tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post5467570107599116362..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: Happy 100th Birthday, Al CappMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-10757144604144176982009-11-30T15:12:48.255-05:002009-11-30T15:12:48.255-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-57153548173331691432009-11-30T15:11:12.761-05:002009-11-30T15:11:12.761-05:00I love Li'l Abner! Part of what made Capp so ...I love <i>Li'l Abner!</i> Part of what made Capp so "difficult" is also what made him so good. (I'm sure Ambrose Bierce and Jonathon Swift were considered "difficult" in their day as well.) <br /><br />Recently, I helped to research and rewrite the Wikipedia entries on Capp, <i>Li'l Abner, Fearless Fosdick</i> and the Shmoo. Revisiting his work was a blast. <br /><br />I think Capp is shamefully underrated. It's unconscionable that there's no public acknowledgement of his work in his home town of New Haven, CT., or his familiar stomping grounds in Cambridge and Amesbury, MA.<br /><br />Thanks for posting this well-deserved tribute.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-75983070752400463612009-11-30T15:11:12.762-05:002009-11-30T15:11:12.762-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.mike fontanellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685917448327606335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-16980587663095274362009-09-28T22:31:48.850-04:002009-09-28T22:31:48.850-04:00Was it really 100 years? Sometimes it feels longe...Was it really 100 years? Sometimes it feels longer, considering what's happened to the medium since his passing...<br /><br />I have to hand it to you, Mike, you were able to point out why he should be remembered without ignoring much of what made him difficult to deal with. He could be exasperating and a bit much to stomach when he got full of himself (his usual buoyancy point), but what he did when he got down to writing and drawing can be neither ignored nor denied. <br /><br />This was a great tribute; thanks for posting it.Jim Ryanhttp://raginggail.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com