Daisy Mae Got L'il Abner

Pop artists blurred the line between commercial art and fine art. While artists like Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol drew inspiration from comic books and advertising imagery, the comic strip artist Al Capp produced large-scale paintings and prints based on his popular Li’l Abner. Created in 1934, Capp’s comic strip centered on the unusual residents of the imaginary town of Dogpatch, Kentucky, and the exploits of the dashing, yet unintelligent Li’l Abner. This scene depicts one of the most talked about events of 1952 (it made the cover of Life magazine that year): L’il Abner’s marriage to Daisy Mae.

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