The Enigma of Al Capp

by Alexander Theroux

The creator of Li'l Abner goes under the microscope in this handsome monograph.

The National Book Award-nominated author of Darconville's Cat and Three Wogs delivers this slender-yet-rich monograph on the controversial life of cartoonist Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner. The left eventually broke his heart, wrote John Updike of Capp. A genuine American mythmaker and celebrated funnyman, Capp used his strip for years...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560973404
• ISBN13: 9781560973409
• Release Date: February 2006
• Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

It was worth the money.

Very well written,compassionate and informative. A hell of alife.Not all cookies and cream.He had the money but no happinessexcept the strip.The accident and the leg drew a black shroud over the rest of his life.