The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo

More than fifty years ago America was taken by storm when Al Capp introduced the Shmoo in his comic strip Lil Abner. The adorable squash-shaped character was so popular it immediately spawned the largest merchandising craze in the nations history. In the words of Life magazine the nation was "Shmoo-struck." The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo collects for the first time in one volume Capps essential comic strips about the Shmoo. This is Al Capp and his incisive social criticism at its best.