"Jimmy Hansen then became the strip's artist until the magazine folded in 2000; the magazine started using reprints of Hansen's earlier strips in 1998, but he still drew a complete new strip once a month, along with covers for every magazine until the end of its life. There also existed a Swedish version of Buster Capp, done directly for the Swedish edition by local Swedish artists, this version was a heavily sports-oriented humour strip. Buster Capp Buster Capp is a British comic strip series which debuted on May 28, 1960, in the magazine ""Buster"" and ran until January 2000. It"
"Andy Capp Andy Capp is an English 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. The strip is syndicated internationally by Creators Syndicate. The character is also licensed as the mascot for a line of snack foods (Andy Capp's fries). Andy is a working-class figure who never actually works, living in Hartlepool, a harbour town in northeast England. The title of the strip is a pun on the local pronunciation of ""handicap""; and the surname ""Capp"""
"have been based on Smythe's father, although Smythe never confirmed that, perhaps because in one early cartoon he depicted Andy as a wife-beater, something he later regretted. Smythe's mother recognised her late husband in Andy, although she insisted Richard was not a violent man. Capp's headgear was inspired by a fellow spectator at a football match Smythe had attended when young, who took off his cap when it started to rain, because he didn't want to wear a wet cap at home that evening. Originally commissioned for the ""Mirror""<nowiki>'</nowiki>s northern edition, ""Andy Capp"" was soon appearing in all editions nationwide."
"by Shrewsbury sculptor Jane Robbins. Reg Smythe Reginald Smyth (10 July 1917 – 13 June 1998), known by his professional name Reg Smythe, was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running ""Andy Capp"" comic strip. He was born in Hartlepool, Teesside, England, the son of Richard Oliver Smyth, a shipyard worker, and his wife Florence, née Pearce. With his father long-term unemployed, he grew up in poverty. He attended Galley's Field School in West Hartlepool, but left at fourteen to take a job as a butcher's errand boy. In 1936, after a period of unemployment, he joined the Royal"
"Andy Capp (TV series) Andy Capp is a British sitcom based on the cartoon ""Andy Capp"". It starred James Bolam and ran for one series in 1988. It was written by Keith Waterhouse. Unusually, for a sitcom, there was no studio audience during the filming of ""Andy Capp"". It was made for the ITV network by Thames Television. 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"
"cutting back on new children's programming. Andy Fanton Andy Fanton is a British comic strip creator, artist and writer who is best known for his work in The Dandy. He continued to appear in the Dandy with a strip called Boo!, which started after George Vs Dragon's initial 12-week run finished, from February 2011 to April 2011 plus a revamp of the 80's Dandy comic ""Harry And His Hippo"" which ran from March 2011 to April 2011, as part of ""Strictly Come Laughing"". Harry and His Hippo won the vote, ahead of Daredevil Dad, Tag Team Tastic and Phil's Finger."
"Reg Smythe Reginald Smyth (10 July 1917 – 13 June 1998), known by his professional name Reg Smythe, was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running ""Andy Capp"" comic strip. He was born in Hartlepool, Teesside, England, the son of Richard Oliver Smyth, a shipyard worker, and his wife Florence, née Pearce. With his father long-term unemployed, he grew up in poverty. He attended Galley's Field School in West Hartlepool, but left at fourteen to take a job as a butcher's errand boy. In 1936, after a period of unemployment, he joined the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, and was posted"
"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. The Complete Series of Andy Capp was released by Network DVD in the UK (Region 2) on 11 June 2012. Andy Capp (TV series) Andy Capp is a British sitcom based on the cartoon ""Andy Capp"". It starred James Bolam and ran for one series in 1988. It was written by Keith Waterhouse. Unusually, for a sitcom, there was no studio audience during"
"popular than Buster and featured on the front cover for that issue. The last few years of Buster were reprint material only, Chalky's longevity continuing until Buster's end at the beginning of 2000 The very last page of this last Buster features Chalky being arrested for vandalism, acknowledging his wrongdoing, and asking for 92,487 further cases to be taken into consideration. Chalky is the son of another well known Chalky, Chalky (or Chalkie) White. Chalky senior is a friend of Andy Capp, the eponymous layabout character from the cartoon strip featured in the ""Daily Mirror"". Chalky (comics) Chalky (from Cor!!)"
"Humor Comic Strip Award for the strip in 1974. A statue of Andy Capp was erected in Hartlepool on June 28, 2007. It was sculpted by Jane Robbins. In 1981 a stage musical based on the strip had a short run at London's Aldwych Theatre, with songs by Alan Price and Trevor Peacock, starring Tom Courtenay as Andy and Val McLane as Florrie. The stage show also produced an original West End cast recording, released on LP record by Key Records in 1982. The musical was reprised in 2016 at the Finborough Theatre in London, with Roger Alborough portraying Andy."
"Al Capp Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ""Li'l Abner"", which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips ""Abbie an' Slats"" (in the years 1937–45) and ""Long Sam"" (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and their 1979 Elzie Segar Award, posthumously for his ""unique and outstanding contribution to the profession of cartooning"". Comic strips"
"businessman and an amateur cartoonist, introduced him to drawing as a form of therapy. He became quite proficient, learning mostly on his own. Among his earliest influences were ""Punch"" cartoonist–illustrator Phil May, and American comic strip cartoonists Tad Dorgan, Cliff Sterrett, Rube Goldberg, Rudolph Dirks, Fred Opper, Billy DeBeck, George McManus and Milt Gross. At about this same time, Capp became a voracious reader. According to Capp's brother Elliot, Alfred had finished all of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw by the time he turned 13. Among his childhood favorites were Dickens, Smollett, Mark Twain, Booth Tarkington, and later, Robert Benchley"
"The first collection of ""Andy Capp"" cartoons was published in 1958. The strip became internationally popular, appearing in at least 700 newspapers in 34 countries, including the ""Chicago Sun-Times"" in the USA. The punning title resisted translation: in Sweden it was titled ""Tuffa Viktor"", in Germany ""Willi Wacker"", in Austria ""Charlie Kappl"", in Italy ""Carlo e Alice"", in France ""André Chapeau"", in Turkey ""Güngörmez Dursun"" and in Denmark ""Kasket Karl"". In 1982 an ""Andy Capp"" musical was produced, starring Tom Courtenay with music by Alan Price, first in Manchester, later in London, and then to great success in Finland. A"
"reprinting of the entire 43-year history of ""Li'l Abner"" spanning a projected 20 volumes, began on April 7, 2010. Al Capp Alfred Gerald Caplin (September 28, 1909 – November 5, 1979), better known as Al Capp, was an American cartoonist and humorist best known for the satirical comic strip ""Li'l Abner"", which he created in 1934 and continued writing and (with help from assistants) drawing until 1977. He also wrote the comic strips ""Abbie an' Slats"" (in the years 1937–45) and ""Long Sam"" (1954). He won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year, and"
"his granddaughter, independent filmmaker Caitlin Manning. Since his death in 1979, Al Capp and his work have been the subject of more than 40 books, including three biographies. Underground cartoonist and ""Li'l Abner"" expert Denis Kitchen has published, co-published, edited, or otherwise served as consultant on nearly all of them. Kitchen is currently compiling a biographical monograph on Al Capp. At the San Diego Comic Con in July 2009, IDW announced the upcoming publication of ""Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays"" as part of their ongoing The Library of American Comics series. The comprehensive series, a"
"have stressed that the cartoonist also had a sensitive side; in 1973, when learning that the son of his political rival Ted Kennedy had had his right leg amputated, Capp wrote the boy a letter of encouragement, giving candid advice as to how to deal with the loss of a limb, which he himself had experienced as a boy. One of Capp's grandchildren recalls that at one point, tears were streaming down the cartoonist's cheeks while he was watching a documentary about the Jonestown massacre. Capp is also reported to have given money anonymously to charities and ""people in need"""
"Andy Capp's fries Andy Capp's is an American brand of flavored corn and potato snack made to look like French fries. The product was created in 1971 by Goodmark Foods, Inc., which licensed the name and likeness of the comic strip character Andy Capp from Publishers-Hall Syndicate. Until recent years the strip was featured on the back of packages. In 1998 Goodmark Foods was acquired by ConAgra Foods, which manufactures and distributes the product to this day. Andy Capp's fries come in .85 ounce (24 grams) 1 ounce (28 grams), 1.75 ounce (50 grams), 3.0 ounce (85 grams), 3.5 ounce"
"Andy Capp's fries Andy Capp's is an American brand of flavored corn and potato snack made to look like French fries. The product was created in 1971 by Goodmark Foods, Inc., which licensed the name and likeness of the comic strip character Andy Capp from Publishers-Hall Syndicate. Until recent years the strip was featured on the back of packages. In 1998 Goodmark Foods was acquired by ConAgra Foods, which manufactures and distributes the product to this day. Andy Capp's fries come in .85 ounce (24 grams) 1 ounce (28 grams), 1.75 ounce (50 grams), 3.0 ounce (85 grams), 3.5 ounce"
"Speedway World"", as well as cartoons for the London ""Evening Standard"", ""Reveille"", ""Punch"", and the ""Daily Mirror"", where he contributed to the paper's ""Laughter Column"". In 1954 the ""Daily Mirror""s art editor, Philip Zec, gave Smythe a regular daily cartoon, ""Laughter at Work"". Then, in 1957, he was asked by ""Mirror"" editor Hugh Cudlipp to create a cartoon character for the paper's Manchester edition. He thought up ""Andy Capp"", a stereotypically lazy, selfish working-class northerner in a flat cap, and his long-suffering wife Flo, during the seven-hour drive from his mother's house in Hartlepool to London. Capp is thought to"
"Scamp (comics) Scamp is a Disney canine cartoon and comics character, the son of Lady and the Tramp, appearing in the animated movies ""Lady and the Tramp"" and """", as well as in comic strips and books of his own since the 1950s. An unnamed puppy appeared in the first ""Lady and the Tramp"" that was used as the basis for the comics character. The first daily strip featuring Scamp as the main character was published on October 31, 1955 (only four months after the movie opened), written by Ward Greene and drawn by Dick Moores, and syndicated by King"
"firm of ""A & C Black"". The partnership lasted 27 years. His next works for the firm were ""Aesop's Fables"" (1912), ""The Arabian Nights"" (1913), and ""Ottoman Wonder Tales"" (1915), a work that evokes the style of Persian manuscripts. Folkard's ""The Adventures of Teddy Tail"" was the first British daily newspaper cartoon strip and became instantly popular when it premiered in the ""Daily Mail"" on 5 April 1915. The mouse character was named after his three-year-old son Ted. The exploits of Teddy Tail and Dr. Beetle, the Penny Princess, Golliwog, Snail, and Teddy's other friends were reproduced in a series"
"Andy Capp: The Game Andy Capp: The Game is a computer game for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum that is all about controlling the main character ""Andy Capp"". The game is based on the comic strip of the same name from the British newspaper Daily Mirror. The music used in the game was used in British television commercials in the 1970s to advertise the ""Hovis"" brand of bread products. Specifically released for Christmas of 1987, ""Andy Capp: The Game"" was intended to be a holiday blockbuster in both North America and Europe. Andy has to acquire money"
"45 issues. The comic book was published in 1958-1961 and then again in 1967-1979. Scamp was adapted into the movie """", with Scamp serving as its main character, and his siblings appearing in small roles. Scamp (comics) Scamp is a Disney canine cartoon and comics character, the son of Lady and the Tramp, appearing in the animated movies ""Lady and the Tramp"" and """", as well as in comic strips and books of his own since the 1950s. An unnamed puppy appeared in the first ""Lady and the Tramp"" that was used as the basis for the comics character. The"
"feature. According to Theroux, ""Capp hated doing someone else's strip. After six months, he was replaced by an apprentice artist"" at the Associate Press, Milton Caniff, now better known as the creator of ""Terry and the Pirates"" and ""Steve Canyon."" Israel Shenker was more blunt: In his preface to ""Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al: The Comic Strip Adventures of Jack Keefe"", Al Capp provided the following reminiscence: In ""Colonel Gilfeather"", Capp (who reportedly hated the Colonel) shifted the attention to the Colonel's younger brother, Mister Gilfeather, and changed the name of the strip accordingly. In 1933, Caniff changed the"
"Andy Fanton Andy Fanton is a British comic strip creator, artist and writer who is best known for his work in The Dandy. He continued to appear in the Dandy with a strip called Boo!, which started after George Vs Dragon's initial 12-week run finished, from February 2011 to April 2011 plus a revamp of the 80's Dandy comic ""Harry And His Hippo"" which ran from March 2011 to April 2011, as part of ""Strictly Come Laughing"". Harry and His Hippo won the vote, ahead of Daredevil Dad, Tag Team Tastic and Phil's Finger. Andy Fanton later introduced more series"
"in the annual Sadie Hawkins Day race. In 1952, Capp and his characters graced the covers of both ""Life"" and ""TV Guide"". 1956 saw the debut of the Bald Iggle, considered by some ""Abner"" enthusiasts to be the creative high point of the strip, as well as Mammy's revelatory encounter with the ""Square Eyes"" Family—Capp's thinly-veiled appeal for racial tolerance. (This fable-like story was collected into an educational comic book called ""Mammy Yokum and the Great Dogpatch Mystery!"", and distributed by the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith later that year.) Two years later, Capp's studio issued ""Martin Luther King and"
"book publisher Toby Press, acquired by Amazon.com in 2010. Elliott Caplin entered the comic-book field as editor of ""True Comics"" for the Parents Magazine Institute. Some years later, he founded Toby Press with reprints of his brother Al Capp's popular newspaper comic strip ""Li'l Abner"", a satire built around hillbilly archetypes. The first Toby comic-book series was ""Al Capp's Li'l Abner"", which began with issue #70 (May 1949), picking up the numbering from Harvey Publications' ""Li'l Abner Comics"". It ran 28 issues, through #97 (Jan. 1955) Toby's second title was the three-issue ""Al Capp's Dogpatch Comics"", numbered #71, followed by"
"matter in such ""reading"" form might make better sense."" Capp's academic interests included being one of nineteen original ""Trustees and Advisors"" for ""Endicott, Junior College for Young Woman"", located in Pride's Crossing (Beverly), Massachusetts, which was founded in 1939. Al Capp is listed in the 1942 Mingotide Yearbook, representing the first graduating class from Endicott Junior College. The yearbook entry includes his credential as a ""Cartoonist for United Feature Syndicate"" and a resident of New York City. ""Comics,"" wrote Capp in 1970, ""can be a combination of the highest quality of art and text, and many of them are."" Capp"
"""Dick Tracy"", Capp spoofed many other comic strips in ""Li'l Abner"", including ""Steve Canyon"", ""Superman"" (at least twice; first as ""Jack Jawbreaker!"" in 1947 and again in 1966 as ""Chickensouperman!""), ""Mary Worth"", ""Peanuts"", ""Rex Morgan, M.D."", ""Little Annie Rooney"", and ""Little Orphan Annie"". Although they proved fertile sources of parody—most memorably ""Little Fanny Gooney"" (1952), ""Rex Moonlight, M.D."" (1956),""Steve Cantor"" and ""Mary Worm"" (1957)—no other strip seemed to provide Capp with the same bottomless well of inspiration as ""Dick Tracy"". Later comic strip parodies were mostly one-shot affairs. They never achieved quite the same degree of repeat success or sustained"
"ran for six issues and has since been collected into a trade paperback. Each issue was broken into four parts. On the inverse side of the cover, there would be a black-and-white ""One-Pager."" The comic then continued with ""Young Greyshirt,"" which explored the character's life before ""Tomorrow Stories"", and ""Greyshirt,"" which featured short stories similar to those seen in Tomorrow Stories. The issue would conclude with ""Indigo City Sunset,"" consisting of Indigo City's newspaper, featuring articles, comic strips, and letters to the editor. Born in 1963, Franky Lafayette, the son of ""Lips"" Lafayette, was a young criminal in the ""bottoms"
"3 April 2011, starring Imogen Stubbs as the voice of Chitty and Alex Jennings as Caractacus Potts. Sequels (2011, 2012 and 2013) Three sequels to Fleming's work have been written by Frank Cottrell Boyce. The first—""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again""—was published on 7 October 2011. The second, ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time"" was released on 27 September 2012. A third sequel, ""Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon"" was released on 26 September 2013. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's novel written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John"
"the helpless and naïve."" Capp received the National Cartoonists Society's Billy DeBeck Memorial Award in 1947 for Cartoonist of the Year. (When the award name was changed in 1954, Capp also retroactively received a Reuben statuette.) He was an outspoken pioneer in favor of diversifying the NCS by admitting women cartoonists. Originally, the Society had disallowed female members. Capp briefly resigned his membership in 1949 to protest their refusal of admission to Hilda Terry, creator of the comic strip ""Teena"". According to Tom Roberts, author of ""Alex Raymond: His Life and Art"" (2007), Capp delivered a stirring speech that was"
"such as Bad Grandad and Secret Agent Sir. For the final print edition of The Dandy on its 75th anniversary, Andy Fanton drew Bad Grandad, Hungry Horace, Plum MacDuff and Harry and his Hippo. Andy Fanton is currently writing Little Plum in The Beano. Andy also publishes his own website fiction series; the Astonishing Adventures of Lord Likely, which has been running since 2007, along with his popular webcomic, The Carrotty Kid, which got made into an animated pilot for ITV in 2004 by Cosgrove Hall Films. However, the pilot of The Carrotty Kid never got transmitted due to ITV"