The Enigma of Al Capp
Publisher: Fantagraphics
Published: February 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781560973409
Subjects: Comic book & cartoon art; Graphic novels; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Individual artists; Comics & Cartoons; Biography & Autobiography; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Artists, Architects, Photographers; Fiction / Graphic Novels
First sentence: Satire was his gift, and with its ancillary weapons of burlesque and parody, Al Capp needed nothing more to become, with his Li'l Abner, in the opinion of many, America's greatest comic strip, one of this country's icons for more than half a century.