Little Abner, Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, the Shmoo or Schmoo, Fearless Fosdick, Dogpatch. Lil Abner Daisy Mae Mammy and Pappy Yokum The Shmoo Dogpatch ...

04/03/2013 · 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. It began in 1934, the Depression era, and was centered around the …

Daisy Mae Yokum (née Scragg): Beautiful Daisy Mae was hopelessly in love with Dogpatch's most prominent resident throughout the entire 43-year run of Al Capp's comic strip. During most of the epic, the impossibly dense Abner exhibited little romantic interest in her voluptuous charms (much of it visible daily thanks to her famous polka-dot peasant blouse and cropped skirt).

Throughout the years fans of the Li’l Abner comic strip were not only entertained by creator Al Capp’s major characters, Li’l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy Yokum, Pappy Yokum, and Fearless Fosdick, but they were also treated to a constant and colorfully unique world of …

Joanie was Capp's notorious parody of protest singer/songwriter Joan Baez. The character caused a storm of controversy in 1966, and many newspapers would only run censored versions of the strips. Baez took Capp's implicit satire to heart, however, as she would admit years later in her autobiography: "Mr Capp confused me considerably.

28/02/2013 · 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 ...

Joe Btfsplk was a character in the satirical comic strip Li'l Abner (published 1934–1977) by cartoonist Al Capp. He is well-meaning but is "the world's worst jinx", bringing disastrous misfortune to everyone around him. A small, dark rain cloud perpetually hovers over his head to symbolize his bad luck.

23/01/2016 · Joe Btfsplk is the Cartoon Character With the Cloud Over his Head. The iconic cartoon character with the perpetual black storm over his head is Joe Btfsplk created by Al Capp in the Lil Abner comic strip that ran from 1934 to 1977. Joe …

Al Capp. Li'l Abner cartoon: “And now we'll all sing our new songs of protest.” February 8, 1967. Ink, blue pencil, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (041.02.00) [Digital ID # ppmsca-31184]