Al Capp (1909-1979), Fust is thar anyone else yo’druther come home to?, 1976. Screen print. Graphic arts division GA 2008.00735
The cartoon character Li’l Abner was created in the 1930s by Alfred G. Caplin (1909-1979), better known by his pseudonym Al Capp. At that time, Capp was the youngest syndicated cartoonist in America and Abner was the most popular of all American cartoon characters. The strip ran from 1934 to 1977, when Capp stopped drawing it.
Graphic arts holds a number of cartoons, both contemporary and historical. Several years ago, our good friend and a splendid cartoonist Henry Martin, class of 1948, mounted a website of selections from the collection, which can still be viewed at: http://libweb5.princeton.edu/Visual_Materials/gallery/index.html
