Andy Capp was a product of the 1950s - an era when newspapers dominated and domestic violence was still a mainstream source of humour. Why, almost 60 years after he first appeared in the Daily ...

Andy Capp's image, flat cap pulled down over his eyes, was used for commercial endorsements and to sell Post Office Savings Bonds. It inspired a TV series and West End musical in the 1980s.

Hartlepool cartoon layabout Andy Capp has been given a new lease of life in a book about his character and creator. The ...

How Andy Capp became a much-loved British institution as cartoon celebrates 60th birthday The Daily Mirror cartoon has inspired devoted followers to ink themselves with his image around the globe.

The Andy Capp ­handicap came to Redcar in 1975.Andy was an overnight success. Postbags of fan mail arrived as soon as he appeared. No one had seen a working class “hero” in a cartoon.

Andy Capp's image, flat cap pulled down over his eyes, was used for commercial endorsements and to sell Post Office Savings Bonds. It inspired a TV series and West End musical in the 1980s.

A collection of Andy Capp cartoon strip memorabilia has raised about £4,000 at a saleroom in North Yorkshire.