“ It ’ s phonetic Hebrew — that ’ s what it is, all right — and that ’ s what I was getting at with the name Yokum, more so than any attempt to sound hickish ," said Capp.

Capp is often associated with two other giants of the medium: Milton Caniff ( Terry and the Pirates, Steve Canyon ) and Walt Kelly ( Pogo ).

No matter how much help he had, Capp insisted on drawing and inking the characters ' faces and hands — especially of Abner and Daisy Mae — himself, and his distinctive touch is often discernible.

As is usual with collaborative efforts in comic strips, his name was the only one credited — although, sensitive to his own experience working on Joe Palooka, Capp frequently drew attention to his assistants in interviews and publicity pieces.

As Li ' l Abner reached its peak years, and following the success of the Shmoos and other high moments in his work, Al Capp achieved a public profile that is still unparalleled in his profession, and arguably exceeded the fame of his strip.

According to an apocryphal tale from this era, in a televised face-off, either Capp ( on the Dick Cavett Show ) or ( more commonly ) conservative talk show host Joe Pyne ( on his own show ) is supposed to have taunted iconoclastic musician Frank Zappa about his long hair, asking Zappa if he thought he was a girl.

" As part of a plea agreement, Capp pleaded guilty to the charge of " attempted adultery " ( adultery was, and as of 2011 still is a felony in Wisconsin ) and the other charges were dropped.

Capp is buried in Mount Prospect Cemetery in Amesbury, Massachusetts.

Al Capp, an inductee into the National Cartoon Museum ( formerly the International Museum of Cartoon Art ), is one of only 31 artists selected to their Hall of Fame.

According to the Boston Globe ( as reported on May 18, 2010 ), the town has renamed its amphitheater in the artist's honor, and is looking to develop an Al Capp Museum.

Capp is also the subject of an upcoming WNET-TV American Masters documentary, The Life and Times of Al Capp, produced by his granddaughter, independent filmmaker Caitlin Manning.

Kitchen is currently compiling a biographical monograph on Al Capp.

Less well-known is its adaptation of Andy Capp, starring James Bolam.

Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe ( 1917 – 1998 ), seen in The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957.

In the Alan Moore graphic novel " 1969 " a man, dressed as Andy Capp, is seen moving through a London crowd seemingly accompanied by a boy wearing a similar cap, perhaps an allusion to the Buster comic.

" When Fosdick is after a lawbreaker, there is no escape for the miscreant ," Capp wrote in 1956.

According to the Boston Globe ( as reported on May 18, 2010 ), the town has renamed its amphitheater in the artist's honor, and is looking to develop an Al Capp Museum.

* Al Capp, an inductee into the National Cartoon Museum ( formerly the International Museum of Cartoon Art ), is one of only 31 artists honored by inclusion into their Hall of Fame.

Kitchen is currently compiling a monograph on the life and career of Al Capp.

" Capp is at his allegorical best in the epics of the Shmoos, and later, the Kigmies ," wrote comic strip historian Jerry Robinson ( in The Comics: An Illustrated History of Comic Strip Art, 1974 ).

According to Al Capp, btfsplk is a rude sound.

During public lectures, Capp demonstrated this sound by closing his lips, leaving his tongue sticking out, and then blowing out air, which is colloquially called a " raspberry " or Bronx cheer.

Capp also lampooned popular recording idols of the day, such as Elvis Presley (" Hawg McCall ," 1957 ), Liberace (" Loverboynik ," 1956 ), the Beatles (" the Beasties ," 1964 )— and in 1944, Frank Sinatra.

In addition to creating Li ' l Abner, Capp also co-created two other newspaper strips: Abbie an ' Slats with magazine illustrator Raeburn van Buren in 1937, and Long Sam with cartoonist Bob Lubbers in 1954, as well as the Sunday " topper " strips Washable Jones, Small Fry ( aka Small Change ), and Advice fo ' Chillun.

Capp was also involved with the Sister Kenny Foundation, which pioneered new treatments for polio in the 1940s.

( When the award name was changed in 1954, Capp also retroactively received a Reuben statuette.

" ( Capp also spoofed Carson in his strip, in a 1970 episode called " The Tommy Wholesome Show.

Capp portrayed himself in a cameo role in the Bob Hope film That Certain Feeling, ( for which he also provided promotional art ).

Capp also freelanced very successfully as a magazine writer and newspaper columnist, in a wide variety of publications including Life, Show, Pageant, The Atlantic, Esquire, Coronet, and The Saturday Evening Post.

In addition to his public service work for charitable organizations for the handicapped, Capp also served on the National Reading Council, which was organized to combat illiteracy.

Capp was also inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 2004.

Capp also had a knack for popularizing certain uncommon terms, such as druthers, schmooze and nogoodnik, neatnik, etc.

In addition to Capp, Jerry Brondfield also wrote for the strip, with Adams stepping in occasionally.

The Mirror also runs a cartoon strip called Mandy, which started life as Mandy Capp.

Capp designed her in caricature of his wife Catherine ( minus the dirt ), who had also suggested Daisy Mae's name.

Capp also excelled at product endorsement, and Li ' l Abner characters were often featured in mid-century American advertising campaigns.

Capp has also been credited with popularizing many terms, such as " natcherly ," schmooze, druthers, and nogoodnik, neatnik, etc.

" Capp was also caricatured as an ill-mannered, boozy cartoonist ( Capp was a teetotaler in real life ) named " Hal Rapp " in the comic strip Mary Worth by Allen Saunders and Ken Ernst.

Declaring that satire was also protected free speech, he refused to order Capp to cease and desist.

There was also a separate line of comic books, Al Capp's Shmoo Comics ( featuring Washable Jones ), published by the Capp family-owned Toby Press. Comics historian and Li ' l Abner expert Denis Kitchen recently edited a complete collection of all five original Shmoo Comics, from 1949 and 1950.

Based on the comic strip Li ' l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on broader topics, ranging from incompetence in the United States federal government to standards of masculinity.

He also made appearances in a number of other TV shows, including the first series of Starting Out, Boon, Minder, Dear John, Farrington of the F. O., Z-Cars, Andy Capp, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, Blake's 7, and Casualty.

The Ice Capp can also be prepared as a Supreme, which includes a flavour shot, whipped topping, and either caramel or chocolate syrup.