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Dogpatch USA was a theme park located in northwest Arkansas along State Highway 7 between the cities of Harrison and Jasper, an area known today as Marble Falls. It was based on the comic strip Li'l Abner, created by cartoonist Al Capp and set in a fictional village called Dogpatch. The park opened in 1968, and closed in 1993.
Li'l Abner was a satirical American comic strip that appeared in multiple newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Europe.It featured a fictional clan of hillbillies living in the impoverished fictional mountain village of Dogpatch, USA.
In 1967, Al Capp licensed and had an interest in an 800-acre (3.2 km 2) $35 million theme park called Dogpatch USA in Marble Falls near Harrison, Arkansas, based on the comic strip's setting and featuring a trout farm, buggy and horseback rides, entertainment by characters from the Li'l Abner comic strip, and eventually amusement rides.
Sadie Hawkins Day is an American folk event and pseudo-holiday originated by Al Capp's hillbilly comic strip Li'l Abner (1934–1977). The annual comic strip storyline inspired real-world Sadie Hawkins events, the premise of which is that women ask men for a date or dancing.
Li'l Abner is a 1959 musical comedy film based on the comic strip of the same name created by Al Capp and the successful Broadway musical of the same name that opened in 1956. The film was produced by Norman Panama and directed by Melvin Frank [2] (co-writers of the Broadway production).
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The NorthEast Comic Con and Collectible Extravaganza — featuring celebrity guests, comic book artists and writers and vendors —will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 29; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 30; and ...