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The first British paperback reprints of the strip appeared in 1958, and American reprints started in the early 1960s. In both countries, the volumes now number in the dozens. Andy has also been the star of a minor TV series; its six episodes featured James Bolam in the title role and Paula Tilbrook as Flo, and were aired by [[ITV]] in 1988. The strip even had a spin-off of sorts in 1960, Fleetway Publications, which was owned by The Mirror, launched a successful comic book titled ''Buster'' (which lasted until the year 2000 and was the last surviving humour comic published by IPC), whose main character was supposedly Andy Capp's son (though this family connection was never mentioned in the strip itself and was later forgotten in the comic book as well). Andy was even animated once, when he crossed over with ''[[Family Guy]]'' in the episode "And the Wiener Is...", which first aired on August 8, 2001.
Reg Smythe wrote and drew ''Andy Capp'', both daily and Sunday, until his death in 1998. Since then, the strip has been continued by unnamed successors, though for years, Smythe's signature remained affixed to it. Since November 2004, it's been signed by Roger Mahoney and Roger Kettle. It now appears in over 1,400 newspapers worldwide — not quite in the range of top strips like ''[[Peanuts]]'', ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'', ''[[Hagar the Horrible]]'' and ''[[Garfield]]'', but well ahead of ''[[BC]]'', ''[[Dennis the Menace US]]'', ''[[FoxTrot]]'' and other very successful comics.
And it's translated into 13 different languages, proving that Andy's appeal goes far beyond the minor regional stereotype he supposedly represents.
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