Al Capp didn't often play well with others, and his public career ended in disgrace. But many people owe the "Li'l Abner" cartoonist some thanks, starting with every high school boy asked to a Sadie ...

A new biography of the “Li’l Abner” creator looks at the groundbreaking cartoon and the man behind it. By Alex Ben Block Al Capp is a nearly forgotten footnote in American history today but a new book ...

No exaggeration: I coughed hot soup out of my nose while reading the new hardbound volume of deadpan dadaist Michael Kupperman’s Tales Designed to Thrizzle (Fantagraphics; $24.99). The strip that did ...

The difficulties that Massachusetts Republicans face in recruiting Senate candidates are nothing new. In 1970 they needed someone to challenge the young Senator Edward Kennedy, and they went so far as ...