Thursday, March 14, 2013

*Footnote to Lena the Hyena in Jones' Dutchman

In the Dutchman, Lula declares herself as "Lena the Hyena." Clay asks, tongue in cheek "The famous woman poet?"

"In 1946 Capp introduced the now legendary character Lena the Hyena of Lower Slobbovia into the world of Li’l Abner on the premise that she was so hideous that anyone who looked upon her immediately went insane."
The history of Lena:
http://library.osu.edu/blogs/cartoons/2012/07/06/found-in-the-collection-basil-wolverton-1909-1978/

In 1988, the character was reimagined in Disney's Who Framed Roger Rabbit:
http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/Lena_Hyena

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