Al Capp's Li'l Abner: Complete Daily & Sunday Comics #5

This handsome fifth volume from IDW collects Al Capp's complete daily and Sunday Li'l Abner strips from 1943–1944, with the cover showcasing a playful gallery of Dogpatch favorites: the sharp-dressed Rat Top brandishing a pistol, the goofy Lester Gooch, the glamorous Floosie Belle, and the star of the show, Fearless Fosdick — Abner's beloved comic-strip-within-a-comic-strip hero. Capp's crisp linework, rendered here in both pencils and inks by the man himself, radiates the wit and energy that made Li'l Abner a pop-culture institution. Edited by Dean Mullaney with a historical essay by Bruce Canwell, this is a thoroughly satisfying package for anyone who wants to dig deep into one of American cartooning's great satirical voices.