You Tell 'Em, Andy Capp

Reg Smythe’s single-panel comic strip, chronicling the domestic misadventures of the perpetually unemployed, beer-loving Andy Capp and his long-suffering wife Flo, was collected in a series of paperback volumes by Gold Medal Books from 1971 to 1988. Across just five issues, these compilations preserved the sharp, working-class humor and distinctive, expressive linework that made Smythe’s creation a beloved staple of British newspapers for decades. While the strip itself debuted much earlier, these collections offered a handy, durable format for fans to revisit Andy’s endless schemes and Flo’s withering retorts.