Al Capp veterans returning from the war. Capp was also involved with the Sister Kenny Foundation, which pioneered new treatments for polio in the 1940s. Serving in his capacity as honorary chairman, Capp made public appearances on its behalf for years, contributed free artwork for its annual fund-raising appeals, and entertained crippled and paraplegic children in children's hospitals with inspirational pep talks, humorous stories and sketches. In 1940, an RKO movie adaptation starred Granville Owen (later known as Jeff York) as Li'l Abner, with Buster Keaton taking the role of Lonesome Polecat, and featuring a title song with lyrics by Milton Berle.
Kristin Capp artists selected for the Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art in 2017. Her work has appeared in the Bursa International Photofest in Turkey, as well as in Switzerland, France, Belgium, Germany and the United States. Kristin Capp was born in Portland, Oregon in 1964, and grew up in Seattle, Washington. Capp studied French and Russian at McGill University, Quebec, Canada where she also enrolled in a photography class. She then lived in New York City, studying analog photography and fine art printing. In 2010, Capp received a Fulbright Fellowship to work on a project title "Picturing Communities: A Photographic Documentary