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IDW's The Library of American Comics invite you to (g-gulp!)(chuckle), (sigh!!), and (*moan*) like a real Dogpatcher at all the fun andexcitement in Volume 3 of The Complete Li'l Abner! Enjoy breakneck comedyin these daily and full-color comic strips from 1939 and 1940, as Al Capp spoofsthe movies Topper and The Grapes of Wrath, sends Lonesome Polecatand Hairless Joe to New York, armed with a fresh batch of Kickapoo Joy Juice,gets Adam Lazonga, the world's greatest lover, to give lessons in how to woo agal "Dogpatch-style", and stages a battle for the ages as Mammy Yokum throwsdown against mean ol' Mother Ratfield! Eisner-winning editor and designer Dean Mullaney and writer Bruce Canwellcontinue to examine this slice of pure Americana, including a look at Li'lAbner's first appearance in themovies!-The Library of American Comicsis the world's #1 publisher of classic newspaper comic strips, with 14 EisnerAward nominations and three wins for best book. LOAC has become "the goldstandard for archival comic strip reprints...The research and articles provideinsight and context, and most importantly the glorious reproduction of thematerial has preserved these strips for those who knew them and offers a newgateway to adventure for those discovering them for the first time." -Scoop
