Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp

Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp by Reg Smythe Andrew Capp is a working class chap from Hartlepool in Northeast England.  Despite his “class”, Andy’s hardly ever in work, roundly despising all forms of paid labor.  It’s up to his long-suffering wife Florrie to support them with charwoman jobs.  Andy enjoys sleeping, gambling, flirting with… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Meet Andy Capp

Book Review: Black Hat Jack

Book Review: Black Hat Jack by Joe R. Lansdale Nat Love is better known to some as “Deadwood Dick” as he did some fancy shooting in Deadwood, and “Deadwood Nat” just sounds wrong.  Nat was a ex-slave, a gunslinger, a soldier, a cowboy and all-round troublemaker.  You may have seen those “dime novels” with his… Continue reading Book Review: Black Hat Jack