Because they were reading Li'l Abner, that's why! The fifth volume of this series features daily strips and full-color Sundays from 1943 and 1944, with a zany cast of characters that includes Shadrack Throwback, "The Monster," Madame Lazonga, and Joan L. Sullivan, plus returning fav...
Bishop kept Al Capp's innocents and an animal menagerie rushing on-stage and off- with un-Dogpatch dispatch. Since the characters were, literally, cartoon caricatures, their mannered acting style was appropriate. As Abner, Palmer personified boyish naivete. Now that his hometown has finally discov...
-In Volume 4 in The Complete Li'l Abner...You'll Believe a Hillbilly Can Fly! High-octane humor and cockeyed characters - it's the Cappian way! Sit a spell and you'll meet Available Jones ("Is yo' available, Available?"), Swami Riva, Big Stanislouse, Joe Btfsplk (the worl...