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Andy Capp (Picture 4). Andy Capp cartoon images gallery 4. Andy Capp cartoon pictures collection 4. By the way, Smythe claimed he modeled his main characters after his own parents. But it seems unlikely his father, who built boats for a living, could possibly have been very much like Andy, or his family would have starved. It's also been suggested that the character owes something to Ally Sloper, Britain's first successful comic, also a lovable lowlife. The first British paperback reprints of the strip appeared in 1958, and American reprints started in the early 1960s. In both countries, the volumes now number in the dozens. Andy has also been the star of a minor TV series — its six episodes featured James Bolam in the title role and Paula Tilbrook as Flo, and were aired by BBC in 1988. Andy Capp (Picture 4). Andy Capp cartoon images gallery 4. Andy Capp cartoon pictures collection 4. The strip even had a spin-off of sorts — in 1960, Fleetway Publications, which was owned by The Mirror, launched a comic book titled Buster, the protagonist of which was supposedly Andy Capp's son (tho this family connection was never mentioned in the strip itself and was later forgotten in the comic book as well). Andy was even animated once, when he crossed over with Family Guy in the episode "And the Wiener Is …", which first aired on August 8, 2001. Reg Smythe wrote and drew Andy Capp, both daily and Sunday, until his death in 1998. Since then, the strip has been continued by unnamed successors, tho for years, Smythe's signature remained affixed to it. (Since November, 2004, it's been signed by Roger Mahoney and Roger Kettle). It now appears in over 1400 newspapers worldwide — not quite in the range of top strips like Blondie, Hagar the Horrible and Garfield, but well ahead of B.C., Dennis the Menace, FoxTrot and other very successful comics. And it's translated into 13 different languages, proving that Andy's appeal goes far beyond the minor regional stereotype he supposedly represents. Andy Capp (Picture 4). Andy Capp cartoon images gallery 4. Andy Capp cartoon pictures collection 4.