(1993)

Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 Series
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Price
18.95 USD; 22.80 CAD
Pages
172
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Kitchen Sink Press Inc.
Brand
Kitchen Sink Press
ISBN
0-87816-144-9 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Dave Schreiner

Issue Notes

Hardcover edition (ISBN 0-87816-143-0) available at $34.95.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

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

Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Colors
Ray Fehrenbach
Letters
Typeset
Characters
Li'l Abner

Indexer Notes

Ghost montage of women's faces from the strip.

Cover Thumbnail for Li'l Abner Dailies (Kitchen Sink Press, 1988 series) #16
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[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
Al Capp; typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Sixteen: 1950
Characters
Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; senoritas of El Passionato

Indexer Notes

Title page, front matter; spot illustrations.

The Girl With the Irresistible Knee (Table of Contents: 3)

text article / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Frank Stack
Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Letters
Al Capp; typeset
Genre
non-fiction
Characters
Li'l Abner
Keywords
Cartoonist; newspaper comic strip

Indexer Notes

Commentary on the strip in 1950, and in the larger society of America.

Capp Got His Idea From "Life" (Table of Contents: 4)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Letters
Typeset
Characters
Mrs. Guinn Granbury; Jeanine Comer; Marion Lee Comer; Delores Ann Comer

Indexer Notes

Photos (from "Life" magazine) which originally inspired the "knees" story line.

The Kneecap and Al Capp (Table of Contents: 5)

text article / 2 pages (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Al Capp; ? (photograph)
Inks
Al Capp; ? (photograph)
Letters
Al Capp; typeset
Genre
non-fiction

Indexer Notes

Two excerpts from "Life" magazine (March 20, 1950).

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

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

Pencils
Al Capp
Inks
Al Capp
Characters
Li'l Abner

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

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
Ah'll miss thet li'l shadow.
Genre
humor; satire-parody
Characters
Li'l Abner; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Daisy Mae; space aliens; Evil-Eye Fleagle [Evil-Eye Fleegle]; Inspector Blugstone; Hatpin Harriet; Prairie Rose; Professor; Elderberry Eggnog; Felix Fandango; senoritas of El Passionato; Granny Scragg; Available Jones; Surprisin' Smith; aliens of Pincus Number 7; Big Stanislouse; Lady Hotfoot; Headless Horror; Lopya Haddoff; Lillian Bustle
Keywords
Alien; ballet; El Passionato; flying saucer; hillbillies; hillbilly; Latin America; newspaper comic strip; robot; rocket ship; Sadie Hawkins Day; space travel

Indexer Notes

Compilation of daily newspaper comic strips running from January 12, 1950 to January 11, 1951. Notable story arcs include: Li'l Abner falls in love with a pair of beautiful knees; Li'l Abner's good eye beats Evil-Eye Fleagle; Prairie Rose pursues Li'l Abner; presidential hopeful Elderberry Eggnog loves Fearless Fosdick; aliens judge that Earthlings are in the Idiot Age; El Passionato men need Goombo; Surprisin' Smith woos Daisy Mae; Mammy visits another planet; Pappy is buried alive; Lady Hotfoot pursues Li'l Abner; Lopya Haddoff is dangerous.

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

Li'l Abner / 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) (Expand) /

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

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Li'l Abner
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. ["Li'l Abner Dailies Volume Sixteen: 1950"]
  4. 3. The Girl With the Irresistible Knee
  5. 4. Capp Got His Idea From "Life"
  6. 5. The Kneecap and Al Capp
  7. 6. [no title indexed]
    Li'l Abner
  8. 7. ["Ah'll miss thet li'l shadow."]
    Li'l Abner
  9. 8. ["Capp-tivating!"]
    Li'l Abner
  10. 9. [no title indexed]
  11. 10. ["In 1950, Al Capp took Li'l Abner on a year-long journey in search of... the perfect woman!"]
    Li'l Abner
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