Andy Capp is a long-running British comic strip character created by Reginald Smythe, seen in the The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror newspapers since August 5, 1957. The strip is syndicated internationally by Creators Syndicate. Originally a single-panel cartoon, Smythe later expanded it to four panels. The character is also licensed as the mascot for a line of snack foods, and a defunct chain of miniature golf courses in Brevard County, Florida. Smythe received the National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award for the strip for 1974. Curling is a team sport with similarities to bowls and bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice by two teams of four players each. ... Andy Kapp (lower left) and his team Andreas Andy Kapp (born December 8, 1967) is a German curler from Füssen. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... Reginald Reg Smythe (July 10, 1917 – June 13, 1998) is a British cartoonist who is the creator of the Andy Capp comic strip. ... Alternate newspaper: The Daily Mirror (Australia) The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid daily newspaper. ... The Daily Mirror is a British tabloid daily newspaper. ... August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... Richard S. Newcombe founded Creators Syndicate in 1986 in Los Angeles. ... Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Andy Capps is a brand of flavoured corn and potato snack made to look like french fries. ... Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ... The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists created in 1946. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

About Andy

Cover of Andy Capp Collection No1

Andy is meant to be a working class figure, located in Hartlepool, North-East England. His hobbies include pigeon racing, snooker, football (which always involves fights with the other players, and frequently ends with Andy being sent off), occasionally cricket and rugby, betting on horses, getting drunk (often falling in the canal and always, seven nights a week, arriving home late as a result), fishing (and not catching anything bigger than a goldfish), womanizing, lying on the sofa, and fighting with his long-suffering wife. Image File history File links Collection_1. ... Image File history File links Collection_1. ... Not to be confused with German curler Andy Kapp. ... The term working class is used to denote a social class. ... Hartlepool is a town and North Sea port in North East England. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the  United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified  -  by Athelstan 927 AD  Area  -  Total 130... A champion Racing pigeon. ... Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large (12 ft × 6 ft, 3. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Misconduct in football (soccer) is any conduct by a player which is deemed by the referee to warrant a disciplinary sanction (caution or dismissal) in accordance with Law 12 the Laws of the Game. ... A cricket match in progress. ... A BCRFC match at Boston College Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... Trinomial name Carassius auratus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758) For the baked snack crackers, please see Goldfish (snack). ...

Until the 1980s, he was always seen with a cigarette dangling from his lip, until it was deemed politically incorrect, perhaps because of fears that it influenced children reading the strip to start smoking, but more likely because this was when Reg gave up smoking himself. Similarly, he no longer indulges in fisticuffs with Florrie, because of concerns about the depiction of domestic violence. Instead, they now attend marriage counseling. Andy's trademark cloth cap is always pulled down over his face, although his eyes bulge out when he is surprised. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Two unlit filtered cigarettes. ... Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Relationship counseling may be advertised under several headings: marriage, family, couples, ... . It is usually done by appointment with a face-to-face counsellor. ... A flat cap, also variously called a cloth cap, golf cap, driving cap, windsor cap, and others, is a round, soft mens cap with a small brim in front and a somewhat stiff peak in the back. ...

Andy and Florrie are always on the verge of poverty. Andy is unemployed and lacks motivation, rent on the house and contents are constantly in arrears, and Percy the rent collector despairs of ever being paid. Their furniture has been repossessed on several occasions. Somehow, they always manage to recover it, and Andy is always able to afford beer and betting (usually by borrowing from Florrie). The strip is almost exclusively shown in one of three locations: the pub (Andy always goes to the same one), the street, or in the Capp's house at No. 37 Durham Street (generally with Andy on the couch and Florrie yelling from the next room). Lesser visited places include the race track (although Andy frequently bets by listening to the radio, thus saving him the trip), marriage counseling (in one memorable cartoon, a panoramic shot is given of the counseling office, with several entire file cabinets dedicated entirely to the Capps), and the football pitch (where Andy is either being sent off, or carried off). A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows what he found. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with rental agreement. ... Beer in a glass Schlenkerla Rauchbier direct from the cask Beer is the worlds oldest[1] and most popular[2] alcoholic beverage. ...

Andy and Flo's best friends are their neighbors Chalkie and Rube White. Chalkie is like Andy, a hard-drinking, hard-scrabble type who can often be seen sharing a pint with Andy at the corner pub; however, Chalkie seems to be more mellow than Andy and more tolerant of his wife. Also unlike Andy, Chalkie was known to be employed, if intermittently, during much of the strip's run. Rube is Flo's confidante, and the two often trade gossip about their husbands' latest escapades. The Vicar is also seen often; Andy despairs of his holier-than-thou attitude, and he is constantly criticizing Andy for his drinking and gambling, and often lets his opinion be known to Flo, who frequently agrees with his assessments of Andy's character. Percy Ritson the rent collector and Jackie the barman are often seen, as well. Flo's mother, an unseen character, is often engaged in conversation at the door, but never actually comes inside or is physically seen in the comic strip. Flo's mum is often the subject of Andy's pointed barbs about her weight and less-than-sunny disposition, but she has been known to give as good as she gets. In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ... In fiction, an unseen character is a character who is described or mentioned, but does not actually appear to the audience. ...

In 1981, a stage musical based on the strip had a short run at London's Aldwych Theatre, with songs by Alan Price and starring Tom Courtenay as Andy Capp. Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Aldwych Theatre in April 2007 The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located on Aldwych in the City of Westminster. ... Alan Price (born April 19, 1941 in Fairfield, Washington, Tyne and Wear, England) is a musician, songwriter, and actor. ... Tom Courtenay (pronounced Courtney) (born February 25, 1937) is a British actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of critically-acclaimed films including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963) and Dr. Zhivago (1965). ...

An attempt to transfer Andy Capp to television in 1988 met with little success. The well known British character actor James Bolam played Andy on ITV. The series consisted of 6 episodes that were shown once and have never been repeated.

Reg Smythe died on June 13, 1998, and the original strip has been continued in a highly regarded pastiche of his style. For some time the writer and artist were uncredited, but in November 2004 the strip began to carry a credit for Roger Mahoney and Roger Kettle. June 13 is the 164th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (165th in leap years), with 201 days remaining. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... The word pastiche describes a literary or other artistic genre. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Despite its local milieu, the comic strip is syndicated in 50 countries throughout the world. Richard S. Newcombe founded Creators Syndicate in 1986 in Los Angeles. ...

Shortly after Reg Smythe died, a campaign was started to have a statue of Andy Capp erected in his, and Smythe's home town, Hartlepool, as a commemorative gesture. However, no local businesses could be found to sponsor the venture, as it was deemed the cartoon was too politically incorrect, and perpetuated a negative stereotype of the Northeast. After many years of public and even national debate, a bronze statue was commissioned. The statue was unveiled on June 28, 2007 (several months in advance of the strip's 50th anniversary) by Reg's widow Jean. It has pride of place outside the Harbour of Refuge pub, in Croft Terrace in the Headland area of the town. Designed by Shrewsbury-based sculptor Jane Robbins, the 5ft 8inch statue cost £20,000.[1] Political correctness is the alteration of language to redress real or alleged injustices and discrimination or to avoid offense. ... For the 1996 Blur single, see Stereotypes (song). ... June 28 is the 179th day of the year (180th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Andy's son

When the children's comic Buster was launched in 1960, its masthead character was entitled Buster: Son of Andy Capp. Buster wore a similar cloth cap to Andy until 1992, but the connection was not recognised in the parent strip and had limited development in the children's comic. Buster did often refer to his father, and he was seen in the comic itself attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June 1960 issue. He was also shown in two drawn photographs in the 2 July 1960 issue, the first of which was displayed by Buster's mum with the pronouncement "It's a photo of Buster taken with Andy! You can see he's got his dad's fine straight nose". Buster's mum was often referred to by name and was consistently drawn to resemble Andy's wife Flo. Buster was a long-running British comic (28 May 1960 - 4 January 2000) which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the latter genre would become a rarer occurrence as the comic went on. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ...

Book collections

Several collections of Andy Capp strips have been published by The Daily Mirror since 1962; its more current collections are The Andy Capp Collection: No. 1 and The Andy Capp Collection: 2005, and are widely available.

In the United States, Fawcett published several Andy Capp collections from the mid-1960s through the 1980s. These books are now out of print, though many used bookstores may still have some copies; as with collections of many 20th-century comic strips, quite a number of them appear on eBay almost constantly. Fawcett Publications was an American publishing company founded in 1919 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota by Wilford Hamilton Captain Billy Fawcett (1883-1940). ... eBay headquarters in San Jose eBay North First Street satellite office campus (home to PayPal) eBay Inc. ...

Pop culture

He was involved in an episode of the third season of Family Guy entitled "And the Wiener Is...", when he is seen at the Drunken Clam (with a Cockney accent rather than his native Hartlepool) with Peter Griffin before getting into a fight with Flo when she catches him drinking. Peter's friend Quagmire gets caught in the fight cloud and after falling out he says "The hell, did I just get laid?" Family Guy is an Emmy award winning American animated television series about a nuclear family in the fictional town of Quahog (IPA or ), Rhode Island. ... And the Wiener Is. ... St Mary-le-Bow The term cockney refers to working-class inhabitants of London, particularly east London, and the slang used by these people. ... Peter Löwenbräu Griffin is the lead character in the American animated television series Family Guy. ...

ConAgra Foods manufactures a line of snack products in the U.S. known as Andy Capp's fries. ConAgra Foods, Inc. ... Andy Capps is a brand of flavoured corn and potato snack made to look like french fries. ...

Brian Johnson of AC/DC also bases his look on the character.[2] Brian Johnson (born October 5, 1947 in Dunston, Gateshead, England) (He however lived in North Shields throughout the 1970s and 80s ) is a singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for the Australian hard rock band, AC/DC. He currently lives in Sarasota, Florida. ... AC/DC are a hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young. ...

In The Simpsons episode "Marge vs. the Monorail", Homer is seen reading Andy Capp in the newspaper. He roughly summarizes the comic when he laughs and says, "Oh, Andy Capp, you wife-beating drunk!" Homer also lies down on the couch in Andy's characteristic style in "Make Room for Lisa", stating "That Andy Capp was on to something." Simpsons redirects here. ... Marge vs. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Make Room for Lisa is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. ...

See also

• 91:an (Swedish comic magazine that features Andy Capp)
• Andy Capp glossary--words and phrases from Geordie English Smythe used in the strip, particularly in its early years.

Andy Capp is also the symbol for the SUNY Oneonta Rugby Football Club. ORFC Many slang words or terms have appeared in the British comic strip Andy Capp, some of which are unfamiliar to readers in the United States, Canada, or other parts of the English-speaking world. ...

External links

• daily Andy Capp comics at Creators Syndicate
• Comics.com
• Don Markstein's Toonopedia