Peter Bagge on Al Capp

Everything about the life and art of Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, was brash and over the top. Peter Bagge reports that the new book Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary does a fine job of capturing both the greatness of the strip and the flaws of the man behind it.

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