Li'l Abner Dailies #12

(1991)

[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 (illustrations)

Inks

Al Capp (illustrations)

Letters

Al Capp (illustration); typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Twelve: 1946

Characters

Li'l Abner; Dogpatchers; Lower Slobbovian

Indexer Notes

Title page with first panel of the 1946-06-05 strip reprinted on page 102; colophon with spot illustration repeated (with touch ups) from the first panel of the 1946-11-20 strip reprinted on page 174.

Al Capp and Li'l Abner in 1946: Schoolbook Lessons in Producing a Comic Strip (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Rick Marschall (credited)

Pencils

Al Capp (signed as Al Capp) (illustrations); ? (photograph)

Inks

Al Capp (signed as Al Capp) (illustrations); ? (photograph)

Letters

typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Al Capp; Li'l Abner; Daisy Mae

Keywords

Cartoonist; marketing; newspaper comic strip; sheet music

Indexer Notes

Article on Al Capp's promotional efforts (most highly successful) in and around 1946. Photo of Capp. Self-portrait of Capp. Two pages of sheet music and cover to "Don't Marry That Gal!!", by Al Capp and Sam H. Stept.

Speaking of Pictures... 500,000 People Draw Lena the Hyena (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Bill Boynansky (credited) (illustration); J. A. de Ricard (credited) (illustration); James Stewart (credited) (illustration); John Nardelli (credited) (illustration); A. H. Anderson (credited) (illustration); Arthur Appenfelder (credited) (illustration); Ralph Boden (credited) (illustration)

Inks

Bill Boynansky (credited) (illustration); J. A. de Ricard (credited) (illustration); James Stewart (credited) (illustration); John Nardelli (credited) (illustration); A. H. Anderson (credited) (illustration); Arthur Appenfelder (credited) (illustration); Ralph Boden (credited) (illustration)

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor; non-fiction

Characters

Lena the Hyena

Keywords

Artist; cartoonist

Indexer Notes

Repasted story from Life magazine (Oct. 28, 1946) showing runner-up entries in the competition for artists to create Lena the Hyena.

1946: Hallo, Switty-Pie! (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Dave Schreiner (credited)

Pencils

Basil Wolverton (credited) (signed as Basil Wolverton) (illustrations); ? (photograph)

Inks

Basil Wolverton (credited) (signed as Basil Wolverton) (illustrations); ? (photograph)

Letters

Basil Wolverton (credited) (signed as Basil Wolverton) (illustrations); typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Basil Wolverton; M.G. Frey; John L. Lewis; Thomas E. Dewey; Joseph Stalin; Noah; Noah's neighbors; Scoop Scuttle; Lester Fussfester; Frantic Fred, the managing ed; Powerhouse Pepper; apocalypse victims

Keywords

Apocalypse; artist; Bible; caricature; cartoonist; Noah's ark

Indexer Notes

Discussion of 1946 in the strip and in the world. Report on the Lena the Hyena contest, and on winner Basil Wolverton. Samples of Wolverton art include excerpts from Scoop Scuttle; Powerhouse Pepper; MAD; and The Bible Story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Li'l Abner / comic story / 159 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

Pencils

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp); Basil Wolverton (credited) (see notes)

Inks

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

Letters

Al Capp (credited) (signed as Al Capp)

First Line of Dialogue or Text

H-hain't thet Drusilla Pearson -- who makes pre-dick-shuns o' things t'come? --

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Wolf Gal (origin and first appearance); Bet-a-Million Bashby; Soft-Hearted John; Lester Gooch; Frank Sinatra (cameo); Kate Smith (cameo); Bob Hope (cameo); Jack Smith (cameo); Fred Waring (cameo); Danny Kaye (cameo); Walter Winchell (cameo); Lena the Hyena; Big Barnsmell; Miss Fortune; Smilin' Zack; Boris Karloff (cameo); Salvador Dali (cameo); Aunt Bessie; Lower Slobbovians

Keywords

hillbillies; Hillbilly; newspaper comic strip; radio; Sadie Hawkins Day; wolf; wolves

Indexer Notes

Pencils: The second panel of the 1946-10-21 strip reprinted on page 161 was drawn by Basil Wolverton and was the winning entry in the contest to draw Lena the Hyena.
Compilation of daily newspaper strips from November 19, 1945 through November 23, 1946. Major story arcs include: Wolf Gal pursues men, both for romance and for wolf food; turnip termites menace Dogpatch; Lester Gooch creates a comic character to terrible to be shown; song writers turn Daisy Mae's lament into a song, "Don't Marry That Gal!!"; various radio stars perform the song on their broadcasts; Li'l Abner visits Lower Slobbovia (first appearance); fate always ruins Miss Fortune's weddings; Yokum men go wild under Yokum's Moon (first appearance); Boris Karloff, Frank Sinatra, and Salvador Dali select the face of Lena the Hyena (artwork by Basil Wolverton); Mammy corrals Aunt Bessie and forces her to run in the Sadie Hawkins Race.

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

Li'l Abner / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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

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

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover

["He has seen her!!!] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Colors

Ray Fehrenbach ?

Letters

typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

Li'l Abner; Lester Gooch; Boris Karloff; Frank Sinatra; Salvador Dali; Lena the Hyena

Indexer Notes

Back cover. Design by Ray Fehrenbach from art by Al Capp. The image of Lester Gooch is from the first panel of the 1946-04-08 strip reprinted on page 77. The image of Frank Sinatra is taken from the second panel of the 1946-05-14 strip reprinted on page 92. The image of Boris Karloff is from the second panel of the 1946-10-18 strip reprinted on page 160. The image of Salvador Dali is from the first panel of the 1946-10-19 strip reprinted on page 160. The image of Li'l Abner and Lena the Hyena is the second panel of the 1946-06-13 strip reprinted on page 105.