Li’l Abner is one of my favorite comic strips. Al Capp(who drew it)was Ham Fisher’s assistant, when they were drawing Joe Palooka comic strip. Palooka was a boxer. I wish there were reprints, here, of Joe Palooka. You can see the similarity of drawings in both Li’l Abner and Joe Palooka. Hummingbird68
Yes, and Ham Fisher was so jealous of Capp’s success with Li’l Abner he created a set of pornographic Lil’l Abner strips in one of his many attempts to destroy Capp who had eclipsed him in popularity.
Hummingbird68 almost 13 years ago
Li’l Abner is one of my favorite comic strips. Al Capp(who drew it)was Ham Fisher’s assistant, when they were drawing Joe Palooka comic strip. Palooka was a boxer. I wish there were reprints, here, of Joe Palooka. You can see the similarity of drawings in both Li’l Abner and Joe Palooka. Hummingbird68
RegHartt almost 13 years ago
Yes, and Ham Fisher was so jealous of Capp’s success with Li’l Abner he created a set of pornographic Lil’l Abner strips in one of his many attempts to destroy Capp who had eclipsed him in popularity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Capp#Feud_with_Ham_Fisher
cwreenactor almost 13 years ago
You can find “Joe Palooka” reprints plus more “Lil Abner” at http://www.ilovecomix.com.
cwreenactor almost 13 years ago
I want to correct the link. It should be: http:///www.ilovecomixarchive.com.
allencthulhu almost 13 years ago
Some of that Ham Fisher/Al Capp feud is discussed in Michael Schumacher’s “Will Eisner: A Life in Comics”.
margueritem almost 13 years ago
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