# Al Capp?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-capp/31153>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 29, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-capp/31153 "2000-08-29T05:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-capp/31153/21 "2000-09-18T23:45:58Z")

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> Frank Frazetta was a Capp employee for around nine years

That makes my brain hurt.

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**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-capp/31153/22 "2000-09-19T13:40:14Z")

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**andros** :

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> > Frank Frazetta was a Capp employee for around nine years
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> That makes my brain hurt.

Maybe you could elaborate on this comment. I really don’t know what you mean to imply.

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**Author:** ![jab1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee7513/32.png) [@jab1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jab1)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2000, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/al-capp/31153/23 "2000-09-23T19:41:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Maxwell Edison \*  
> **…for a great percentage of Lil’ Abners run, the artwork was done by ghost artists… This practice is not uncommon; Jim Davis hasn’t drawn Garfield for years.**

The same can be said for _Dennis the Menace_. Hank Ketchum _occaisionally_ draws a cartoon, and, when he does, will include a “notch” in the upper right corner of the panel to distinguish his work from that of the hired hands. (I read about this in the newspaper recently.)

It’s also why the professionals and the more devoted fans were in such awe of Charles Schulz. He wrote, drew and lettered EVERY _Peanuts_ strip himself (including the coloring of every Sunday strip) for almost fifty years. I don’t believe any other cartoonist can claim such longevity.

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