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Al Capp

Born

in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States

September 28, 1909

Died

November 05, 1979

Genre

Comics

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Alfred Gerald Caplin (1909-1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist. He is best known as the creator, writer and artist of the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which run for 43 years from 1934 to 1977.

Capp was born in 1909 in New Haven, Connecticut, of a poor family of East European Jewish heritage. His childhood was scared by a serious accident: after being run over by a trolley car, nine years old Alfred had his left leg partially amputated. This early trauma possibly had an impact on Capp's cynical humour, as later represented in his strips. His father, Otto Philip Caplin, a failed businessman and an amateur cartoonist, is credited for introducing Al and his two brothers to making comics.
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Average rating: 3.95 · 614 ratings · 92 reviews · 142 distinct works

	The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo 3.94 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2002 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, Vol. 1: 1934-1936 4.02 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 1: 1934-1935 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, Vol. 2: 1937-1938 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 2: 1936 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fearless Fosdick by Al Capp, Max Allan Collins (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Times of the Shmoo 4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 3: 1937 by Al Capp, David Schreiner 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1989	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years vol. 1 1954-55 by Al Capp, Frank Frazetta (Illustrator), Denis Kitchen (Editor) 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Li'l Abner: Dailies, Vol. 8: 1942 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Li'l Abner Dailies (26 books)
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Charlie Chaplin (Introduction)

3.91 avg rating — 233 ratings

Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays (9 books)
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4.22 avg rating — 134 ratings

Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years (4 books)
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Frank Frazetta (Artist)

4.06 avg rating — 47 ratings

Fearless Fosdick (2 books)
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Lil' Abner (Spanish translations) (6 books)
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“Abstract art is a product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.”
― Al Capp

tags: comics, humor

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“I’ve learned one thing-people who know the least anyways seem to know it the loudest.”
― Al Capp

tags: knowledge

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“The secret of how to live without resentment or embarrassment in a world in which I was different from everyone else. was to be indifferent to that difference.”
― Al Capp

tags: embarrassment, live, resentment

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