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Al Capp

1909–1979

cover pencilsartistcover inksinkerwriterletterer
Al Capp
Known forTip Top Comics
Issues credited116
Active1935–2016
Primary rolecover pencils

Alfred Gerald Caplin, known to the world as Al Capp, was born on September 28, 1909, and died on November 5, 1979. He is best remembered as the creator of the long-running satirical newspaper strip *Li'l Abner*, which he launched in 1934 and wrote and drew until 1977. Though a native of Connecticut, Capp spent over four decades chronicling the fictional, impoverished Southern town of Dogpatch, reaching an estimated 60 million readers across more than 900 American newspapers and 100 international papers in 28 countries. His work on *Li'l Abner* made him a wealthy man and, according to scholar M. Thomas Inge, profoundly shaped global perceptions of the American South. Capp also wrote the strips *Abbie an' Slats* (1937–1945) and *Long Sam* (1954). He was honored with the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year in 1947 and received the Society's Elzie Segar Award posthumously in 1979 for his unique and lasting contribution to cartooning. Our catalog credits him as artist, writer, inker, and letterer on 116 issues, with his work appearing in titles such as *Al Capp's Li'l Abner*, *Li'l Abner Dailies*, and *Tip Top Comics* from 1935 into the 2010s.

Full bibliography · 42 series

Tip Top Comics (1936) · 30
#2 (14)#5 (17)#10 (22)#2 (26)#4 (28)#8 (56)#7 (67)#9 (69)#12 (72)#2 (74)#4 (76)#6 (78)#11 (83)#2 (86)#5 (89)#8 (92)#10 (94)#1 (97)#3 (99)#6 (102)#10 (106)#12 (108)#2 (110)#3 (111)#6 (114)#9 (117)#11 (119)#1 (121)#8 (128)#11 (131)
Al Capp's Li'l Abner (1949) · 26
#70#71#72#73#74#75#76#77#78#80#81#82#83#84#85#86#87#88#89#90#91#92#93#94#95#97
Comics on Parade (1938) · 22
#7 (7)#8 (8)#9 (9)#10#11 (11)#12#2 (14)#3 (15)#7 (19)#9 (21)#1 (25)#3 (27)#6 (30)#9 (33)#12 (36)#13 (39)#6 (42)#9 (45)#12 (48)#3 (51)#6 (54)#10 (58)
Li'l Abner Dailies (1988) · 21
#1#2#3#6#7#4#5#8#9#10#11#12#13#14#15#16#21#23#24#26#27
Li'l Abner (1948) · 12
#66#69#84#13#1#70#78#81#85#91#93#97
Li'l Abner Comics (1947) · 8
#61#62#63#65 (5)#6 (66)#7 (67)#68 (8)#9 (69)
Al Capp's Li'l Abner: Complete Daily & Sunday Comics (2010) · 8
#1#2#3#4#5#6#7#8
The American Legion (1926) · 7
#5#1#3#2#6#2#6
Charlie Mensuel (1969) · 5
#2#5#7#9#36
Al Capp's Dogpatch Comics (1949) · 4
#71 [1]#2#3#2
Mazie (1955) · 4
#15#19#20#21
Special-Comics (1974) · 4
#1#1#4#9
Al Capp's Shmoo Comics (1949) · 3
#4#5#5
Al Capp's Wolf Gal (1951) · 2
#1#2
The World of Li'l Abner (1952) · 2
#172#U2249
Tip Topper Comics (1949) · 2
#26#27
Linus (1965) · 2
#11#43
Famous Funnies (1934) · 1
#10
Single Series (1938) · 1
#18 (2)
The Saturday Evening Post (1897) · 1
#31
Al Capp by Li'l Abner (1946) · 1
#[nn]
Al Capp's Daisy Mae in Ham Sangwidges also Cousin Weakeyes (1950) · 1
#[nn]
Collier's (1888) · 1
#6
Sad Sack Comics (1949) · 1
#37
Horace & Dotty Dripple (1952) · 1
#37
Super Duck Comics (1944) · 1
#64
Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1955) · 1
#66
Al Capp's Bald Iggle (1956) · 1
#[nn]
Operation Survival! (1957) · 1
#[nn]
From Dogpatch to Slobbovia: The Gasp!! World of Li'l Abner (1964) · 1
#BP171
Supplemento di Linus (1965) · 1
#[1]
Back to B.C. (1968) · 1
#d1880
The Best of Li'l Abner (1978) · 1
#[nn]
The Comics Journal (1977) · 1
#46
Nemo: The Classic Comics Library (1983) · 1
#8 (18)
All American Comics (1989) · 1
#9
Fearless Fosdick (1990) · 1
#[nn]
Knallhatten (1992) · 1
#2
The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo (2002) · 1
#[nn]
Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years (2003) · 1
#2
Nonna Abelarda (2015) · 1
#1
Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery (1956) · 1
#[nn]

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