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
Andy Capp Sean Garnett, while Mahoney continues to draw. The appearance of the characters has not changed perceptibly since Smythe's death. In May 2012, Andy Capp (as well as Flo, Chalkie White, the Vicar, and Jackie the Barman) appeared as an animated series for the first time in promotional material for The Trinity Mirror-owned MirrorBingo.com website. The animation was created by Teesside-born Chris Hunneysett, who drew from his own background to place Andy Capp in Middlesbrough. Andy Capp had previously appeared in animated form in television adverts for the Post Office (1986) and Kit Kat (1991). Smythe received the National Cartoonists Society's