Buster Capp
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Buster Cappis a British comic strip series which debuted on 28 May 1960 in the magazineBusterand ran until January 2000. The character was the mascot of the magazine too. The series is aspin-offofAndy Capp,starring Andy's young son Buster, despite not being drawn by the original artist of that comic,Reg Smythe.The first artist wasBill Titcombe,butHugh McNeilltook over as artist after less than a year.[1]After a few yearsÀngel Nadaltook over and drew the strip until 1974, when he was followed byReg Parlett.Tom Patersonin turn took over from Parlett in 1985 and drew the strip until 1990.Jimmy Hansenthen 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
[edit]There also existed a Swedish version of Buster Capp, done directly for theSwedish editionby local Swedish artists; this version was a heavily sports-orientated humour strip.
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