Reginald Smyth (1917-07-10)10 July 1917 Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Died
13 June 1998(1998-06-13) (aged 80) Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Nationality
English
Area(s)
Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
Andy Capp (1957–98)
Reginald Smyth (10 July 1917 – 13 June 1998) was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.[1][2]
^Gregson, Keith (2004). "Smyth, Reginald (Reg Smythe) (1917–1998)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70012. Retrieved 18 July 2007. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^Blystone, Richard (3 April 1977). "Cartoon Famous, Creator Isn't". The Evening News. Newburgh, NY. Associated Press. p. B1. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
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1996). Michael Cummings; The Independent (Saturday 11 October 1997). RegSmythe; The Independent (Monday 15 June 1998), p. 6. Les Lilley; The Independent...
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Toronto St. Patricks in 1919. In 1927, the franchise was purchased by Conn Smythe and renamed the Maple Leafs. A member of the "Original Six", the club was...
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first issue Bill Titcombe's Buster Capp makes its debut, a spin-off of RegSmythe's Andy Capp. The magazine will run until 4 January 2000. May 29: The final...
by Harold Fenner (Peter Jones) and the foreman and pattern cutter Reg Turner (Reg Varney), the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy...
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