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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]
The sitcom Andy Capp was based on the cartoon strip of the same name that had run since 1957 in The Daily Mirror.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).
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The Daily Mirror is a British national daily tabloid newspaper. [3] ... In 1957 it introduced the Andy Capp cartoon, created by Reg Smythe from Hartlepool, in the ...
He was originally billed as Buster: Son of Andy Capp; Andy Capp is the lead character of the eponymous Daily Mirror newspaper strip, and Buster wore a similar flat cap to reinforce the connection. In early issues, Buster often referred to his father, and Andy was seen in the comic (attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June ...
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At the start of 1997, Parsons was editor of The People, when he moved to become editor of the Sunday Mirror. [2] He subsequently became deputy editor of the Daily Mirror, in which role he introduced the Mandy Capp cartoon, derived from its existing Andy Capp strip. [3]