It had 60 million daily readers in more than newspapers in 28 countries. Lil abner 1959 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Written and drawn by al capp 19091979, the strip ran for 43 years, from august, 1934 through november, 1977. Pintsize lucifer pappy yokum had the misfortune of being the patriarch in a family completely dominated by his better half, mammy yokum.
The fifth volume of this series features daily strips and fullcolor sundays from 1943 and 1944, with a zany cast of characters that includes shadrack throwback, the monster, madame lazonga, and joan l. Throughout the years fans of the lil abner comic strip were not only entertained by creator al capps major characters, lil abner, daisy mae, mammy yokum, pappy yokum, and fearless fosdick, but they were also treated to a constant and colorfully unique world of supporting characters. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. The first hollywood adaptation of lil abner was made in 1940. Pappy yokum, and another character from the comic strip, earthquake mcgoon, came to the now completely befuddled mind of mitchell lipensky. Jeff york plays the title role in director albert s. Lil abner golden age cartoon character comics for sale ebay.
Until you earn points all your submissions need to be vetted by other comic vine users. One, the comic strip was a lot fresher then, and more engrossing, so the idea of its coming to life on the stage had some intriguing about it. Mammy yokum and the great dogpatch mystery 1951 comic books. Comic book guy comic book characters american dad american comics vintage comic books vintage comics sadie hawkins day lil abner jordi bernet holidays and notable events calendar with gifts supplies and resources at farmers market online. Dogpatch fights an invasion of turnip termites with not very good results for pappy yokum. As usual, abner is the biggest catch in dogpatch, and he hates love. To judge it against todays work is useless and immature. Mammy yokum and the great dogpatch mystery 1956 is a reprint edition of the 1951 comic and was published in 1956 by the antidefamation league of bnai brith. No comic strip or book is complete without a good villain or two. Reprints of al capps famed comicstrip masterpiece, featuring hillbilly hero lil abner, his love daisy mae, and the citizens of dogpatch, usa. Just how bitter, petty, and tragic was comicstrip genius al capp. Mae, mammy yokum, pappy yokum, the shmoos and places dogpatch, lower. Lil abner yokum, a stupid but goodnatured hayseed, was the son of mammy yokum, the scrawniest and strongest woman in dogpatch, and her shiftless husband, pappy yokum. A naive, simpleminded and sweetnatured hillbilly boy, he lived in a ramshackle log cabin with his pintsized parents.
In these strips from early 1946, pappy is abducted by the eagle called ole weakeyes and dogpatch faces the termite plague, as turnip termites devour everything in. Capps largerthanlife characters are brought to rowdy life in norman panama and melvin franks. Usually when somethings attributed to someone, its usually not by them. A seminal and longrunning 193477 newspaper comic strip by al capp, which detailed the bizarre lives and loves of the hillbilly inhabitants of dogpatch, usa.
This features the characters of the al capp comic strip lil abner, including mammy and pappy yokum, daisy mae, and moombeam mcswine. Based on the comic strip lil abner by al capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on broader topics, ranging from incompetence in the united states federal government to standards of masculinity. This is one thing that makes mammy yokum such a positive role model. The books are designed and edited by dean mullaney, feature biografical essays written by bruce. Keurig verpakt bekijk ons aanbod en bestel eenvoudig. Lil abner does reflect the mores of its time, but so does everything. First line of dialogue or text i am writing this from what we americans call yurrp. The book quotes from capps suicide note, but chose not to include. Comiclink is the online vintage comic book and comic art auction destination featuring comic book auctions spotlighting the most desirable cgc graded examples of key comics, as well as comic art auctions featuring the biggest names in comic book illustration from the golden age to the present. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. This process takes no more than a few hours and well send you an email once approved. The two of them, pappy yokum and earthquake mcgoon were sitting on either side of a pigsty not too unlike. See more ideas about cartoon, lil abner and cartoons magazine.
I specializes in bronze, silver, golden age comics plus rarehighly sort after comics complete setscollectibles. Whenever abners spurning of daisy mae starts seeming sad rather than funny, mammys there to either set abner straight or trick him into realizing that he actually loves the beautiful and lovelorn miss scragg. Just how bitter, petty, and tragic was comicstrip genius. The strip has been published in newspapers since september cupid tip love notes let comic strips speak for you. Very much a production of its time, lil abner is an eisenhowerera gentle political satire that resonates somewhat to the 21 st century but it has so many creaks in its book that its easy to see why no. The sad, petty business that had brought things to this point had begun in the summer of 1933, when ham fisher, who drove a shiny roadster and lived in a. Pappy and mammy yokum act as the ethical backbone of al capps hugely. Description al capp studio lil abner sunday comic strip original art dated 1118 chicago tribune, c. Al capp got the family name, yokum from the hebrew word yehoyaqim that means raised by. Comic book covers comic books alfred e neuman stand up comics web design mad. Tonight is the opening night for the forge theatres latest production lil abner, a show that is based on the classic cartoon strip of the same name. Pappy yokums kickapoo joy juice short story by mark m.
This book has 37 pages and was uploaded by movielover on april 3, 20. Vintage golden age cartoon character pins lil abner mammy and pappy yokum brooch. Sullivan, plus returning favorites like moonbeam mcswine. In the darkest hours of world war ii, why were millions of people laughing. Al capp studio lil abner sunday comic strip original art. The star of capps classic comic strip was hardly little. Get the best deals on lil abner golden age cartoon character comics when you shop the largest online selection at. There are a few exceptions, like sam hendersons magic. Superhero comics of the 30s and 40s were full of catchy, or notsocatchy. Rogells version of the famous al capp comic series. How sadie hawkins day started nonfiction story, script and art by al capp. Expand your options of fun home activities with the largest online selection at. See more ideas about lil abner, comics and comic strips.
Al capp war bonds poster featuring daisy mae, mammy and pappy yokum. You can now shop in our new curio shoppe or our original comic art gallery. Daisy mae leaves dogpatch and takes a job serving a soup line. Its lil abner and daisy mae and mammy and pappy yokum right out of your favorite cartoon strip. It was later issued as an educational comic book called mammy yokum and the great. Comic link the online vintage comic book and comic art. Lil abnerstreaming movie,lil abner online movie,watch. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. The denizens of dogpatch were destined for their place outside the frames of comic strips. Lil abner is a satirical american comic strip that appeared in many newspapers in the united states, canada and europe, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished mountain village of dogpatch, usa. Home books calendars comic prints your cart checkout. Pappy and mammy yokum act as the ethical backbone of al capps hugely influential lil abner comic strip.
They contain the chronological daily strips in blackandwhite and for the first the since the original newspaper publication the sunday pages are reproduced in. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. The title character was the perpetually 19yearold bighearted lunkhead, the son of spitfire pansy mammy yokum and the dullwitted useless lucifer pappy yokum. The fablelike story was really a thinlyveiled appeal for racial tolerance. This would be the comic strips first reprint since denis kitchen and his kitchen sink press effort to.
Newspaper columnist michael price and the late film historian george turner provide a fascinating history of this largely forgotten movie, complete with 9 rare stills and lobby cards. Lil abner, daisy mae, mammy and pappy yokum, moonbeam mcswine, marryin sam, and sadie hawkins became pillars in american popular culture, and dogpatch became a symbol, an emblem, and a community in mainstream u. I so remember lil abner as a comic strip in the 40s and 50s and had many lil abner comic books and had saved many of the comic strips published in the st. Spirou, michel vaillant, gaston, the smurfs, marsupilami. The years have been kind to lil abner, the musical based on al capps longrunning comic strip. In the 43year run of his satiric comic strip lil abner, al capp not only. The sunday page debuted six months after the daily, on. From towards the end of the strips exceedingly long run, al capp became quite the conservative, and around the time that this sunday was produced, capp began lampooning the likes of ted kennedy seen here in this very strip, and soon his creation began being accused of losing its. The 100th birthday of cartoonist al capp, has come and gone, ignored by the hundreds of newspapers that used to carry his satirical daily comic strip lil abner. Abner was 6 3 in his stockinged feet if he wore stockings, and perpetually 19 yars old. It would last for 43 years well beyond the vietnam war until 1977 when its creator retired taking the entire hillbillyyokum family from mythical dogpatch usa with him. Nous ne le savons pas encore, mais une chose est sure. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options.
This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for. Mammy yokum and the great dogpatch mystery 1951 comic. Comicbook superheroes are used to finding themselves in lifeordeath situations and fighting back against seemingly impossible odds. Al capp was a satirist, and this movie is the best visual representation we have extant today of his genius. Lil abner daisy mae mammy and pappy yokum the shmoo dogpatch fearless fosdick sadie. An excerpt from the unsold tv pilot for a liveaction version of lil abner 1966, based on the famous comic strip, with sammy jackson lil abner, jeannine. Al capps shmoo comic book, 1949 i have experiences in the comic industry for over 40 years.
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