Editing Lum and Abner (section)

==''Lum and Abner'' comic strip==

Early in 2011, negotiations between Ethan C. Nobles of firstarkansasnews.net, the Chester Lauck family and cartoonist Donnie Pitchford resulted in a new comic strip series based on the classic radio programs and its characters. Beginning June 5, 2011, ''Lum and Abner'' officially began appearing in a "Sunday strip" format with a new installment each Sunday. The comic strip made its newspaper debut in ''The Mena Star'' of Mena, Arkansas on Thursday, July 28, 2011. It has since been signed by ''The Standard'' of Amity, Arkansas, and the nationally distributed ''Today's Grocer''.

Each strip is accompanied by an audio dramatization with voices, sound effects and music, a feature designed with blind fans of "old time radio" in mind, but one that any reader may access.

In April 2013, radio producer [[Joe Bevilacqua]] entered into an agreement with Donnie Pitchford to broadcast the ''Lum and Abner'' comics as part of his weekly radio show ''The Comedy-O-Rama Hour''. The first two ''Lum and Abner'' radio comics premiered April 13, 2013.

The success of these broadcasts prompted the release of ''100 All New “Lum & Abner” Comic Strips'', an [[audiobook]] written and directed by Donnie Pitchford featuring a full cast. The three-hour-long audio theater is available from Waterlogg Productions and Blackstone Audio.

On Sunday, July 20, 2014, the characters of Lum and Abner were awarded a cameo appearance in the Harvey Award-winning ''Dick Tracy'' comic strip, written by [[Mike Curtis (writer)|Mike Curtis]] and illustrated by Joe Staton. Lum and Abner were introduced during the crossover in which Tracy rescues Annie, whose own comic strip ended in 2010.

In 2021, the comic strip celebrated the 90th anniversary of the first ''Lum and Abner'' radio broadcast as well as the 85th anniversary of the naming of Pine Ridge, Arkansas, along with the 10th anniversary of the strip.