Anyone interested in Andy Capp?

slade · 926453. Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:27 pm

Because, if so...

Andy Capp: The Full Story
http://www.planetslade.com/andy-capp-reg-smythe01.html

Reg Smythe’s Andy Capp was the greatest British newspaper strip of the 20th Century, but few people realise how much of his own troubled childhood Smythe poured into Andy and Flo’s lives. Andy was essentially a portrait of Smythe’s wastrel father, Flo a version of his formidable mother, and their town a depiction of the pre-war Hartlepool where Smythe grew up.

PlanetSlade's latest essay traces Smythe’s own biography, explores its parallels in Andy’s world, and considers the strip’s very early wife-beating jokes. There’s also a look at how the balance of power has shifted between Andy and Flo down the years, a discussion of the live-action sitcom starring James Bolam as Andy and my own analysis of just what made Smythe such an accomplished and stylish cartoonist. We also have new interviews with the three cartoonists continuing Andy’s exploits in The Mirror today.

'yorz · 926464. Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:01 pm

Andy Capp also featured in our Dutch newspaper for many years.

I just found this link.

nitwit02 · 926522. Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:22 pm

He was also a regular in the Edmonton Journal years ago.

Zebra57 · 929219. Wed Aug 01, 2012 5:57 pm

I was given a book from Australia with a picture of a can of beer on the front. Apparantly Andy Capp books sold well in Australia with the Mirror group producing special publications for down under.