Fearless Fosdick

Al Capp didn't just use Fearless Fosdick to make fun of Dick Tracy and action-adventure strips; by having Li'l Abner read the strip and discuss it with Daisy Mae, he used it to comment on his own strip and his readers.

More On Meta-Strips (Or, Because It's Fearless Fosdick, "Moron" Meta-Strips) Jaime J. Weinman 2009

In my post about meta-strips, I somehow forgot to mention the Fearless Fosdick strips from Li'l Abner, even though those are some of the most interesting meta-humor in any comic strip.

More On Meta-Strips (Or, Because It's Fearless Fosdick, "Moron" Meta-Strips) Jaime J. Weinman 2009

Asides drum Daisey all I remember is the lil guy wiff his own rain cloud, and the crimestawppers textbook, and Fearless Fosdick, and the smoos, but thas all

what, ceiling cat? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008

I think I remember enjoying the adventures of Fearless Fosdick more than the goings on in Dogpatch, although I'm sure that as I approached adolescence what I liked best about the strip was Daisy Mae and Moon Beam McSwine.

Lance Mannion: 2005

It seems to me that there were an awful lot of stories about Lower Slobbovia and Shmoos and Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe and their adventures in the Kickapoo Joy Juice trade and Fearless Fosdick, and whatever politics Capp put in them must have been pretty watered down and easy to overlook in all the lazy farce.

Lance Mannion: 2005

It seems to me that there were an awful lot of stories about Lower Slobbovia and Shmoos and Lonesome Polecat and Hairless Joe and their adventures in the Kickapoo Joy Juice trade and Fearless Fosdick, and whatever politics Capp put in them must have been pretty watered down and easy to overlook in all the lazy farce.

Saturday Morning Gazette 2005

I think I remember enjoying the adventures of Fearless Fosdick more than the goings on in Dogpatch, although I'm sure that as I approached adolescence what I liked best about the strip was Daisy Mae and Moon Beam McSwine.

Saturday Morning Gazette 2005

Dirty Harry and all the macho heroes played by Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson and Sylvester Stallone, though his lineage extends back to reckless cop Fearless Fosdick in the comic strip L'il Abner.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011

Dirty Harry and all the macho heroes played by Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson and Sylvester Stallone, though his lineage extends back to reckless cop Fearless Fosdick in the comic strip L'il Abner.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed WARREN CLEMENTS 2011

Instead we simply witnessed a press briefing and a "complaint" by Fearless Fosdick in which he revealed snippets of phone conversations and accusations.

The Virginian 2009