Comments on: Exhibit: CAPPs Off- Li’l Abner Without Apologies http://animationresources.org/?p=558 Provides resorces for self-study for animation professionals, students, educators and researchers. Thu, 16 May 2013 02:45:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Shooshie http://animationresources.org/?p=558#comment-194886 Shooshie Sun, 24 Mar 2013 01:24:52 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=558#comment-194886 I’ve collected as many of Capp’s comics, interviews, and stories as I can find, and I had never seen that story “Oh Happy Day”. Thanks for that. And thanks for keeping Al Capp’s legacy alive. When I go back and read my collections of Lil Abner, I’m always amazed that they seem no more odd or out of place now than they did at the time. By that, I mean they are timeless, because Capp’s story lines were concerned with humanity at its core. As fads and fashions come and go, the hominids beneath them stay pretty much the same, still self-pitying, jealous, self-aggrandizing, greedy, revisionist (another way of saying that we humans lie about the past), and in special moments, tender-hearted, compassionate, generous, and loving. (Oh Pansy Yokum and Daisy Mae, we miss you).

What a thrill to find this little repository of great comics (I’m Pogo’s and Kelly’s #1 fan, by the way) here. I’ll be back.

Shooshie

]]> By: Brian O. http://animationresources.org/?p=558#comment-181543 Brian O. Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:05:28 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=558#comment-181543 Great article! The criticism of Capp’s later years make the timid shy away from his work for fear they’ll become a right-wing curmudgeon. Nonsense.

Thank you for leaving the tabloid out and just reminding us of the originality and FUN Capp brought the world.

]]> By: Nicholas Pozega http://animationresources.org/?p=558#comment-50990 Nicholas Pozega Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:27:40 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=558#comment-50990 Wow, this is cool stuff! I’ve heard about this comic, but didn’t know it was this rich and impressive! Thanks for bringing it back into the limelight, Steve and Mike!

]]> By: Anonymous http://animationresources.org/?p=558#comment-2248 Anonymous Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:32:47 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=558#comment-2248 I'm looking for an image of Silent Yokum WITHOUT A HAT. Does anyone know if one exists? My friend's dad is a WWII vet who was at Iwo. A buddy in boot camp painted Silent Yokum on the back of a denim jacket for him. It was immediately stolen! I would like to replace it this Christmas but the only image I have is from Life Magazine and the nose of a plane! I think they are the same image.

I've emailed the Al Capp site, the Smithsonian and U of Michigan comic Art Collection but haven't heard anything back. I tried to call U of Mich but was on hold for 15 minutes!

Help! I'd really like to get this done. If I don't hear from anyone I guess Silent will be wearing a hat!

]]> By: Snorre Mathiesen http://animationresources.org/?p=558#comment-2247 Snorre Mathiesen Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:18:00 +0000 http://blog.animationarchive.org/?p=558#comment-2247 …Today (September 28, 2009) Al Capp would've turned 100 years. You left too soon, but a million thanks for sharing your humor, imagination and characters with us.

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