an
American comic strip drawn by cartoonist Al Capp (1909-1979). The strip ran from 1934 to 1977 and made fun of modern society and
politics, centering around a country
boy named
Li'l Abner Yokum and his family in the rustic town of Dogpatch, USA. Another
character of the strip was
Joe Btfsplk, the
world's worst jinx (a person or thing that seems to bring bad
luck), who was always portrayed with a small black cloud hanging over him. Wherever he went, trouble and misfortune followed.