Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

Li'l Abner. "AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIC: the secret headquarters of the SPY system of a foreign power"

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Resource type	Image
Creator	Capp, Al, 1909-1979
Description	Copyright, 1940, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Twelve panel monochrome comic strip. Dated Oct 6, no. 2-5.
Subject	Mountain people Men Satire Women
Rights statement	Copyright Not Evaluated
Language	eng
Identifier	Finding Number: CGA.AC.BC13.035 Digital ID: d_18099
Summary	A foreign power sends an operative to Dogpatch to see a typical American town. They discover the men (Abner and Pappy Yokum), the women and children and a creature called Earthquake McGoon. They decide after observing things they need to make friends with the women and Earthquake McGoon because they are the stronger of the Americans.
Source Collection	Jay Lynch Collection and Papers
Collection identifier	SPEC.CGA.JL
Repository	Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
File Format	image/tiff
Related finding aid	https://library.osu.edu/collections/SPEC.CGA.JL/
Date copyrighted	1940
Date	October 6, 1940
Rights note	This item, made available for research and educational purposes, may be protected by copyright; the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Version	original art
Medium	ink pencil paper
Syndicate	United Feature Syndicate
Permanent link	https://hdl.handle.net/1811/8c9a90e7-f6d6-49f2-90fd-70768d92a7df
Time period (Topic)	1940s (1940-1949)
Genre	comic strips
Extent	57.3 x 58.5 cm

Credit line: Jay Lynch Collection and Papers, The Ohio State University, Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum

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