Li'l Abner Fearless Fosdick Advice fo' chillun Capp, Al, 1909-1979 artist still image graphic government publication still image Comics-American-1940-1950. Drawings-American-1940-1950. Periodical illustrations-American-1940-1950. xxu 1943 monographic 1943 May 30 [publication date] eng
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1 drawing (5 sheets) : India ink over pencil, with printed overlays, and opaque white on bristol board ; 70.7 x 56.6 cm. (sheets) Fifteen-frame comic strip. Fearless Fosdick faces the criminal Bomb-Face, but just as Fosdick is about to explode, he sends Bomb-Face out the window to destroy his gang of friends. Li'l Abner reads the strip, relieved that his favorite detective has survived another unusual escapade. The strip includes a frame of "Advice fo' Chillun," about saving fats and scrap metals for the war effort. Publication may be restricted. For information see "Caroline and Erwin Swann Collection ...," Copyright 1943 by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Editorial marks in margins. Signed, lower right, second frame: Al / Capp-; lower right, fifteenth frame: Al Capp. Sketch of a man with his arms around the legs of another man on verso. Bequest and gift; Caroline and Erwin Swann; 1974; (DLC/PP-1974:232.1293) Published in: The great American comic strip / Judith O'Sullivan. Boston: Little, Brown, p. 71. Exhibited: University of Maryland, "The Art of the Comic Strip," 1971; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, "The Art of the Comic Strip," 1972-1974. Forms part of: Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature and cartoon (Library of Congress). Appalachians (People) Social life 1940-1950 World War, 1939-1945 Children United States Criminals 1940-1950 Detectives 1940-1950 Reading 1940-1950 SWANN - no. 1723 Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g13078 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52496 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b34779 Caroline and Erwin Swann collection of caricature & cartoon (Library of Congress) (DLC) 93845503 2009615723 LC-USZC4-13078 DLC LC-USZC4-991 DLC LC-USZ62-88353 DLC hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3g13078 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3b52496 hdl:loc.pnp/cph.3b34779 aacr gihc DLC 930000 20250607032253.8 15852145 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208)