capp's Li'l Abner story for an army morale poster, "A Sign of Comradeship" (on saluting). Includes a Li'l Abner gas rationing cartoon.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2.5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Small Change
- Genre
- humor; advocacy
- Characters
- Lil Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Hairless Joe; Small Change [Small Fry]; Moonbeam McSwine; Impossible Jones; Frivolous Sal
- Keywords
- Hillbillies; hillbilly; war bonds; World War II
Indexer Notes
Al Capp posters and comic strips promoting investment in defense bonds.
1942: War Work
text article / 2.5 pages
- Script
- Dave Schreiner
- Pencils
- ? (photograph)
- Inks
- ? (photograph)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Al Capp; Veronica Lake; Sadie Hawkins
- Keywords
- 1942; Newspaper comic strip; World War II
Indexer Notes
The editor's review of life in 1942, in the strip and in the world. Includes photo of Capp in Hollywood, and copy of Sadie Hawkins Day proclamation.
The Two Lorna Goons
text article / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Lorna Goon; Lorna Goon; O'Droolihan
Indexer Notes
The editor's comparison (with illustrations) of two identically-named characters in the strip.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / comic story / 166 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Honk!!
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Cherry Blossom; Available Jones; Orville Wolf; Big Barnsmell; J. Sweetlips Garks [Jeb Scragg]; Disgustin' Jones; Salomey; Boar Scarloff; Joe Btfsplk; Ol' Man Mose; Tiny Mite; Hairless Joe; Lonesome Polecat; Lorna Goon; T.T. Wolfnagle; Salomey; Aunt Bessie
- Keywords
- Alamo; doppelganger; double; hillbillies; hillbilly; Hollywood; jinx; mistaken identity; movies; newspaper comic strip; pig; radio; rationing; Sadie Hawkins Day; skonk works; skunk works
Indexer Notes
Compilation of daily newspaper comic strips running from December 9, 1941 through December 30, 1942. Notable story arcs include: Li'l Abner searches for Cherry Blossom; a hog breder tries to kidnap Salomey; Abner goes to Hollywood; Daisy Mae's double marries Disgustin' Jones, and Li'l Abner misunderstands; the Scraggs and Yokums fight it out at the Alamo; Daisy Mae apparently marries Big Barnsmell; Joe Btfsplk is a jinx, and cheerfully visits Axis leaders; Li'l Abner faces the gallows; Dogpatch gals go all out for Sadie Hawkins Day.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Li'l Abner; Young Yancey
- Keywords
- Grandfather clock
Indexer Notes
Back cover. Design and colors by Ray Fehrenbach, from original drawing by Al Capp.
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1.
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["Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Eight: 1942"]
Li'l Abner -
3.
Li'l Abner in Wartime: The Mystery of the Dog That Didn't Bark in the Night
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4.
["Small Change"]
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5.
1942: War Work
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6.
The Two Lorna Goons
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7.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner -
8.
["Honk!!"]
Li'l Abner -
9.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner -
10.
["Oh, happy day"]
Li'l Abner -
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[no title indexed]
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12.
[no title indexed]
Li'l Abner
- Boris Ammerlaan
- Kirk House
- R. S. Martin
- Mike Nielsen
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