During 2007 and 2008, this site gave access to the entire history of the strip (minus the missing ones), accessed by the original dates. The one shown here ran on May 31, 1948. Following that, it jumped to the end of 1951, for three days. Then, it began a run of every day through 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. It stopped at that point.
Now, we find that they re-started the strip on May 15, but it was inaccessible until today.
It appears this apx 10 months? over and over are the only strips not being held in a copyright. The others can be found if you know where to look, ie the time they went to Boston in February to pick oranges etc.I’m betting they are just whetting appetites so when they publish a complete book of Lil Abner, there will be lines forming to buy it – like the ones that formed for Windows 2000 – lines blocks long with people with $100 bills in hand. As I recall that photo was taken in a country where we were being begged to send money to feed their starving kids. (But they had money for a computer upgrade?)
A complete book of Li’l Abner? The Kitchen Sink Press collection of dailies from 1934 to 1961 is 27 volumes long. I see no way that a complete book of all Li’l Abner strips, dailies and Sundays, 1934 to 1978, could possibly be published. Nobody could lift it, unless the strips were all so small that nobody could read them.
The Library of American Comics has so far published 4 beautiful volumes of Li’l Abner dailies and Sundays, covering 1934 to 1942. See http://www.libraryofamericancomics.com/catalog/series/1101
Vista Bill Raley and Comet™ almost 12 years ago
Yea! Somebody turned the record over!
blunebottle almost 12 years ago
This is where I came in…….see ya’ around!
BurtG almost 12 years ago
Crap! Not again! This is ridiculous.
reader1k almost 12 years ago
During 2007 and 2008, this site gave access to the entire history of the strip (minus the missing ones), accessed by the original dates. The one shown here ran on May 31, 1948. Following that, it jumped to the end of 1951, for three days. Then, it began a run of every day through 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955. It stopped at that point.
Now, we find that they re-started the strip on May 15, but it was inaccessible until today.
reader1k almost 12 years ago
Oops! That last comment was from several days ago, when the strip for May 15 was being shown every day.
reader1k almost 12 years ago
May 14th! It’s just too early to be doing this. Doesn’t matter though, my comments never show up after I leave the page.
davidf42 almost 12 years ago
Agreed. With such a huge archive of stories, why keep running the same ones over and over?
jlbrown7 almost 12 years ago
OH NO! NOT AGAIN!
chicken 33 almost 12 years ago
I wanted to see the schmos come out of the valley or wolf gal or anthing but another Pete. I guess when it’s free you get what you pay for.
Philamon Madison almost 12 years ago
I told you it should have been Fosdick!
asburyfm almost 12 years ago
Could we start again somewhere around 1950?
billdi Premium Member almost 12 years ago
yeah i’m done with this strip until it emerges from it crazy time-loop.
tuslog64 almost 12 years ago
It appears this apx 10 months? over and over are the only strips not being held in a copyright. The others can be found if you know where to look, ie the time they went to Boston in February to pick oranges etc.I’m betting they are just whetting appetites so when they publish a complete book of Lil Abner, there will be lines forming to buy it – like the ones that formed for Windows 2000 – lines blocks long with people with $100 bills in hand. As I recall that photo was taken in a country where we were being begged to send money to feed their starving kids. (But they had money for a computer upgrade?)
jackdohany almost 12 years ago
A complete book of Li’l Abner? The Kitchen Sink Press collection of dailies from 1934 to 1961 is 27 volumes long. I see no way that a complete book of all Li’l Abner strips, dailies and Sundays, 1934 to 1978, could possibly be published. Nobody could lift it, unless the strips were all so small that nobody could read them.
jackdohany almost 12 years ago
The Library of American Comics has so far published 4 beautiful volumes of Li’l Abner dailies and Sundays, covering 1934 to 1942. See http://www.libraryofamericancomics.com/catalog/series/1101
These volumes cost $49 apiece.