AL CAPP - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 02/01/1961 - HFSID 31822
Sale Price $245.00
Reg. $300.00
AL CAPP
This letter, signed by cartoonist Al Capp in blue crayon, was typed
on Capp's stationery personalized with his most famous character, Li'l Abner, in
1961. It accompanied "the original I promised you."
Typed letter signed "Al" in blue crayon. 1 page, 8¼x10¾, on
Capp's personalized stationery with a bust cartoon of Li'l Abner printed near
left edge. Feb. 1, 1961. Addressed to Mr. Peter Hunt, Associated
Rediffusion, Television House, London, England. In full: "Dear Peter:
Here is the original I promised you, and some more for some others. If there is
anyone I missed who would like one, would you let me know? Best,". Capp
(1909-1979, born Alfred Gerald Capin in New Haven, Connecticut) lost his
right leg in a trolley accident at the age of nine and spent five years in high
school without receiving a diploma, yet went on to create one of America's
most-loved, and certainly longest-running, comic strip, Li'l Abner.
He started out drawing Mister Gilfeather,a one-panel cartoon
in New York City, a cartoon that he reportedly hated. He met Ham Fisher in 1933
and worked with him on Joe Palooka before beginning the cartoon that he'd
become known for: Li'l Abner, which first appeared in The New York
Mirror in 1934. Li'l Abner, which ran until Al Capp's retirement
in 1977, detailed the exploits of the rustic inhabitants of Dogpatch, USA
and spawned, among other things, a Broadway musical that ran 693
performances from 1956 to 1958, a 1959 film with an Oscar-nominated score, a
theme park in Marble Falls, Arkansas called Dogpatch USA (now closed) and the
Sadie Hawkins dance, after a fictional Dogpatch holiday called Sadie Hawkins
Day. Lightlytoned, soiled and creased. Rust stain near top left
corner. Folded once and unfolded. Light tear in right edge along fold. Otherwise
in fine condition.
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