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Capp, Al
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Capp, Al

 orig. Alfred Gerald Caplin

(born Sept. 28, 1909, New Haven, Conn., U.S.—died Nov. 5, 1979, New Haven, Conn.) U.S. cartoonist. He studied landscape architecture before turning to cartooning. His comic strip Li'l Abner first appeared in the New York Mirror in 1934 and was soon being syndicated throughout the country. Set in the backwoods community of Dogpatch, U.S.A., it featured Li'l Abner, a shy, awkward woodsman; Daisy Mae, a persistent maiden who succeeded in catching Abner after a 17-year pursuit; and a host of colourful characters.



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Its stakeholders, CAPP says, "tell us that they are concerned about the effect our industry's activities have on air, land and water.
The association suggested a better term would be "Slobovian loss," named after the fictional kingdom of Lower Slobovia featured in the classic L'il Abner comic strip drawn by Al Capp.
The area enclosed within the boundaries of the CAPP includes more than 700 parcels of land.
 
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