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Reg Smythe

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The Resume

    (July 10, 1917-June 13, 1998)
    Born in Hartlepool, England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Reginald Smyth
    Created the comic strip 'Andy Capp' (1957)
    Founding member of the British Cartoonists Association (1966)

Why he might be annoying:

    He dropped out of school at 14.
    An interviewer described his views on marriage as 'dating back to the Neolithic age.'
    In an early cartoon that he later called 'dreadful,' Andy's wife Flo sports a black eye while Andy says, 'I'm a man of few pleasures and one of them 'appens to be knockin' yer about.'
    'Andy Capp' was accused of 'perpetuating stereotypes of Britain's Northerners,' who were viewed in other parts of England as chronically unemployed layabouts.
    He said, 'I don't go along with all this dignity of work.... If there's a system where you can get as much on the dole as you can working, you're going to be a bloody fool to go to work, aren't you?'

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was left handed.
    He served in North Africa during World War II.
    'Andy Capp' became an unexpected international success, appearing in newspapers in over 50 countries.
    He said of Andy Capp, 'He may be a horrible little man, but he's been very good to me.'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 11 Votes: 36.36% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying