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Appassionata Von Climax: One of a series of predatory, sexually aggressive sirens who pursue Li'l Abner prior to his marriage, and even afterward, much to the consternation of Daisy Mae. One of many femmes fatales and spoiled debutantes, including Gloria Van Welbilt, Moonlight Sonata, Mimi Van Pett and "The Tigress" ; Appassionata was portrayed ...
This involves Appassionata von Climax, the general's mistress. He cooks up a scheme to get Ms. von Climax to marry Li'l Abner, after which Abner would be killed and von Climax would become owner of the tonic, "by community property", and turn it over to Bullmoose. He orders von Climax to enter the race on Sadie Hawkins Day.
Li'l Abner is a 1956 musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies, but it is also a pointed satire on other topics, ranging from American politics and incompetence in the United States federal government to propriety and gender ...
After winning the role of Appassionata Von Climax in the musical Li'l Abner (1959), she signed a contract with Paramount Pictures (1959-1963). [12] In 1960, she won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress for her performance in Say One for Me , sharing the distinction with fellow up-and-comers Tuesday Weld , Angie Dickinson ...
On July 23, 2011, Gary Groth, president at Fantagraphics Books, announced during the company panel at San Diego Comic-Con that Fantagraphics had established an agreement with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc. to publish the EC Comic Library starting in 2012, with the aim to reintroduce the EC stories to new contemporary readers.
Appassionata von Climax New York City Center [34] You Never Can Tell: Gloria Laura Pels Theater, Off-Broadway [35] Bosoms and Neglect: Deirdre Signature Theatre Company, Off-Broadway [36] 1999 The Iceman Cometh: Cora Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Broadway [37] 2000 Arms and the Man: Raina Petkoff Gramercy Theater, Off-Broadway [38] Hedda Gabler: Mrs ...
The DC 100 Page Super Spectacular series was the "next wave" of "Giant" comics featuring reprint stories in the company's vast trove of tales during a 1971 editorial transition at DC Comics, when the Superman titles were taken over by Julius Schwartz after the retirement of Mort Weisinger, who had overseen all Superman-related comics since the early 1950s.
A short Tick adventure appeared in the Independent Comic Book Sampler 2, released in 1988. The Tick appeared in the first issue of Tales Too Terrible to Tell 1, also published by New England Comics, released Winter 1989-90. Ben Edlund drew a two-page comic strip for Fox Totally Kids magazine to promote The Tick animated series in the fall of 1995.