Andy Capp the comic attempting to find a gas leak in three frames of the 18 June 1960 strip. He was also shown in two drawn photographs in the 2 July 1960 issue, the first of which was displayed by Buster's mum with the pronouncement "It's a photo of Buster taken with Andy! You can see he's got his dad's fine straight nose". Buster's mum was often referred to by name and was consistently drawn to resemble Andy's wife Flo. Andy Capp Andy Capp is an English comic strip created by cartoonist Reg Smythe, seen in "The Daily Mirror" and "The Sunday
The Potts introduced in November 1920, and with her came the marital disputes and slanging matches, which were to characterise the strip under Cross. In terms of drinking,arguing, swearing and displays of bad temper, "You & Me" remains unique in Australian comic book history and pre-dated "Andy Capp" by almost 40 years. Under Russell, the editors insisted that the strip become "more genteel," so he introduced new characters: a daughter, Ann; a son-in-law, Herb; grandchildren, Mike and Bunny; and Uncle Dick, a good-natured scrounger. With Uncle Dick (Mrs. Potts' uncle), Russell felt he could "sneak" into the strip the less attractive elements