Life #20
In this rare 1946 issue of Life, Al Capp offers a personal glimpse into his early life through a candid, illustrated biography titled "Al Capp by Li'l Abner." The piece traces his formative years, from the streetcar accident that cost him a leg at age twelve to his time in the American South, which sparked the idea for his famous comic strip, and his courtship and marriage to Catherine Cameron. Rendered with his signature style and signed by Capp himself, the story is a distinctive blend of autobiography and art, with contributions from Walter Johnson on inking and red-only coloring.
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Brief biography of Al Capp, relating his loss of a leg at age 12 in a streetcar accident, his supposed inspiration for the Li'l Abner comic strip upon visiting the South, and his courtship and marriage of Catherine Cameron.
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