So my dad tells me he ended up in a conversation with a buddy of his about obscure cartoon characters/creatures. At some point he brings up the Shmoo, which down the line a bit brings them to the ...

Such toys range from the lovable, bowling pin-shaped Shmoo figures popular about 1950 to Big Loo, ... came in a bright box with Capp cartoons and instructions for tricks.

The New Shmoo (1979) Using previous Scooby-Doo series as a guide, this cartoon featured a group of mystery-solving teenagers ...

The New Yorker, October 26, 1963 P. 39. Talk story about Al Capp, creator of the shmoo. He discusses why shmoos have reappeared in his comic strip, "Li'l Abner." Shmoos were plump white ...

So a shmoo could turn itself into a sturdy flannel shirt but not a Ralph Lauren blouse. Even better, since the shmoos can multiply themselves an infinite number of times and desire only to serve ...

By Al Capp, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison (Overlook, $22.95.)Al Capp's Lil' Abner -- published from 1934 until 1977 -- was one of a tiny handful of comic strips that must be called the ...

Except for Chic Young's Blondie and Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, no U.S. comic strip has ever scored a solid hit in Britain. But when the lid was taken off newsprint last winter, the London ...

Remember the Shmoo? It started one of the biggest assortment of collectibles in the 20th century. The animal was first seen in a L’il Abner comic strip in August 1946, and it became a sensation.

The Shmoo became a collecting sensation in the 1940s and '50s. There were dolls, toys, planters, sheet music, wallpaper, clothing, books, jewelry, clocks, salt-and-pepper sets, banks and even air ...

The plots don’t often look like the Shmoo, but the term has persisted.) Three parameters that might be plotted are frequency, voltage, and temperature. Memory chips are often tested more using shmoos.

At a baseball game, some people boo when they are displeased; at a movie theater, some simply walk out. At ShmooCon, you throw a ball.Throwing the Shmoo ball at a presenter is a time-honored ...