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Meet Andy Capp Mass Market Paperback – January 1, 1964

by Reg Smythe (Author)

3.8 11 ratings

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VINTAGE PAPER BACK. COMPLETE AND COLLECTIBLE CONDTION.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001Q1PY9Y
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Fawcett; 1st THUS edition (January 1, 1964)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.52 ounces

Best Sellers Rank: #6,597,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #8,575 in Comic Strips (Books)

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Karen

Excellent. Item as described

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2018

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Excellent. Item as described.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2015

very funny.

So glad it was in wonderful condition

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2014

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Brother loves this old comic. So glad it was in wonderful condition.

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Ralph Heidenreich

Capp 1st time book form!

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2014

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The 1st in my fav series!

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Jerry Guild

"Andy Capp is what every man wants to be in his spare time" ..a fan

Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2016

Andy Capp,written by Reg Smythe,first appeared on Aug 5,1957 and continues to entertain us 59 years later.It started asppearing in the Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror of England and has since spread worldwide.However;I suspect it is not as widely carried by local newspapers because Political Correctness now rules the day with comoc strips,and to put it frankly,PC is humorless and it's no wonder that "the strips" have lost their appeal..However ,Smythe passed away in1998 but Mahoney,Goldsmith and Garrett have kept it going ever since.If your local paper no longer carries it,you can always find it on the net under GoComics.The type of humor is unchanged and just as entertaining.Smythe had in mind the working class harbor town of Hartlepool in Northeast England when he conceived the character of Andy Capp.People I've talked to who grew up in England claim Smythe got it about right for people from that area.
If you look at the picture of Andy on the cover of this edition ,you will notice it shows a taller and more heavy Andy than he appeared in later years.Also originally the cartoons were single panel,but later on 3 or most commonly the cartoons became.the norm.The cartoons in this book are from the earliest years.
In this edition Time Magazine gives a great description of our favorite character,Andy;
"He's a 5-ft 4-in,46-yr-old,pot -bellied,wife-beating little lay-about.His floppy hat not only hides his eyes but never comes off-eitherin bed or on his rare visits to the tub.A cigarette is permanently glued to his lip*.His bulbous nose glows whenever he has a snootful,which is nearly every nightr.He has no discernible trade and lives on the dole as if he earned it.He is selfish,improvidernt,coarse,arrogant and bullying."..but his fans love him.
* When Smythe quit smoking,so did Andy."If I can't smoke,neither can Andy"

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Matt Hetling

Very funny stuff

Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2005

I suppose I'm very much in the minority when I consider that this book was the first time I ever laid eyes on Andy Capp. For most people, his appearance in the funny pages was their first experience.

As a child, I didn't really enjoy the humor that much, as most of it deals with rather adult issues such as spousal relationships and alcoholism. But today, I can really appreciate the irascible Andrew Capp, for whom a beer is mother's milk, and work is poison.

An Englishman, Capp is a slouch whose neverending alcoholic haze is interrupted by arguments with his wife, Flo. His cheekiness and stoic cheer make him endearing, and for all his faults, we know that he never means anyone any harm.

Most of the humor comes from trading sitcom-like quips with Flo, or the lengths to which Capp will go to get drunk and avoid work. His cockney slang is also charming, and adds to the entertainment value.

This is funny stuff, and the paperback is exactly what you would expect, a compilation which features a strip (or one-panel joke) on every page. Interestingly, Capp looks different than he does in more modern incarnations; he's small, but not as small as he looks now, and his features are subtly different (but he still has the trademark hat pulled down to hide his eyes).

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crotchety old cripple

wot a funnel !!!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2009

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nice reading and also great being able to compare the original cartoons, as published in the uk, with the ones for the usa market

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