Li'l Abner
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Li'l Abner was a comic strip that appeared in many United States and Canadian newspapers, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the impoverished town of Dogpatch, USA. Written and drawn by Al Capp, the strip ran from 1934 through 1977.
Read daily by scores of millions of people, the strip's characters and humor had a powerful cultural impact. A pseudo-holiday created in the strip, Sadie Hawkins Day is still observed in the form of dances at which women approach (or chase after) men.
The comic strip starred Li'l Abner Yokum, a dumb, obstinate, strong, and good-natured hillbilly. Abner lived at home with his parents, Pansy ("Mammy") and Lucifer ("Pappy") Yokum. Abner inherited his strength from the irascible Mammy, who dominated her family through the force of her personality, and dominated her foes with a knockout punch.
Abner's main goal in life was evading the marital designs of Daisy Mae Scragg, his beautiful and faithful girlfriend, and scion of the Yokums' feudal enemies...
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