3. Other comics created enduring images of Appalachia as well
Throughout the mid to late twentieth century Appalachia was presented in the nation’s comic strips and animated cartoons, creating stereotypes of the region and its people. In addition to Li’l Abner, there was Snuffy Smith, a character in the long-running strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Snuffy avoided all forms of labor other than tending to his illegal still and fighting off revenuers, while the women of his community, a mountain hamlet known as “Hootin’ Holler”, performed all the work necessary for survival. Snuffy proved so popular with readers that Barney, somewhat shiftless in his own right, was reduced to an occasional appearance, and eventually vanished from the strip altogether.