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Andy Capp is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the Daily Mirror and the Sunday Mirror newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a single-panel cartoon , it was later expanded to four panels.
Originally commissioned for the Mirror's northern edition, Andy Capp was soon appearing in all editions nationwide. The first collection of Andy Capp cartoons was published in 1958. [ 1 ] The strip became internationally popular, appearing in at least 700 newspapers in 34 countries, [ 1 ] including the Chicago Sun-Times in the USA. [ 3 ]
ArcaMax Publishing is a privately-owned American web/email syndication news publisher that provides editorial content, columns & features, comic strips, and editorial cartoons via email. [2] ArcaMax also produces co-branded newsletters with corporate clients. The company is based in Newport News, Virginia. Its revenue comes from advertising. [2]
Andy Capp is a British comic strip character. Andy Capp may also refer to: Andy Capp, a 1988 sitcom based on the comic strip; Andy Capp, a 1981 stage musical by Alan Price, based on the comic strip; Andy Capp's, a brand of snack product sold under the character's name; Lynford Anderson, Jamaican musician and recording engineer who recorded as ...
Buster Capp is a British comic strip series which debuted on 28 May 1960 in the magazine Buster and ran until January 2000. The character was the mascot of the magazine too. The series is a spin-off of Andy Capp, starring Andy's young son Buster, despite not being drawn by the original artist of that comic, Reg Smythe.
The libidinous content of the strip can be surprisingly overt to readers accustomed to more sanitized newspaper comics. And in a medium where long marriages are often presented as either sexless or antagonistic (The Lockhorns, Andy Capp, etc.), these strips that show the couple's love and ongoing attraction to each other offer an alternative.
Andy Capp is a slothful man from Hartlepool, whose life consists of drinking, sleeping, watching TV, betting, going to the pub and occasionally playing football (as opposed to rugby, which was Andy's sport in the comic strip). His wife, Flo, is constantly annoyed by her lazy husband and frequently uses a rolling pin as a weapon.
Buster was a British comic which began publication in 1960, originally published by IPC Magazines Ltd under the company's comics division Fleetway, then by Egmont UK Ltd under the same imprint until its closure in 2000. Despite missing issues due to industrial action during its run, the comic published 1,902 issues in total.