Andy Capp by Reg Smythe for January 14, 2022

always the trustful Alan, but distrustful Andy

whale in the first panel again…good Andy arranged a designated dragger!

@Number Three Today’s strip IS funny , our HERO Mr Andrew Capp finding being dragged home by Alan the cop is cheaper than an uber is priceless , my avatar again is a picture of our fav actor Rowan Atkinson grinning fromear to ear because he’s in a good mood like I am , how was your day? our Finally Friday should be a little busy but we should cope I hope we both are in a good mood no shopping to do , but I need to go to the police station to pay my firearms license if it stops raining till then we will stay in the house keep hydrated an d wait till this evening when I will have my fav nosh keep safe and thanks for caring young Lady , see you Monday

Like Andy could ever afford an Uber! He’d rather spend the money (if he had it) on a couple more pints!

Shabbat shalom, Eldo and rjm.

Why Uber when you can just have 2 more drinks!

The Cop is a Public servant so technically he works FOR Andy!

One town I lived in years ago had a policy where, if you’d overindulged you could call the local police and they’d give you a ride home for free – no questions asked. Two plain-clothes officers would show up in an unmarked car, one would drive you home in your car, while the other followed. That way, you woke up in the morning, safe at home and not in jail or hospital.

It’s also better than stumbling into the canal.

I have just been reading the three replies to my comments on January 11.

One reply asked me if I was Number Six in disguise. I am not. I once mentioned to Number Six that I had visited Porthmeirion – where “The Prisoner” was filmed – during the 1990s and Number Six replied that he had visited Porthmeirion a few years after me.

My main comment was on one of my books “The Children’s Annual” and a chapter in it called “Wham, Smash and Frankie Stein” which mentions some major characters of the Fleetway, Odhams and IPC comics and annuals including Frankie Stein and Buster.

Buster comic lasted from 1960 to 2000. It was published by Fleetway then IPC then Fleetway again and then Egmont. Frankie Stein first appeared in Wham from 1964 to 1967. The comic was published by Odhams which later merged with Fleetway to form IPC which later changed its name back to Fleetway. Frankie was then revived for the 1973-4 comic Shiver and Shake and then continued in Whoopee! until 1985. He was “Honorary Editor” of Monster Fun comic in 1975-6 and appeared in a one-line strip which continued in Buster from 1976 to 1986. Frankie Stein also appeared in six Frankie Stein Holiday Specials and two Frankie Stein annuals.

Frankie was originally drawn by Ken Reid and then revived with even greater success by Bob Nixon. Some comic strips for the annuals and holiday specials were drawn by Frank McDiarmuid who drew most of the Cheeky strips for Krazy and its spin-off Cheeky Weekly. Both Bob Nixon and Frank McDiarmuid were heavily influenced by Ken Reid and continued some of his other comic strips besides Frankie Stein. Bob Nixon continued the Roger the Dodger strip in “The Beano” and was briefly replaced by two artists including Frank McDiarmuid before returning to draw the strip until his death. Frank McDiarmuid also continued Reid’s “Big Head and Thick Head” strip on the back page of “The Dandy” and later continued Reid’s “Faceache” strip in “Buster”.

One of these days Flo will get some sense & throw Andy back!

C’mon Al, dump him in the canal.

And he escaped doing jail time.

Flo probably wishes Alan would just toss him into a cell.

At SylviSterling

My sympathy for your condition and I reckon you are doing everything you can to lessen the severity.