Andy Capp is a working-class man from Hartlepool who wears a flat cap pulled over his eyes, spends most of his time at the pub, avoids work at all costs and argues with his long-suffering wife, Flo. He is lazy, selfish and completely unrepentant, and the British public has loved him for nearly seventy years.
Smythe's strip is a sharp, affectionate portrait of northern working-class life, and it was syndicated around the world. Its early humour about domestic fights has aged badly, but the character remains a national icon, with a statue in Hartlepool.
