Wednesday, March 5, 2025

Paul Fung’s Unpublished “Mary Lou” Comic Strip

Paul Fung was the artist and Catherine Cameron Capp the writer. She was the wife of Al Capp who created “Li’l Abner” which debuted on August 13, 1934.  The “Mary Lou” strip, created later in the 1930s, was not picked up by a newspaper syndicate. Additional information is at Heritage Auctions.
 
Images courtesy of Heritage Auctions

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Wednesday, February 26, 2025

Flower Drum Song, 1962

North Staffordshire Amateur Operatic & Dramatic Society
England
 




















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Next post on Wednesday: Paul Fung’s Unpublished “Mary Lou” Comic Strip)

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Flower Drum Song, 1981

The Muny
St. Louis, Missouri
June 1981






 


 








 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Union Plaza Hotel
Las Vegas, Nevada
October 1981







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Next post on Wednesday: Flower Drum Song, 1962)

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Flower Drum Song, 1973

St. John’s High School
St. Louis, Missouri
1973







 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lotus Petal Beat
Parkland Senior High School
Orefield, Pennsylvania
May 1973









 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
San Bernardino Civic Light Opera Association
California
November 1973

















 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Next post on Wednesday: Flower Drum Song, 1981)