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Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977.
Feb 28, 2013 · A controversial TV and radio personality whose life took a tragic spiral downward, Capp is the subject of a spicy new biography, Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary (Bloomsbury, USA).
Mar 4, 2013 · A biography of the creator of Li'l Abner, a comic strip that satirized politics, culture, and media with wit and style. Learn about Capp's achievements, controversies, and contradictions, as well as his influence on comics and cartooning.
He hosted five television programs between 1952 and 1972: three talk shows called The Al Capp Show (twice), and Al Capp, Al Capp's America (a live "chalk talk", with Capp providing commentary while sketching cartoons), and a game show called Anyone Can Win.
Al Capp was an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip “Li’l Abner.” Capp studied landscape architecture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts school and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979) created “Li’l Abner,” regarded by many as the greatest comic strip of all time. He was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, CT. At the age of nine he lost his left leg in a trolley accident.
Sep 28, 2016 · Capp was born Alfred Gerald Caplin on September 28, 1909, to Jewish emigrants from Latvia, in New Haven, Connecticut. His family was so poor that his mother was known to sift through ash barrels at night looking for bits of usable coal.
