Dogpatch

Dogpatch was the fictional setting of most of Al Capp's Li'l Abner comic strip.

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The inhabitants of Dogpatch were mostly lazy hillbillies, who wanted nothing to do with progress, were extremely patriotic, and devastatingly poor. The town was often referred to by its inhabitants and outsiders as being the most miserable and unnecessary place on Earth.

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A theme park named Dogpatch USA was built in 1967 in Marble Falls, Arkansas. However, the park closed in 1993 due to deep debt.

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At one point, the small town of Malcolm, Maryland was nicknamed "Dogpatch."

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Al Capp: Al Capp (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979) was an American cartoonist best known for the satiric comic strip, Li'l Abner. He also wrote the comic strips Abbie and Slats and Long Sam. His given name was Alfred Gerald Caplin....

Li'l Abner: Li'l Abner was a comic strip in United States newspapers, featuring a fictional clan of hillbillies in the town of Dogpatch. Written and drawn by Al Capp, it ran from 1934 through 1977....

Comic strip: :This article is about the sequential art form. For the British comedy group, see The Comic Strip....