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Ham Fisher

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 9)

R.C. Harvey | February 21, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 8)

R.C. Harvey | February 13, 2019

Articles

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 7)

The tragic ending of Ham Fisher

R.C. Harvey | February 7, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 6)

In 1950, the Fisher-Capp feud boiled over, in the pages of Time and The Atlantic Monthly.

R.C. Harvey | January 29, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 5)

World War II begins, and the first shots in the Ham Fisher/Al Capp war are also fired.

R.C. Harvey | January 22, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 4)

The Capp/Fisher feud heats up.

R.C. Harvey | January 15, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 3)

The story continues with Al Capp and the birth of Li’l Abner.

R.C. Harvey | January 8, 2019

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief (Part 2)

Our story begins with Ham Fisher and the birth of Joe Palooka.

R.C. Harvey | December 18, 2018

Hare Tonic

Hubris and Chutzpah: How Li’l Abner Kayo’d Joe Palooka and Both Their Creators Came to Grief

The story of Al Capp and Ham Fisher, two cartooning geniuses, their rise to celebrity and their furious interactions with each other, is the stuff of epic adventure fiction,
but here, it is fact.

R.C. Harvey | December 11, 2018

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