Reg Smythe

Reg Smythe
Reg Smythe
BornReginald Smyth
(1917-07-10)10 July 1917
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
Died13 June 1998(1998-06-13) (aged 80)
Hartlepool, County Durham, England
NationalityEnglish
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]

  1. ^ 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.)
  2. ^ Blystone, Richard (3 April 1977). "Cartoon Famous, Creator Isn't". The Evening News. Newburgh, NY. Associated Press. p. B1. Retrieved 24 March 2012.