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...Americans like comic strips, but some hate them. One who hates them belligerently is Author-Critic John Mason Brown. Last week during a radio debate in Manhattan's Town Hall on what's wrong with the funnies, he collided with boisterous Cartoonist Al Capp (real name: Alfred Gerald Caplin...
Nonsense, retorted Al (Li'l Abner) Capp. "Comic strippers are storytellers. . . . Dickens might have written in comic books if he could have gotten a contract...
Novelist (Message from a Stranger) Marya Mannes, another Town Hall debater, was shocked. "Dickens is a creative artist," she snapped, "and Mr. Capp is a conveyor belt." The only good thing about the comics, said Mrs. Mannes, is that the most popular strips are in the most irresponsible papers, and serve to keep people from reading their editorials...
Although the scheduled program will not be released until later today, this morning's unofficial listing included: Al Capp, cartoon genius; Arthur Valpey, new Varsity football coach; Vern Miller '42, Boston sports writer who will M.O. the evening; one Mile. Charpentier, a mystery at present: the Dunster Dunees; a quartet from Wellesley; the Final Rhythm Kings: an entire U.S.O. entertainment unit; and possibly Victor Forge piano-playing radio...
First of the acts for the Freshman Smoker was lined up last night when the eight-man committee in charge of the affair announced that "Li'I Abner" creator Al Capp would appear at the event, Monday, March 22, with a demonstration of his cartooning talents...