Al Capp : a life to the contrary / Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen.

A major portrait of the legendary comics figure and creator of Li'l Abner offers insight into his deeply complicated character, providing coverage of such topics as the childhood accident that cost him his leg, his turbulent apprenticeship with Joe Palooka creator Ham Fisher and his extremely conser...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schumacher, Michael, 1950-
Other Authors: Kitchen, Denis, 1946-
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury, ©2013.
Subjects:
Capp, Al, > 1909-1979.
Cartoonists > Biography.
Genre:
Biography.
Local Note:
MSU: Gift of Dean Mullaney, with inscription by Denis Kitchen.
MSU: In dust jacket.
Physical Description:x, 305 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Life to the contrary.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Flashpoint
  • Young dreams and schemes
  • The hills
  • Uncle Bob's generosity
  • Breaking into the business
  • Hatfield and McCoy
  • Li'l Abner
  • Nina
  • Merry-go-round
  • Greetings from lower Slobbovia
  • The shmoo, the kigmy, and all one cartoonist could ever want
  • Demise of the monster
  • Bright lights
  • In the halls of the enemy
  • Scandals
  • Descent.