Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 9: 1943

Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 9: 1943 by Capp, Al. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780878160747.

Description from back cover: On Monday, August 13, 1934, eight newspapers commenced printing an obscure comic strip by an equally obscure cartoonist about a family of poor hillbillies living in Kentucky. Before the cartoonist retired with his creation 43 later, Al Capps Lil Abner had become internationally famous, syndicated in over 900 newspapers worldwide and avidly followed by millions. Over the years, Capp and LiL Abner were twin centers of both outrage and delight. Capps trenchant outlook and sharp wit found voice in his comic strip and he seldom lacked an opinion about any facet of the national scene. John Steinbeck called him the greatest satirist since Laurence Sterne and recommended that he be considered for a Nobel Prize in literature. Others recommended that Capp be boiled in oil. Through all of it, Capp remained true to his personal vision of what Lil Abner should be, and in the process, made it the greatest comic strip of all time. In the 1943 run of Al Capps Lil Abner, Madame Lazonga taught Daisy Mae how to woo, and Abner came perilously close to the fate he dreaded most. Sir Cecil Cesspool - "hes deep, he has a certain air about him" - visited the colonies, and brought a monster with him. And Patricia Hallroom, the girl with the hottest lips in the world made Sadie Hawkins Day even more dangerous than usual. Theres much more in this ninth volume of Al Capps Lil Abner.