tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post713465493723906023..comments2024-01-28T22:17:29.551-08:00Comments on Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Number 2207: Frank Frazetta and the imitation li’l AbnerPappyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-52689467396162212842018-07-21T06:41:29.525-07:002018-07-21T06:41:29.525-07:00This is very near the end of the feature (AFAICT i...This is very near the end of the feature (AFAICT it ended with #73). Apparently the GCD has no idea who scripted it. Anyone here want to try?<br />Thanks!Darcihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01598465647270663106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-31936317046473928672018-07-18T16:20:27.067-07:002018-07-18T16:20:27.067-07:00Yep! My local library has a ton (!) of comic rela...Yep! My local library has a ton (!) of comic related books and reprints to be checked out! But those strips are lost to posterity at this point. :(Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-18475617630425264672018-07-18T07:26:41.705-07:002018-07-18T07:26:41.705-07:00Charlie Horse, I don't know the number of news...Charlie Horse, I don't know the number of newspapers those strips appeared in, but Li'l Abner was near the top. And I qualified it to say it had the most cultural impact. When Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae got married it made the cover of <i>Life</i> magazine. It was also a gold mine for Al Capp, who kept the rights to the strip, so he could negotiate with other syndicates when his contract came up for renewal, and get more money from licensing. (He was also, with his brother, part-owner of Toby Press, which published comic books and...guess what?...Li'l Abner reprints.)<br /><br />The thing about <i>Li'l Abner, Gasoline Alley, Dick Tracy, Terry and the Pirates</i>, et al, is that because they do not appear in hundreds of newspapers any more they are not known to new generations. They are available to us in reprint form. <br /><br />There are a bunch of Li'l Abner reprint books and you can still find them.Pappyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977289662431694607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31723906.post-65308004461921242332018-07-17T15:57:33.218-07:002018-07-17T15:57:33.218-07:00Seriously? Lil Abner was more read than Dick Tra...Seriously? Lil Abner was more read than Dick Tracy or Gasoline Alley or Terry and the Prates? Didn’t know that! And I’ve never read a single Abner comic. Ouch!Charlie Horse 47https://www.blogger.com/profile/00906538705798228800noreply@blogger.com