The ideel of lil abner, detective fearless fosdick was al capp s longrunning parody of chester goulds dick tracy. Not to be confused with al capps, andy capp, al capone, or all caps. Including moonbeam mcswine and fearless fosdick, 195152. Steven heller describes the book as spicy, a word that also applies to the. It appeared intermittently as a stripwithinastrip, in al capps satirical hillbilly.
Tellingly, kurtzman resisted parodying either lil abner or dick tracy in the comic book mad, despite their prominence. Chester goulds dick tracy is an obvious source for fearless fosdick. To see this image at full resolution, go to hairy green eyeball. Lil abners ideel fearless fosdick made his debut in an august 1942 lil abner sunday sequence, as the unflappable comic book idol of abners and of every other 100% redblooded american boy. Tracy fought horrible villains and, while sometimes wounded, always. Fearless fosdick is a longrunning parody of chester goulds dick tracy. Al capp lil abner fearless fosdick daily april 25, 1957. Meanwhile, the hilarious takeoff on dick tracy, fearless fosdick, is like getting two comic strips in one.
At long last lil abner and daisy mae get married in a story so big it. The ideel of lil abner, detective fearless fosdick was al capp slongrunning parody of chester goulds famous detective strip dick tracy. Meet fearless fosdick the ideel of lil abner and every other redblooded american boy. It was also one of the funniest things ever to appear in the funny pages. In one, our favorite bumbling detective moonlights as female officer phyllis fosdick. Inside youll find five of fosdick s greatest cases. Debuting in 1942, fearless fosdick became so useful to capp and so popular in his own right, that the stripwithina strip became a regular feature in lil abner for over thirty years. At the age of nine he lost his left leg in a trolley accident. Debuting in 1942, fearless fosdick became so useful to capp and so popular in his own right, that the unique stripwithina strip became a regular feature in lil abner for thirtyfive years.
This volume features two separate fearless fosdick adventures. Al capps fearless fosdick is featured in a lil abner sunday sequence from april 3, 1960. The frazetta years volume 4 19601961 al capp, frank frazetta isbn. Lawrence latskocomic strip the definitive disney princess pinups collection snow white disney pixar. Alfred gerald caplin september 28, 1909 november 5, 1979, better known as al capp, was an american cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip lil abner, which he created in 1934 and continued writing and with help from assistants drawing until 1977. Hayseed abner mindlessly aped his role modeleven going so far as submitting to marriage against his will. Lil abner s ideel fearless fosdick made his debut in an august 1942 lil abner sunday sequence, as the unflappable comic book idol of abner s and of every other 100% redblooded american boy. Capp dedicated a book of reprinted fosdick continuities to all underpaid. Cartoonist al capp 19091979 created lil abner, regarded by many as the greatest comic strip of all time. Frank frazetta ghosting for al capp comic book characters, comic books, lil. His parodies of popular funniesdick tracy, little orphan annie, steve canyon, etc. Max allan collins intro published by kitchen sink press. Posted in al capp, comic strips, fearless fosdick, lil abner, milton caniff.