Reg Smythe
Reginald "Reg" Smythe (born July 10, 1917 in Hartlepool , County Durham , England , † June 13, 1998 ibid) was a British cartoonist and comic artist . His main character was the comic strip series " Andy Capp " (in German translation "Willi Wacker", in Austria also "Charlie Kappl") , which has appeared in The Daily Mirror and The Sunday Mirror since 1957 .
Smythe's father was the shipyard worker Richard Oliver Smythe, his mother was Florence Smythe, nee. Pearce. Smythe created a memorial to his mother in the Andy-Capp-Strips by naming the wife of the eternal chauvinist Andy "Flo" (short for Florence) and endowing her with a never-ending patience.
Smythe began drawing cartoons during his military service - he joined the army in 1936 and served in Africa and the Middle East, among others , during World War II . His first drawings were published in Cairo newspapers.
After the war, Smythe settled in London and initially worked in the postal service. From 1954 he began to freelance cartoons for the Daily Mirror . His first series was titled 'Laughter at Work'. In 1957 Smythe began working on his hit series 'Andy Capp', which he continued until his death.
Publications
The following issues have appeared in Germany (among others):
- Willi Wacker - Volume 1 (1967, Hamburger Morgenpost)
- Willi Wacker - Volume 2 (1968, Hamburg printer and publishing house Auerdruck)
- Willi Wacker - Volume 3 (Allgemeine Druck- und Presseverlags GmbH)
- Willi Wacker - Volume 4 (1970, Allgemeine Druck- und Presseverlags GmbH)
- Willi is the boss (1976, Volume 3 ehapa paperback)
- Where there's a Willi, there's a way (1977, Volume 6 ehapa paperback)
- Everyone wants Willi (1977, Volume 14 ehapa paperback)
- Willi knows all the tricks (1978, Volume 18 ehapa paperback)
- Willi in top form (1978, volume 27 ehapa paperback)
- Willi - always innocent (1979, Volume 34 ehapa paperback)
- Willi remains Willi (1979, Volume 39 ehapa paperback)
- Willi creates all (1980, Volume 46 ehapa paperback)
- Willi looks through (1980, Volume 56 ehapa paperback)
- Ring free for Willi (1981, Volume 62 ehapa paperback)
- A real Willi (1981, Volume 72 ehapa paperback)
- Willi Wacker the happy for no good (1984, Heyne Verlag - 6450)
- Willi always brings it (1984, Volume 5 of the series "great types", ehapa softcover edition)
- Stronger appearance, Willi! (1984, volume 8 of the series "great types", ehapa softcover edition)
- Willi Wacker really big (1985, Heyne Verlag - 6541)
- Willi Wacker in great shape (1985, Heyne Verlag - 6575)
- With Willi no eye stays dry (1987, Volume 3 of the series "Lila Gorilla", ehapa softcover edition)
- Willi's Volltreffer (1987, Volume 5 of the series "Lila Gorilla", ehapa softcover edition)
- Willi Wacker - Of mothers-in-law, wives, curfew and other strokes of fate (1994, Lingen Verlag)
Web links
- Literature by and about Reg Smythe in the catalog of the German National Library
- Andy Capp on Comics.com
- About a Reg Smythe exhibition in The British Cartoon Archive ( April 30, 2008 memento in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Game based on the comic strip of the same name . Retrieved August 9, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Smythe, Reg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smythe, Reginald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hartlepool |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1998 |
| Place of death | Hartlepool |