“Li’l Abner” once tickled a plethora of comic strip devotees, and later theater and movie buffs as well, but now puts in only an occasional stage appearance.

The best newspaper comics, like Pogo, Peanuts, and Lil' Abner, are the ones that influence each other and the world, one hilarious strip at a time.

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 ...

Li'l Abner was a comic strip drawn by Al Capp that appeared in newspapers from 1934 to 1977. Those born after the strip ceased publication may look at samples and see only humor based on ...

Li’l Abner, of course, is the story of the denizens of Dogpatch, the rural Southern burg that is declared by the government the most unnecessary spot in the U.S. of A.

In the 43-year run of his satiric comic strip Li’l Abner, Al Capp not only launched iconic American characters (Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum, Pappy Yokum, the Shmoos) and places (Dogpatch ...

Peter Palmer brought the legendary comic strip character Li’l Abner to life, first as the lead in a successful Broadway musical and later in the movie based on the stage play.

In the comic-strip world of Li’l Abner the unthinkable is always happening. But few readers ever expected the most unthinkable event of all: the (“gulp”) marriage of Li’l Abner to Daisy ...

There's the story of how Robert G. Schneider earned a Silver Star for valor in World War II by stringing radio cable while under German fire and how the comic strip "Li'l Abner" saved his life ...

Sadie Hawkins Day is celebrated the first Saturday of November in parts of the US inspired by a fun storyline in the comic strip Li'l Abner, published by Al Capp in 1937.