1945. 10 x 7.5-inch black-and-white photo depicting Capp sitting at his desk with a pencil in hand while he touches up a "Li'l Abner" cartoon, no place, no date, circa 1945. Inscribed: "To Richard Nalven, best Wishes! Al Capp." Several faint creases near the right margin, but still in very good(+) condition. American cartoonist best known for the satirical comic strip "Li'l Abner," which he created in 1934. More
New York: 1976. 4 pages, 7 x 9.75 inches, New York, 1976. Color exhibition brochure featuring five different one-panel "Li'l Abner" cartoons. Inscribed and signed in full on the second page: "Champain [sic] reception from 5 to 7, Al Capp." Very good(+) condition. More
Boston: 1970. 2 pages on "Li'L Abner" stationery, 8 x 8.5 inches, April 20, 1970 [written on envelope]. In this letter, Capp responds to a young lady who has written to columnist Harry Harris, a friend of Capp's from the "Philadelphia Inquirer," in part: "...I read your letter to Harry Harris in which you sympathized with me for playing 'Daniel' to a 'lion's den' of nasty students on the Educational program 'The Show'...They had been instructed, they said, by the..... More
Boston: 1958. 1 page on personal stationery featuring Li'l Abner, 11 x 8.25 inches, Boston, April 23, 1958. Written by the most popular American cartoonist of his era to editor Herbert Mayes on the merits and demerits of the Star Spangled Banner, in part: "Asking what's wrong with The Star Spangled Banner or how we can make it better liked is like asking what is wrong with your mother and how we can make her more popular with her family..... More
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