Buster (sport comic) Buster (sport comic) Buster was a sport comic magazine published in Sweden 1967 - 2005, in Norway 1972-1994 and in Finland in the 1970s and 1980s. In December 2005, Egmont discontinued the publication of "Buster" magazine. At first most of the material was taken from the UK edition but as time went on the magazine produced more and more original material. This included "taking over" the "Buster" comic strip itself and changing the main character's appearance to a more typical sports-interested teenager instead of the son of Andy Capp. Other comics included many series from "Tiger" magazine (with a heavy
Al Capp inspiration for Harvey Kurtzman's "Mad Magazine", which began in 1952 as a comic book that specifically parodied other comics in the same distinctive style and subversive manner. Capp also lampooned popular recording idols of the day, such as Elvis Presley ("Hawg McCall," 1957), Liberace ("Loverboynik," 1956), the Beatles ("the Beasties," 1964)—and in 1944, Frank Sinatra. "Sinatra was the first great public figure I ever wrote about," Capp once said. "I called him 'Hal Fascinatra.' I remember my news syndicate was so worried about what his reaction might be, and we were all surprised when he telephoned and told me how