Cartoonist, satirist, radio and television commentator
Known for
L'il Abner
Spouse
Catherine Wingate (Cameron) Capp (1932–1979; his death)
Children
Julie Ann Cairol, Catherine Jan Peirce, Colin Cameron Capp (adopted)
Awards
Inkpot Award (1978)[1]
Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie an' Slats (in the years 1937–45) and Long Sam (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his "unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning".
Capp's comic strips dealt with urban experiences in the Northern United States until the year he introduced "Li'l Abner". Although Capp was from Connecticut, he spent 43 years writing about the fictional Southern town of Dogpatch, reaching an estimated 60 million readers in more than 900 American newspapers and 100 more papers in 28 countries internationally. M. Thomas Inge says Capp made a large personal fortune through the strip and "had a profound influence on the way the world viewed the American South".[2]
^"Inkpot Award". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 6, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2020.
^M. Thomas Inge, "Li'l Abner, Snuffy, Pogo, and Friends: The South in the American Comic Strip," Southern Quarterly (2011) 48#2 pp 6–74
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Uncredited Musical film based on the comic strip of the same name created by AlCapp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956...
admiration of certain writers. In 1953, he wrote that he considered cartoonist AlCapp, creator of the satirical Li'l Abner, "possibly the best writer in the...
series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by AlCapp, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September...
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broadcast on CBS from July 14, 1953, until September 1, 1953. Cartoonist AlCapp moderated this series that posed general quiz questions to a different...
character on the 2006 American CBS TV Series Jericho Sadie Hawkins, an AlCapp character responsible for Sadie Hawkins Day Helen Hawkins, main character...
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