Book: ‘Man of Grace, Andy Capp’ by Reg Smythe
by Rob Smith, Jr. on Sep.03, 2019, under Books
Man of Grace, Andy Capp by Reg Smythe
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
- As i continue to read through books related more to my profession….
I happened upon this at a thrift store last week and that reminded me I need to keep taking in the books of sequential storytelling.
Quite a funny collection of Andy Capp comic strips. Certainly too much for today’s fad of sensitivity. Probably more acceptable in a few more years.
Writer & artist Reg Smythe has a solid style of depiction and great consistency. Simple backgrounds easy to recognize. Mostly all foreground settings for easier effort of knocking out 7 of these each week. I peeked into how those who replaced the new dead Smythe are handling things. Humor is there, but the art is weak. You can see that here: https://www.gocomics.com/andycapp
Worse part of this collection is a problem Fawcett had with many of their printings of comic strips: Bad printers. Some pages, the words and art are hard to see and read. These collections can be very inconsistent involving printing.
Milling this same area over and over and producing these mostly very funny results is impressive since 1957 to the date of publication of this collection, 1974.
Great fun!
Bottom line: I recommend this book. 8 out of 10 points.
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