Andy Capp: Number 27, 1971
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A beloved British comic strip collection, Andy Capp: Number 27 presents another riotous installment in the life of one of the UK's most iconic fictional layabouts. Set in the working-class north of England, the strip chronicles the daily misadventures of Andy Capp — a flat-cap-wearing, beer-swilling, football-obsessed husband — and his long-suffering wife Flo, whose sharp wit and exasperated resilience serve as the perfect foil to Andy's incorrigible idleness. Reg Smythe's genius lies in his deceptively simple line art and razor-sharp dialogue, which illustrates the comic tensions of domestic life with warmth, irreverence, and a distinctly Northern English sensibility. First syndicated in the Daily Mirror, the strip became a global phenomenon, and this 1971 collection captures the strip at the height of its popularity, delivering the same timeless, deadpan humor that made Andy Capp a household name. Fans of classic British humor and vintage comic strips will find this volume an endlessly entertaining and nostalgic read.
Author: Smythe
Format: Paperback
Published: 1971, Daily Mirror
Genre: Cartoons & comic strips
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A beloved British comic strip collection, Andy Capp: Number 27 presents another riotous installment in the life of one of the UK's most iconic fictional layabouts. Set in the working-class north of England, the strip chronicles the daily misadventures of Andy Capp — a flat-cap-wearing, beer-swilling, football-obsessed husband — and his long-suffering wife Flo, whose sharp wit and exasperated resilience serve as the perfect foil to Andy's incorrigible idleness. Reg Smythe's genius lies in his deceptively simple line art and razor-sharp dialogue, which illustrates the comic tensions of domestic life with warmth, irreverence, and a distinctly Northern English sensibility. First syndicated in the Daily Mirror, the strip became a global phenomenon, and this 1971 collection captures the strip at the height of its popularity, delivering the same timeless, deadpan humor that made Andy Capp a household name. Fans of classic British humor and vintage comic strips will find this volume an endlessly entertaining and nostalgic read.