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Allan Alfonzo Capps (April 26, 1939 – June 7, 2018) [1] was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and vocalist. Beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, he produced and arranged albums for popular artists such as Cher , Andy Williams , Helen Reddy , José Feliciano , Vicki Lawrence , and Liza Minnelli ...
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).
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.
Mar 4, 2013 · No doubt about it: Al Capp engaged in depraved behavior. Most disgraceful was his attempted rape of a number of women, from college co-eds to Grace Kelly. And, as the interview below suggests, there may be more. Capp also created Li’l Abner, once one of America’s most acclaimed comic strips.
Mar 28, 2013 · Their book, “Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary,” is a compelling, insightful and thorough examination of Capp’s life and career, from his infancy through his sad final years, when he died having alienated nearly everyone in his personal and professional life.
Al Capp was an American comic writer and artist, most famous for his long-running series 'Li'l Abner' (1934-1977). During its heydays the newspaper comic penetrated popular culture in degrees unimaginable today. The adventures of Abner and his hillbilly friends were extraordinarily popular.
Sep 24, 2024 · 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.
Feb 26, 2013 · The story of Li'l Abner creator Al Capp, as told in Michael Schuhmacher and Denis Kitchen's new biography Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary, has absorbed me for months.
Apr 25, 2013 · Published Apr 25, 2013. Link copied to clipboard. From 1934 to 1977, the hillbilly comic strip "Li'l Abner" was not just one of the most popular and successful strips in the world, it was a cultural force that inspired movies, radio shows, a musical and modern merchandizing.
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May 17, 2018 · Creator of "Li'l Abner," one of the most popular comic strips of all time, Al Capp (1909-1979) was also a satirist of remarkable talent. Capp was born Alfred Gerald Caplin in New Haven, Connecticut, on September 28, 1909.
