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==Public service works== Capp provided specialty artwork for civic groups, government agencies, and charitable or nonprofit organizations, spanning several decades.<ref>[http://cartoonician.com/2012/05/presarvin-freedom-al-capp-treasury-man/"Presarvin' Freedom: Al Capp, Treasury Man," ''Hogan's Alley Online Magazine'', 9 May 2012] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120708021015/http://cartoonician.com/2012/05/presarvin-freedom-al-capp-treasury-man/ |date=July 8, 2012 }}</ref> The following titles are all single-issue, educational comic books and pamphlets produced for various [[public services]]: *''Al Capp by Li'l Abner''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[American Red Cross|Red Cross]] (1946) *''Yo' Bets Yo' Life!''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[U.S. Army]] ({{circa|1950}}) *''Li'l Abner Joins the Navy''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[U.S. Navy|Dept. of the Navy]] (1950) *''Fearless Fosdick and the Case of the Red Feather''β Public service giveaway issued by Red Feather Services, a forerunner of [[United Way of America|United Way]] (1951) *''The Youth You Supervise''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[U.S. Department of Labor]] (1956) *''Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery!''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[Anti-Defamation League]] of [[B'nai B'rith]] (1956) *''Operation: Survival!''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[Civil Defense|Dept. of Civil Defense]] (1957) *''Natural Disasters!''β Public service giveaway issued by the Department of Civil Defense (1957) *''[[Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story]]''β Public service giveaway issued by [[The Fellowship of Reconciliation]] (1958)<ref name=Grio /> *''Li'l Abner and the Creatures from Drop-Outer Space''β Public service giveaway issued by the [[Job Corps]] (1965) *''Statue of Josiah Flintabattey Flonatin''β design of a statue for the northern Manitoba city of Flin Flon's mascot [City of Flin Flon's tribute [https://www.cityofflinflon.ca/p/-statue-of-josiah-flintabattey-flonatin]] (1962) In addition, Dogpatch characters were used in national campaigns for the [[U.S. Treasury]], the Cancer Foundation, the [[March of Dimes]], the National Heart Fund, the Sister Kenny Foundation, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], [[Community Chest (organization)|Community Chest]], the National Reading Council, Minnesota Tuberculosis and Health Association, [[Christmas Seal & Charity Stamp Society|Christmas Seals]], the National Amputation Foundation, and [[Disabled American Veterans]],<ref name="news.google.com">{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19500511&id=DZZIAAAAIBAJ&pg=4808,2345975|title="Al Capp Replies to Critic of Newspaper Comic Strips;" ''The News and Courier'', 11 May 1950|access-date=October 29, 2020}}{{Dead link|date=October 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> among others.
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