What is Reg Smythe?
{{Infobox comics creator |image = Reg_Smyth_from_a_family_photograph_owned_by_the_Smyth_family_2007..jpg |caption = Reginald Smyth |birth_name = Reginald Smyth |birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1917|7|10}} |birth_place = [[Hartlepool]], [[County Durham]], England |death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1998|6|13|1917|7|10}} |death_place = Hartlepool, County Durham, England |nationality = English |cartoonist = y |write = y |art = y |notable works = ''[[Andy Capp]]'' (1957–98) |awards = |website = |subcat = }} '''Reginald Smyth''' (10 July 1917&nbsp;– 13 June 1998), known by his professional name '''Reg Smythe''', was a British [[cartoonist]]. He created the popular, long-running ''[[Andy Capp]]'' [[comic strip]].<ref name=ODNB>{{cite book |first=Keith |last=Gregson |title=Smyth, Reginald (Reg Smythe) (1917–1998) |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/70012 |access-date=18 July 2007}}</ref><ref name=EN>{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Blystone |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=The Evening News |location=[[Newburgh, NY]] |title=Cartoon Famous, Creator Isn't |page=B1 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=7B1gAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FW4NAAAAIBAJ&dq=fish%20vigoda&pg=6557%2C369804 |date=3 April 1977 |access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Smythe, Reg}} [[Category:1917 births]] [[Category:1998 deaths]] [[Category:British cartoonists]] [[Category:People from County Durham]] {{bio-stub}}