First appearing in Al Capp's "Li'l Abner" comic strip in 1948, the oddly shaped (and happily edible) Shmoo became an overnight phenomenon, spawning an unprecedented merchandising frenzy in the late '40s and 50s. As part of the "Dark Horse Archives" series, all Shmoo comic book appearances are being [...]
Amidst such buxom beauties as Daisy Mae, Wolf Gal, and Moonbeam McSwine, nothing can prepare Abner - or you! - for (choke) Lena the Hyena, the woman so hideous, so frightening, that men literally leave their country to avoid her face.[...]
Knallhatten, eller "Li'l Abner", som den hette i original, kom ut 1934?1977 och var under sina storhetsår från ca. mittan på 1940-talet till mitten på 1950-talet, när Knallhatten och Daisy Mae gifte sig, en av alla tiders fantasifullaste och roligaste serier. Den naive men godhjärtade lantisgr[...]
From 1954 until 1961, famed fantasy artist Frank Frazetta toiled as a ghost on Al Capp's Li'l Abner, one of the most popular cartoon strips of all time. Volume 3 collects the Sunday strips from 1958 to 1959. Ever wonder what shiftless hillbilly Li'l Abner does for a living? This volume reveals that [...]
More than thirty years have passed since Al Capp's death, and he may no longer be a household name. But at the height of his career, his groundbreaking comic strip, "Li'l Abner," reached ninety million readers. The strip ran for forty-three years, spawned two movies and a Broadway musical, and origi[...]
In Volume 4 in The Complete Li'l Abner... You'll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters - it's the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you'll meet Available Jones ("Is yo' available, Available?"), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the world's greatest jinx!), Dorothy[...]
In the darkest hours of World War II, why were millions of people laughing? Because they were reading Li'l Abner, that's why! The fifth volume of this series features daily strips and full-color Sundays from 1943 and 1944, with a zany cast of characters that includes Shadrack Throwback, "The Monster[...]
Shmoo's Who?! What has been called "the greatest run of Li'l Abner ever" begins with Abner and Daisy Mae on a quest to locate the elusive Stanley Steamer. Meanwhile, Kickapoo Joy Juice prevents atomic disaster, while Fearless Fosdick tackles Anyface and the Chippendale Chair. "Evil Eye" Fleegle and [...]