Peter Palmer brought the legendary comic strip character Li’l Abner to life, first as the lead in a successful Broadway musical and later in the movie based on the stage play. Palmer died Sept. 21, ...

AMESBURY — Three decades ago, cartoonist and radio personality Al Capp drew his colorful L'il Abner cartoon strip characters from a studio space overlooking Amesbury's Market Square. Now thanks to a ...

Oh, how the Li’ls have grown bigger and badder over the years. From 1935-1977, Al Capp’s classic Li’l Abner cartoon featured a bumbling man-child prone to long trips. More recently, Cash Money Records ...

His Sunday comic strip, “Lil' Abner”, was syndicated to hundreds of newspapers. Its principal character was the subject of a musical. Another Capp character, Fearless Fosdick – a parody of Dick Tracy ...

Right before Christmas, Ham Fisher had driven over to Jersey to call on his old pal Morris Weiss, who was about the only soul left who could stand him anymore, and by now Weiss’ patience was wearing ...