Andy Capp

Andy Capp is a lazy, pub-loving working-class man from the north of England, created by Reg Smythe. Originally a British newspaper comic strip character, his comedic misadventures with wife Flo were later collected in North American publications such as this Calgary Herald edition.

Few characters in comics carry the lived-in, working-class charm of Andy Capp, who made his catalog debut in Andy Capp-Man of the Hour #k1763 in 1966 and has kept readers company across a remarkable fifty-year span through 2016. Originally a British newspaper strip creation, Andy found his way into print collections and comic book formats — most notably The Calgary Herald Comic Book and dedicated Andy Capp volumes — rubbing elbows in those pages with an eclectic crowd that includes the likes of Flo Capp, Dagwood Bumstead, and even Peter Parker and Superman, which speaks to the wonderfully broad, cross-genre company this humble everyman keeps. A Silver Age arrival with genuine staying power, Andy Capp is a reminder that comics have always had room for the quietly irreverent, slice-of-life corner of human experience alongside the capes and cowls — and that's exactly what makes him worth seeking out on the shelf.