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    Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977.

  3. Feb 28, 2013 · A controversial TV and radio personality whose life took a tragic spiral downward, Capp is the subject of a spicy new biography, Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary (Bloomsbury, USA). Its...

  4. Mar 4, 2013 · A biography of the creator of Li'l Abner, a comic strip that satirized politics, culture, and media with wit and style. Learn about Capp's achievements, controversies, and contradictions, as well as his influence on comics and cartooning.

  5. Learn about Al Capp, the creator of the legendary comic strip \"Li'l Abner\", and his influence on popular culture. See examples of his humor and creativity, such as the Shlemeel, the Shnook, the Shnorrer, the Shloop and the Shlepper.

  6. Genre (s) Humor, satire, politics. Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe. It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the impoverished fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, USA.

  7. Al Capp (born September 28, 1909, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.—died November 5, 1979, New Haven) was an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “ Li’l Abner .” Al Capp (standing), c. 1950. Capp studied landscape architecture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts school and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.

  8. Sep 28, 2016 · Through the innocent gaze of his title character, Capp was able to brutally satirize every issue of modern life in the mid-20 th century, from politicians to overreaching businesses to racism and foreign relations, to personal relationships, to counterculture phonies, to celebrities, and even other popular comic strips.

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