The comics

Posted on March 27, 2008 by lmharnisch


March 27, 1938
Los Angeles

1938_0327_abner_thumb

I’m starting to think that no comic strip of the late 1930s was complete without a great white hunter contending with cowardly native tribesmen in "darkest Africa." This is Al Capp’s "Li’l Abner." 

1938_0327_abner


Email me

Unknown's avatar

About lmharnisch

I am retired from the Los Angeles Times
This entry was posted in art and artists, Front Pages and tagged , , . Bookmark the permalink.

1 Response to The comics

  1. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    March 27, 2008 at 9:11 am

    As early as the mid-fifties, many of us kids in school knew that Al Capp’s comics were filled with demeaning stereotypes. Such things were just beginning to stir national awareness.
    Seems hard to comprehend today, but the concept of ‘Black is Beautiful’ had to be introduced to white society in order for us to see the obvious. We live in a more beautiful and colorful world now. Thank the gods.

    Like

Comments are closed.