Andy Capp

Andy Capp, the perpetually unemployed, pint-loving antihero of British newspaper comic strips, has been a fixture of working-class humor since his debut in the 1950s. This series, collected by Mirror Books from 1983 onward, compiles the daily and Sunday strips created by the late Reg Smythe, whose sharp, affectionate satire of a feckless husband and his long-suffering wife, Flo, became a cultural touchstone. With its deceptively simple art and wry, often poignant gags, Andy Capp endures as a classic of the British comic strip tradition, reflecting a specific time and place while remaining universally recognizable.