Life #20

In this rare 1946 issue of Life, Al Capp offers a personal glimpse into his early life through a candid, illustrated biography titled "Al Capp by Li'l Abner." The piece traces his formative years, from the streetcar accident that cost him a leg at age twelve to his time in the American South, which sparked the idea for his famous comic strip, and his courtship and marriage to Catherine Cameron. Rendered with his signature style and signed by Capp himself, the story is a distinctive blend of autobiography and art, with contributions from Walter Johnson on inking and red-only coloring.