It opens today in Munich. Can you imagine Andy in one of those huge beer tents? All that beer…all those barmaids…all those blokes looking for a fight? Prosit, meine Freunde
I posted a cartoon about your anniversary yesterday, but it got removed. I guess someone flagged it. If it offended you, I do sincerely apologize. No disrespect was intended.
Went to the Van Couver Aquarium on Thursday. One highlight of my visit was the stingray touch pool. Thy kind of felt like rubber. My brother was afraid to touch them, even though their stingers were trimmed. The dolphin and whale shows were cool too. So was seeing then penguins being fed.
A discussion on Planet Slade by Andy Capp writers:
“And our colleagues are ruthless,” Goldsmith adds. “They tell us in no uncertain terms. There’s a guy from Barnsley we work with and he said, ‘You two can’t write Andy Capp – you’re both Londoners!"
Tough as these workmates can be, they’re nothing to the die-hard Reg Smythe fans who fill the comment sections on Andy’s various web platforms. For them, any tiny deviation from Smythe’s own template is sacrilege, and they often forget that even Andy’s creator was constantly evolving the strip to keep it alive.
“There’s a small army of people who want to resurrect Reg Smythe and get him drawing again,” says Garnett. “You can’t do anything about that. We’re not Reg Smythe, and we never will be, but we’ll do the best we can for the strip. When I was presented with the opportunity to write Andy, I jumped at the chance. To me, it’s still a great privilege.”
“Andy Capp is still Andy Capp, but it’s been three different strips,” Goldsmith adds. “It’s been Reg Smythe’s Andy Capp, Kettle and Mahoney’s Andy Capp, and now it’s our Andy Capp. They’re all subtly different. We obviously keep the same characters, the same location and the same style of humour, but we’re never going to replicate what Reg Smythe did. It was his creation, he was a genius, and nobody can fill those shoes.”
Templo S.U.D. over 7 years ago
at least those two blocks were wearing hats
legaleagle48 over 7 years ago
It helps if you don’t close your eyes when you throw, Flo!
Sir Ruddy Blighter over 7 years ago
…and why were those guys sitting that close to the dartboard anyway?
bixya over 7 years ago
William Pursell over 7 years ago
Aye Andy lad she DID get a double a most unusual double.
William Pursell over 7 years ago
…and she did it with her eyes closed it would seem?
Sandfan over 7 years ago
It opens today in Munich. Can you imagine Andy in one of those huge beer tents? All that beer…all those barmaids…all those blokes looking for a fight? Prosit, meine Freunde
Sandfan over 7 years ago
@beviek
I posted a cartoon about your anniversary yesterday, but it got removed. I guess someone flagged it. If it offended you, I do sincerely apologize. No disrespect was intended.
cubswin2016 over 7 years ago
That will be the last time Andy takes her with him to the bar.
Godfreydaniel over 7 years ago
@beviekSorry I missed the chance to wish you a happy anniversary—hope it WAS happy!
tad1 over 7 years ago
Went to the Van Couver Aquarium on Thursday. One highlight of my visit was the stingray touch pool. Thy kind of felt like rubber. My brother was afraid to touch them, even though their stingers were trimmed. The dolphin and whale shows were cool too. So was seeing then penguins being fed.
Fan o’ Lio. over 7 years ago
Number Three over 7 years ago
Repeated gag but not a repeated laugh from me I’m afraid.
xxx
Fan o’ Lio. over 7 years ago
A discussion on Planet Slade by Andy Capp writers:
“And our colleagues are ruthless,” Goldsmith adds. “They tell us in no uncertain terms. There’s a guy from Barnsley we work with and he said, ‘You two can’t write Andy Capp – you’re both Londoners!"
Tough as these workmates can be, they’re nothing to the die-hard Reg Smythe fans who fill the comment sections on Andy’s various web platforms. For them, any tiny deviation from Smythe’s own template is sacrilege, and they often forget that even Andy’s creator was constantly evolving the strip to keep it alive.
“There’s a small army of people who want to resurrect Reg Smythe and get him drawing again,” says Garnett. “You can’t do anything about that. We’re not Reg Smythe, and we never will be, but we’ll do the best we can for the strip. When I was presented with the opportunity to write Andy, I jumped at the chance. To me, it’s still a great privilege.”
“Andy Capp is still Andy Capp, but it’s been three different strips,” Goldsmith adds. “It’s been Reg Smythe’s Andy Capp, Kettle and Mahoney’s Andy Capp, and now it’s our Andy Capp. They’re all subtly different. We obviously keep the same characters, the same location and the same style of humour, but we’re never going to replicate what Reg Smythe did. It was his creation, he was a genius, and nobody can fill those shoes.”