1026503

Al Capp S/N Lithograph on Canvas, Comic Art #1026503

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Al Capp S/N Lithograph on Canvas, Comic Art #1026503
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Artist: Al Capp

Title: $1000 Chair

Year: 1974

Medium: Signed and Numbered Lithograph on Canvas

Edition: 34/250

Paper Size: 24 x 35 in.




 Cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979) created
"Li'l Abner," regarded by many as the greatest comic
strip of all time. He was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven,
CT. At the age of nine he lost his left leg in a trolley accident.
Encouraged by an artistic father, young Alfred developed his
own cartooning skills. At 19, he became the youngest syndicated
cartoonist in America, drawing "Colonel Gilfeather,"
a daily panel for Associated Press. But, bored with the staid
and formulaic Gilfeather, Capp left AP and soon was ghosting
the popular boxing strip "Joe Palooka" for Ham Fisher.
But Capp found the working conditions in Fisher's studio intolerable.</p>

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In 1934 Capp struck out on his own. He took his hillbilly idea
to United Features Syndicate (creating a lifelong public feud
with Fisher) and "Li'l Abner was born. Abner was carried
at first by only eight newspapers, but his hapless Dogpatchers
hit a nerve in Depression-era America. Within three ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1974</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:24</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:35</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Al Capp S/N Lithograph on Canvas, Comic Art</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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