Al Capp and Little Abner
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My title "The Country in the Very Best of Hands" is from a title of a song in the musical "Little Abner". "Little Abner" was taken from a popular comic strip of the same name.
Little Abner was hugely popular comic created by Al Capp (1909-1979). He created all the characters in the strip many of whom became household names. Little Abner, Daisey Mae, Ma and Pa Yokum, Marrying Sam, and Moonbeam McSwine. Abner's favorite comic strip character Fearless Fosdick who was a great take off on Dick Tracy were the first thing many people looked at in their newspaper.
Capp had lost leg in a street car accident at the age of ten. He was in the 40ths, 50ths, and 60ths one of the most well known cartoonists. He was at the beginning a liberal but in the '60 moved to the right mainly over issue of campus revolt. One of the characters he created was a folk singer named Joanie Phoney based on Joan Baez. In the 70ths he was accused of having sex with a female student at a university which lost him great credibility.
Many collections of the strip are still available. It remains great commentary about life and politics in the United States.
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