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Al Capp Li'l Abner Comic Strip Sadie Hawkins Art

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Al Capp Li'l Abner Comic Strip Sadie Hawkins Art
<B>Al Capp - Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip, "Sadie Hawkins Day" Original Art, dated 11-1-57 (United Feature Syndicate, 1957).</B></I> Emergency! Mammy Yoakum alerts the bachelor gals of Dogpatch that the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race has been abolished. This daily was drawn during that period when Frank Frazetta was assisting on the feature, and with the buxom beauties in this daily, it appears he may have had a hand in the art. The American folk event, Sadie Hawkins Day, made its debut in the November 15, 1937 strip. Sadie was "the homeliest gal in the hills "who grew tired of waiting for the fellows to come a-courtin'." Her pa, Hekzebiah, fretted about Sadie living at home for the rest of his life, so he decreed the first annual Sadie Hawkins Day, a foot race in which the unmarried gals pursued the town's bachelors, with matrimony the consequence. By the late thirties the event had left the comics page and swept the nation with a life of its own. The image area of this delightful daily is approximately 18.75" x 5.5", and the art is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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