Al Capp's Li'l Abner: Complete Daily & Sunday Comics #2

Al Capp's beloved Dogpatch universe gets a handsome archival treatment in this second volume collecting the complete dailies and color Sundays from 1937–1938. The cover, drawn by Capp himself, spotlights a glamorous blonde in a red polka-dot dress dominating the foreground, with circular portrait medallions introducing Marryin' Sam, the darkly alluring Strange Gal, and a wide-eyed Abner Hisself — plus a silhouetted jalopy of witchy figures racing across a full moon overhead. Edited by Dean Mullaney with a historical essay by Bruce Canwell, this $49.99 hardcover is a genuinely satisfying way to experience Capp's sharp satirical cartooning in its original, era-defining form.