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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Matt Roper

Daily Mirror comic strip artist celebrates 65 years of flat-capped legend Andy Capp

With his boozy exploits, cheeky humour and expert job dodging, flat-capped legend Andy Capp has been entertaining millions of readers since the 50s.

Now, Andy is celebrating 65 years since he first dawdled, fag hanging from his lip, into the pages of the Daily Mirror.

At the height of his popularity, the comic strip equalled Charles Schulz’s Peanuts for global fame, was syndicated to 1,700 newspapers worldwide and translated into 14 different languages.

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