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	Al Capp Summary
		Capp was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 28, 1909.
		Al Capp (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979) was a Jewish American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner.
		Born Alfred Gerald Caplin, Capp was the eldest child of Otto and Tillie Caplin, and a native of New Haven, Connecticut.
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	Al Capp - MSN Encarta
		Al Capp (1909-1979), influential American comic-strip artist, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, considered one of the most important comic strips of its era.
		Capp created a mythical hillbilly land called Dogpatch and filled it with imaginary creatures, such as Shmoos and Kigmies.
		Capp used sophisticated language in Li'l Abner, combining a southern United States dialect with puns, wordplay, and irony.
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	Did you Know...?: The Magic of Al Capp
		Al Capp (1909-1979) was certainly one of the all-time great cartoonists - one of the most successful and most respected by his peers.
		Capp put just as much effort into the development of his main characters as he did his supporting characters, crafting a variety of different (and hilarious) personalities that lent an excitement to every facet of life in Dogpatch.
		Capp's popularity grew and, in addition to the radio show, animated shorts and Broadway musical that his strip inspired, there were the frequent media appearances that Capp himself made.
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	Suck.com: Hooked On Crank
		Al Capp's problem was quite the opposite of Gould and Gray.
		Capp's Li'l Abner, a proto-type Simpsons, had hillbilly Abner and his family (like Homer and his today) voicing the concerns of, as Capp liked to put it, "millions of morons." It wasn't Capp's famous shift from liberal to conservative politics that made him a crank.
		But Capp got in trouble when he went from being a guy able to parody Gould's reactionary violence with his hilarious detective, Fearless Fosdick (with Gould himself portrayed as Lester Gooch), to being exactly the sort of angry, humorless crank he thought Gould and Gray were.
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	Sadie Hawkins Day
		Al Capp was born as Alfred Gerald Chaplin on September 28, 1909.
		In fact, Capp’s memoirs are entitled My Well Balanced Life on a Wooden Leg and Capp also wrote a pamphlet for the Red Cross in 1946 that was distributed to veterans of World War II who were amputees.
		Al Capp had not planned on Sadie Hawkins Day to be a yearly event, but the public went crazy for the race, so a Sadie Hawkins Day race became a staple in "L'il Abner" every November.
	www.gardenandhearth.com /FamilyFunSouthwest/Sadie-Hawkins-Day.htm (754 words)

	Al Capp Art Paintings Print: PicassoMio.com Gallery
		Legendary American cartoonist, Al Capp is best known for his creation of LI´L ABNER, often regarded as the greatest American comic strip and social satire.
		After having lost his left leg in a tragic traffic accident, at the age of nine, Al Capp was encouraged by his father to take up the arts.
		Capp achieved an unprecedented success as his celebrity admirers ranged from Charlie CHAPLIN to John UPDIKE, the writer to John Kenneth GALBRAITH, the economist.
	www.picassomio.com /AlCapp (261 words)

	Li'l Abner - Don Markstein's Toonopedia
		It was Capp's finely tuned sense of the absurd, his ability to milk an outrageous situation for every laugh in it and then, impossibly, to squeeze even more laughs from it, that found such favor with the public.
		Capp's strip within a strip, "Fearless Fosdick", a parody of Dick Tracy, is known by millions.
		From beginning to end, Capp was acid-tongued toward the targets of his wit, intolerant of hypocrisy, and always wickedly funny.
	www.toonopedia.com /abner.htm (913 words)

	Biography of Al Capp
		Cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979) created "Li'l Abner," regarded by many as the greatest comic strip of all time.
		Capp retired the strip in 1977 and died two years later.
		Capp's "Li'l Abner" stands the test of time as a pinnacle of cartoon art and social satire.
	www.lil-abner.com /cappbio.html (606 words)

	Comic creator: Al Capp
		Alfred Gerald Caplin, known as Al Capp, inherited his talent from his father, who used to draw comics for his family's entertainment.
		At the age of 26, Al Capp presented his own strip, 'Li'l Abner', to the syndicates, and it became a great success.
		Al Capp went on to head Capp Enterprises in Boston, and established a Disneyland-like amusement park called Dogpatch.
	www.lambiek.net /artists/c/capp_a.htm (159 words)

	Al Capp
		Al Capp (September 28, 1909 Äì November 5, 1979) was a Jewish American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner.
		In the '60s, Capp's politics swung from liberal to conservative, and instead of caricaturing big business types, he began spoofing counterculture icons such as Joan Baez (in the character of Joanie Phoanie, a wealthy folksinger who offers an impoverished orphanage one million dollars' worth of "protest songs").
		The park was a popular attraction during the 1970s but was abandoned in 1993 due to financial difficulties and remains unused and in disrepair.
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	Al Capp Biography and Information: Comic Book Art - Underground Comix
		Cartoonist AL CAPP (1909-1979) created "Li'l Abner," regarded by many as the greatest comic strip of all time.
		In addition to the enormous popularity of his comic strip, Capp's personal fame stemmed from a high media profile that was unprecedented among usually low profile cartoonists.
		Capp was variously a guest, panelist or host on several late '40s and early '50s television programs and even briefly had his own TV shows.
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	Al Capp, Creator of LI'L ABNER
		Backwoods hillbillies, curvaceous girls and the town of Dogpatch were a few of the things that gave Al Capp a long cartooning career filled with fame and fortune.
		Al changed his name to Capp (making it official in 1949) and struck out for New York City.
		Al gave Li'l Abner a satirical voice, taunting bigots, the greedy and governments of the day and producing a united laugh from his fans.
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	My Well-Balanced Life on a Wooden Leg
		Al Capp is a well-known name, and his creation, Li'l Abner, is even more well known.
		But what he lacked in physical prowess, Capp more than made up for in wit, and the accounts of his scheming and pining in pursuit of the opposite sex are hilarious.
		Readers interested in other aspects of Al Capp's life- his background, his cartooning career, his family life, and his international celebrity-will not be disappointed.
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	Al Capp : Li'l Abner, Abbie an' Slats, autobiography
		Better known as Al Capp, he was the creator of Li’l Abner, the most popular comic strip of the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
		Capp recounts in his memoirs how during his teen-age years he perceived his one-leggedness as the only impediment to his chasing after girls.
		Capp’s memoirs also shed light on other aspects of his life: his background, his cartooning career, his family life, and his international celebrity.
	www.kenpiercebooks.com /al-capp.htm (669 words)

	Central High School - Al Cap
		So maybe Al Capp is not really an alumnus of Central, but he did spend 5 years here!!
		Al Capp (September 28, 1909- November 5, 1979) was a American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner; his given name was Alfred Gerald Caplin.
		It started out in the pre-existing comic-strip genera of Hillbilly parody, but evolved into one of the most imaginative, popular, and well-drawn strips of the 20th century, featuring outlandish characters and bizarre situations.
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	Dogpatch confidential - Salon
		Al Capp, the creator of "Li'l Abner," one of America's greatest comic strips, brilliantly combined comedy and commentary, until he lost it over the '60s counterculture and championed Nixon.
		We'll get to Capp's sense of humor soon enough, but I want to linger for a moment over his ability to intrigue readers.
		Capp saw that a trap could be metaphysical, taxing our brains whether or not it strained the protagonist's muscles.
	dir.salon.com /story/books/feature/2002/09/30/capp/index.html (742 words)

	Li'l Abner - Al Capp - Little Abner
		But what is indisputable is that Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin) was the best known, most influential and most controversial cartoonist of his era.
		The commercial exploitation of Al Capp's creations took another leap in 1967 with the opening of a long-running amusement park in Arkansas.
		Capp is prominently, though not flatteringly, featured in three recent documentary films, including Imagine, on John Lennon and Yoko Ono; and a documentary on Capp himself is in progress.
	www.al-capp-lil-abner.com (1295 words)

	Daily Celebrations ~ Al Capp, Pattern of Life ~ August 13 ~ Ideas to motivate, educate, and inspire (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On this day in 1934, the comic strip 'Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979), made its debut.
		Born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut, Capp turned to cartooning after losing his left leg in a trolley accident at age nine.
		Inspired by the style of illustrators Phil May and Aubrey Beardsley, the light-hearted adventures of 'Li'l Abner Yokum and his buxom girlfriend Daisy Mae celebrated the Appalachian stereotypes and became an immediate hit.
	www.dailycelebrations.com /081303.htm (254 words)

	Co-Motion's "AL Capp"
		We introduced the AL Capp for the 2000 model year, after receiving requests for an aluminum version of our vaunted Cappuccino for several years.
		Everyone wants the lightest tandem possible, and the AL Capp's Softride™ beam will convert a lot of skeptics who have heard that an aluminum tandem might be too stiff for a comfortable ride.
		The AL Capp conquers the weight barrier that has kept some tandem enthusiasts from taking the Softride™ beam seriously.
	www.precisiontandems.com /cat_files/alcapp.htm (364 words)

	Al Capp Eyewear
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	Book: Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 4 (1960-1961) - UsingEnglish.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years Volume 4 (1960-1961)
		Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays, Vol.
		Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years, Volume 1 1954-55
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	The Enigma Of Al Capp \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		Like William Wordsworth and others before him, Al Capp began life as a crusading liberal and ended it growing more conservative with each passing breath.
		For four decades, Capp gave the world Lil' Abner, a comic strip with a hold on the national imagination that would put the modest popularity of today's strips to shame.
		In the slender book The Enigma Of Al Capp—it might better be called an extended essay—Alexander Theroux addresses Capp's career with a special emphasis on this shift.
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	Al - Information from Reference.com
		Als, a Danish island in the Baltic Sea
		AL, a complexity class in computer science (link redirects to P).
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		Al Capp was a celebrity-cartoonist and creator of "Lil Abner." The strip began in 1934, and the sardonic, pugnacious Capp masterminded it until its end in 1977.
		During the long life span of the satirical hillbilly saga, he swung from liberal to conservative politically, earned a great deal of money and publicity, appeared on radio, television, and in any other medium that would give him an opportunity to hold forth.
		He carried on some impressive feuds, and gave the outward impression he was havi (showing 500 of 6242 characters).
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	Amazon.com: Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays, 1954-55: Books: Frank Frazetta (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Al Capp was at a creative peak in the 1950's, the heyday of his uber cool American satiric masterpiece: LI'L ABNER, and these classic Sunday page sequences don't disappoint.
		For many people, this was their first exposure to Frank Frazetta's work, and he managed to capture Capp's idiosyncratic style with the greatest of ease, adding many brilliant, characteristic nuances of his own along the way.
		Al Capp was a master satirist and storyteller, who would have one acclaim like Mark Twain or O'Henry if not for the snob attitude toward comic strips.
	www.amazon.com /Al-Capps-Lil-Abner-Frazetta/dp/1569719594 (1553 words)

	Al Capp 1974 Signed & Numbered SUIT O' CLOTHES Color Litho On Canvas - 120
		Al Capp 1974 Signed & Numbered SUIT O' CLOTHES Color Litho On Canvas
		Al Capp (American 1909-1979) Titled Suit o' Clothes, 1974, color lithograph on canvas, signed in pencil, dated and numbered 57/250.
		It is large and has been preserved on a heavy poster board backing with plastic overwrap.
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	Message Forum: Re: Al Capp
		In Reply To: Al Capp posted by Howard on Saturday, December 21, 2002, at 06:16:42:
		The only thing I know about Al Capp comes from reading Isaac Asimov's auto-biography (the third one).
		He said he and Al were friends for a long time, then Al suddenly became racist or something and started using the Lil Abner strip to bash fls or something like that.
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	The Enigma of Al Capp by Alexander Theroux (Used, New, Out-of-Print) - Alibris
		Compassionately, but with a keen eye, Theroux traces Capp's degeneration from a brilliantly funny creator of American myth into a bitter, disillusioned, radical conservative ego-maniac.
		(64 pages) this incisive portrait of controversial cartoonist al capp is back in print at last.
		written by the author of the acclaimed 'the strange case of edward gorey', it features rare photos and capp cartoons from throughout his career.
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