Michael Schumacher & Denis Kitchen discuss their new biography of the creator of the classic comic strip Li’l Abner, Al Capp: A Life To The Contrary

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Michael Schumacher & Denis Kitchen discuss their new biography of the creator of the classic comic strip Li’l Abner, Al Capp: A Life To The Contrary

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