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Title: Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Sundays, 1954-55 by Frank Frazetta, Denis Kitchen ISBN: 1-56971-959-4 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Highly amoosing
Comment: These are Sunday Li'l Abner pages, penciled by comics legend Frank Frazetta. In my opinion, Li'l Abner was the greatest comic stip of all time. The strip was fantastic during the 1950s, so you can't go wrong here. It seems like this was released because of the Frazetta connection, but the art looks pretty much like all other Li'l Abner art. Frazetta was clearly drawing as close as he could to Al Capp's style. But any excuse to have Li'l Abner strips released works for me. Highly recommended.
Rating: 4
Summary: Hilarious stories, so-so reproductions
Comment: When I first opened this book I was disappointed that instead of reproductions of the original art, I was seeing photos of printed newspaper pages, which creates a somewhat degraded image, with the ben day dots smudging together in blotchy patterns, the ink lines losing much of their delicacy, and the light/dark composition being thrown off. Newspaper printing in the '50s wasn't that crisp to begin with, but obviously this was what was available, and so if we are to enjoy these great comics today, it will have to do. All in all, it is legible (about as good as a quality color xerox from a newspaper), and it's a wonder that these pages of the NY Sunday Mirror were saved at all in such good shape.
The stories are absolutely all-time world-class, the drawings are superb and Lil Abner is one of the most memorable comic strips the form has ever produced. There is also a nice explanation of Al Capp's relationship to Frazetta, and an interesting B/W reproduction of Frazetta's artwork for a parody of the motorcycle flick, "The Wild Ones", which drew complaints that it was not consistent with the look of the strip (they were right; the book states that afterward Frazetta did not ink his own drawings).
I laughed out loud at almost every story. They are real gems.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Return of a Great American Comic Strip
Comment: Denis Kitchen said he hoped to bring out a collection of the Li'l Abner Sundays when he printed the dailies under his own publishing company several years ago. He has finally been able to achieve this with the help of Dark Horse. This is a classic strip, sharply written, beautifully rendered, superior to most anything on the funny pages today. Please note this book is hardcover like a european album, not softcover as listed in the description. Also Mac Raboy has nothing to do with it. This must be a mix up from the Flash Gordon book currently available. The reproduction can be a bit muddy since it was scanned from newsprint tear sheets and can only be as good as the source. A great bargain price to boot! You can't go wrong.
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Title: Al Capps Little Abner: The Frazetta Years, 1958-59 by Frank Frazetta, Denis Kitchen ISBN: 1569719772 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Al Capp' s Lil Abner: The Frazetta Years by Al Capp, Frank Frazetta ISBN: 1593071337 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: March, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon, vol. 1 by Mac Raboy, Don Moore, Alex Raymond ISBN: 1569718822 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Vol. 3 by Mac Raboy ISBN: 1569719780 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Mac Raboy's Flash Gordon Volume 4 by Mac Raboy ISBN: 1569719799 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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