Buster Capp is a British comic strip series which debuted on 28 May 1960 in the magazine '' Buster'' and ran until January 2000. The character was the mascot of the magazine too. The series is a

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of ''

Andy Capp ''Andy Capp'' is a British comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in the ''Daily Mirror'' and the ''Sunday Mirror'' newspapers since 5 August 1957. Originally a panel (comics), single-panel cartoon, it was later expanded to four ...

'', starring Andy's young son Buster, despite not being drawn by the original artist of that comic,

Reg Smythe Reginald Smyth (10 July 1917 – 13 June 1998) was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running ''Andy Capp'' comic strip. Early life and military service He was born in Hartlepool, County Durham, England, the son of Richard ...

. The first artist was Bill Titcombe, but Hugh McNeill took over as artist after less than a year. After a few years

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took over and drew the strip until 1974, when he was followed by Reg Parlett.

Tom Paterson Tom Paterson (born April 22, 1954) is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986 to 2012. As of 2013, he currently draws strips for Viz. Taking stylistic inspiration from Leo Baxendale' ...

in turn took over from Parlett in 1985 and drew the strip until 1990.

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then became the strip's artist until the magazine folded in 2000; the magazine started using reprints of Hansen's earlier strips in 1998, but he still drew a complete new strip once a month, along with covers for every magazine until the end of its life.

Swedish version

There also existed a Swedish version of Buster Capp, done directly for the Swedish edition by local Swedish artists; this version was a heavily sports-orientated humour strip.

References

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