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Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Al Capp's Shmoo #5, 2 of 2
Continuing from where we left off last week, here's more of Al Capp's Shmoo #5 from April 1950, which the first part gives credit to unnamed Li'l Abner staff artists and uses some of the strip's supporting characters.
Backup by the recently departed Mel(l) Lazarus but lettering by a Capp staff letterer.
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SAM HENDERSON has been doing comics, illustration and writing popular among people aware of their existence since his birth, though he wasn't paid for it until 1991. In addition to his own series,The Magic Whistle, clients have included Nickelodeon, New York Press, DC Comics, Heavy Metal, New York Observer,and ...um... Screw. He was a storyboard director for SpongeBob Squarepants in 2001.
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