Li'l Abner Dailies #15

(1992)

[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 Fifteen: 1949

Characters

Li'l Abner; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Hawk Gal; Dogpatcher

Indexer Notes

Title page; front mater; spot illustrations

Full o' Beans, Confidence an' Hope!! (Table of Contents: 3)

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

Script

Ron Goulart

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Typeset

Characters

Li'l Abner

Keywords

1949; Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Commentary on another year of the strip.

Capp on Thinking: Exceprts From the Famous Artists Cartoon Course (Table of Contents: 4)

Li'l Abner / text article / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp; Milton Caniff

Inks

Al Capp; Milton Caniff

Letters

Al Capp; typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Rube Goldberg; Milton Caniff; Al Capp; Gurney Williams; Harry Haenigsen; Willard Mullin; Daisy Mae; Dumpington van Lump

Keywords

Cartoonist; correspondence course; correspondence school; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Capp's lesson from the Famous Artists Cartoon Course, liberally illustrated by strips from the Dumpingtom van Lump story arc included in this volume. Caricature of the artists by Milt Caniff.

The Evolution of the Kigmy (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script

Dave Schreiner

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Typeset

Genre

non-fiction

Characters

Kigmies

Keywords

Cartoonist; Kigmy

Indexer Notes

Essay on Capp's creation of the Kigmy, including Capp's development sketches.

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

Li'l Abner / comic story / 165 pages (report information)

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Letters

Al Capp

First Line of Dialogue or Text

She's recovering!

Genre

humor; satire-parody

Characters

Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; Dumpington van Lump; Joe Rattigan; invisible friend; J. Roaringham Fatback; sculptor; Al Capp; One-Fault Jones; Kigmies; Wolf Gal; Pig Gal; Hawk Gal; Marryin' Sam; Fabulous Jones

Keywords

Hillbillies; hillbilly; invisible; kidnap; Kigmies; Kigmy; newspaper comic strip; pig; Sadie Hawkins Day; sculptor; statue; wedding

Indexer Notes

Compilation of daily newspaper strips from December 23, 1948 through January 11, 1950. Notable story arcs include: Daisy Mae is kidnapped as a bride for Dumpington van Lump; Li'l Abner's invisible friend joins Joe Ratigan in crime; J. Roaringham Fatback and his brother square off in a prize pig contest; Li'l Abner is forced to imitate a statue; Al Capp rewrites the ending to the 1943 One-Fault Jones story line; Kigmies bring world peace since they love to be kicked, removing the need for aggression; Kigmies are locked up, since the world economy runs on aggression; Li'l Abner survives the Sadie Hawkins race; Kigmies learn to kick back.

[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

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

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

Script

Al Capp

Pencils

Al Capp

Inks

Al Capp

Colors

Ray Fehrenbach

Letters

Al Capp; typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ah don't know HOW ah kin git yo' Kigmies t' th' Yew-Nited States!!

Characters

Li'l Abner; Kigmies

Keywords

Kigmies; Kigmy

Indexer Notes

Back cover; one panel repeated colorized and repeated overlarge from interior.