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Al Capp - Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 10-17-49 (United Features Syndicate, 1949

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Al Capp - Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 10-17-49 (United Features Syndicate, 1949
<B>Al Capp - Li'l Abner Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 10-17-49 (United Features Syndicate, 1949).</B></I> Al Capp followed up his creation of the loveable Shmoo with the scapegoat-like Kigmy. The Kigmy was visually similar to the Shmoo, but it had arms, and a face with a nose. "Kick a Kigmy -- it beats fighting with your neighbor. You'll feel great. It's the kick that refreshes. Ask the man that has just kicked one!" Al Capp was stunned at the public's reaction to the Kigmy, "The character sparked letters. Angry letters. Suspicious letters. Were the Kigmy kickers secretly the labor unions kicking the workers around? Were the Kigmy kickers secretly the labor unions kicking capital around? I was astounded it had become unpopular to laugh at my fellow Americans.... So that was when I decided to go back to fairy tales until the atmosphere is gone. That is the real reason why Li'l Abner married Daisy Mae." The condition of the art is Excellent, and the image size is 22" x 6.5". You'd be very hard-pressed to find a better example of Capp's unique and biting satire in a daily, so kick loose a bid for the Kigmy! <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.