A new biography of the “Li’l Abner” creator looks at the groundbreaking cartoon and the man behind it. By Alex Ben Block Al Capp is a nearly forgotten footnote in American history today but a new book ...

Al Capp didn't often play well with others, and his public career ended in disgrace. But many people owe the "Li'l Abner" cartoonist some thanks, starting with every high school boy asked to a Sadie ...

Goldie Hawn has detailed her “casting couch” moment with famed cartoonist Al Capp, in which he allegedly came into the room “disrobed” and asked for a kiss. “I was 19. I went up for the ‘meet,’ and I ...

The great American diplomat and Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson may have well been talking about Li’l Abner creator Al Capp when he said, “Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger ...

As a teenager, Ron Gagnon ran with a crowd that included the children of the cartoonist Al Capp. Sometimes when he’d visit the family’s ...

Goldie Hawn's early career was marked by a terrifying encounter with one of America's most prominent cartoonists. Hawn appeared on SiriusXM's The Megyn Kelly Show on Friday where she recalled meeting ...

It's hard to overstate how big a deal in pop culture 'Li'l Abner' was in its day. At its peak, the comic strip by Al Capp was published in more than 900 newspapers in North America, with more than 70 ...

Everything about the life and art of Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, was brash and over the top. Peter Bagge reports that the new book Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary does a fine job ...

Readers of the old-time comic strips will recall that Hammond Fisher was the genius behind “Joe Palooka,” a dim-witted, gentle prizefighter who dominated the funny pages for more than five decades.

When walking from the Upper Millyard to Market Square in Downtown Amesbury, don’t be surprised by the giant cartoon strip adorning the side of one the buildings. The cartoon strip, a dedication to ...