Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years #4

Al Capp's beloved Dogpatch satire gets a handsome archival treatment in this fourth volume collecting the 1960–1961 strips, with editing and commentary by Denis Kitchen to put it all in context. Frank Frazetta's cover art says it all: a confident, glamorous blonde in a polka-dot top perches front and center, surrounded by a vivid green collage of strip panels packed with Capp's wonderfully exaggerated Dogpatch citizens mid-argument and mid-mischief. It's a warm reminder of why this era of the strip still charms — sharp social comedy rendered with Frazetta's unmistakable eye for dynamic figures and lively composition.