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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.
- American
- Alfred Gerald Caplin, September 28, 1909, New Haven, Connecticut
- Catherine Wingate (Cameron) Capp (1932–1979; his death)
- November 5, 1979 (aged 70), South Hampton, New Hampshire
Mar 4, 2013 · Design Books. By Michael Dooley March 4, 2013 ∙ 13 min. read. No doubt about it: Al Capp engaged in depraved behavior. Most disgraceful was his attempted rape of a number of women, from college co-eds to Grace Kelly. And, as the interview below suggests, there may be more.
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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).
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.
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Al Capp (born Alfred Gerald Caplin) was an American cartoonist and humorist from New Haven, Connecticut. He is primarily known for creating the comic strip "Li'l Abner" (1934-1977), which depicted the lives of a fictional clan of hillbillies in an impoverished mountain village.
- September 28, 1909
- November 5, 1979
Al Capp (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979) was an American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner. He also created the comic strips Abbie and Slats and Long Sam. The National Cartoonist Society awarded him the 1947 Reuben Award for the comic strip Li'l Abner and the 1979 Elzie Segar Award.
Cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979) created “ Li’l Abner ,” regarded by many as the greatest comic strip of all time. He was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, CT. At the age of nine he lost his left leg in a trolley accident. Encouraged by an artistic father, young Alfred developed his own cartooning skills.
