Prince of Darkness
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The Andy Capp comic strip used to run in the Sunday newspaper when I was growing up. I liked it, especially all the slang like bloke and mate. Fun stuff for an Italian-American kid.Surprised you've heard of Andy Capp o er the pond
Andy Capp is where I learned about Snooker!The Andy Capp comic strip used to run in the Sunday newspaper when I was growing up. I liked it, especially all the slang like bloke and mate. Fun stuff for an Italian-American kid.
He even has his own line of snacks stateside, even if they're relatively hard (but not difficult) to find.The Andy Capp comic strip used to run in the Sunday newspaper when I was growing up. I liked it, especially all the slang like bloke and mate. Fun stuff for an Italian-American kid.
Yes, it came as a surprise to me, back in 1982, on my first time visiting relatives near Chicago, seeing Andy Capp in the Sunday papersThe Andy Capp comic strip used to run in the Sunday newspaper when I was growing up. I liked it, especially all the slang like bloke and mate. Fun stuff for an Italian-American kid.
I used to love The Fosdyke Saga, glad to see that Bill Tidy is still with us at 88, though he's had recent health problems.Ouais!!Andy Capp! Back in the 80es, there was a monthly off-spring to Charlie Hebdo, "Charlie Mensuel",96-page full of weird funny stuff. There were Dick Tracy, Peanuts, Lil'Abner,B.C by Johnny Hart, Krazy Kat, E.C Segar's Popeye, all sorts of European and French comics, -included the infamous Bill Tidy's Fosdyke saga which is the craziest stuff I've ever read.I was a huge fan! The man behind that was the cartoonist George Wolkinski, and so , I owe him many good laughs as a reader . Sadly , he was shot with his fellows in the 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack. But, Andy Capp abides!