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Descent into Dogpatch: On Al Capp and "Li'l Abner" by Trav S.D.

As a New Englander who loves Jewish comics, satire and good girl art, and whose father was both a conservative hillbilly and a closet cartoonist, there is precisely EVERYTHING to fascinate me about Al Capp (Alfred Gerald Caplin, 1909-1979). Capp was the creator of the cultural phenomenon known as Li'l Abner, which was a huge […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 06:54PM on September 28, 2020

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