Long Sam

Long Sam is an American comic strip created by Al Capp, writer-artist of Li'l Abner, and illustrated by Bob Lubbers.

[1] The strip was initially written by Capp, who soon turned the duties over to his brother, Elliot Caplin.

Long Sam was, like Li'l Abner, a hillbilly strip, though based on a female character.

The title character, Sam, was a tall, voluptuous, naive mountain girl who had been raised in a hidden valley away from civilization by her Maw, who hates men and wishes to protect her daughter from them.

Comics historian Don Markstein detailed the situations and characters: The strip is considered an example of good girl art, and Lubbers was chosen as the artist for his facility with attractive females in the syndicated Tarzan strip.