
The Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo
Al Capp(Author)
Overlook Press
Published on 1. October 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-58567-462-6 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring the lovable squash-shaped Shmoo, who became the darling of America when it was introduced more than fity years ago, generating a major merchandising frenzy, two graphic novels--The Life and Times of the Shmoo and The Return of the Shmoo--are contained within one volume. Reprint.
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Edition
Reprint
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 184 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
336 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58567-462-6 (9781585674626)
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Persons
Al Capp (1909-1979) created the comic strip Li'l Abner-featuring the exploits of Daisy Mae, Ma and Pa Yokum, Sadie Hawkins, and the Shmoo. The Dogpatch hillbillies struck a chord with Depression-plagued Americans and the strip ran from 1934 until 1977.