| Description |
xvi, 143 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
Previously published as two separate works: The life and times of the shmoo. 1948; and, The return of the shmoo. 1959. |
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Based on the author's comic strip: Li'l Abner. |
| Contents |
Shmoo goes there -- The shmoo : 1948 -- The shmoo : 1959. |
| Summary |
"More than 50 years ago, America was taken by storm when Al Capp introduced the Shmoo in his comic strip Li'l Abner - where Sadie Hawkins Day also first appeared. In the words of Life magazine, the nation was "Shmoo-struck." The adorable squash-shaped character was so popular that it immediately spawned a massive merchandising craze: there were Shmoo dolls, Shmoo watches - even Shmoo ashtrays and Shmoo fishing lures. Shmoo clubs sprang up around the country - including a "Society for the Advancement of the Shmoo" - and inflatable Shmoos managed to reach German soil as part of the Berlin Air Lift. It was, as a reviewer in The New York Times commented, "a cultural event of enormous significance.""--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Comic books, strips, etc.
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Comic books, strips, etc. (OCoLC)fst00869145
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| Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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Graphic novels. (OCoLC)fst01726630
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Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Added Author |
Capp, Al, 1909-1979.
Return of the shmoo.
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Capp, Al, 1909-1979.
Li'l Abner.
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| Added Title |
Life and times of the shmoo
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Short life and happy times of the shmoo |
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Shmoo |
| ISBN |
1585672165 (alk. paper) |
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9781585672165 (alk. paper) |
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