They also obtained a cache of Capp’s correspondence through Todd Capp, Al’s nephew ... For instance, Schumacher notes that Mammy and Pappy Yokum were based on Capp’s parents, Tillie and ...

Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen trace the riveting trajectory of this brilliant but darkly, troubled man in their richly told new biography “Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary.” Get Starting ...

At its peak, the comic strip by Al Capp was published in more than 900 ... Daisy Mae (think Daisy Duke before there was a Daisy Duke); Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Abner's parents; and a slew of ...