Post by skidsprocket on Dec 19, 2015 13:42:59 GMT
Almost everyone knows of the world famous cartoon character Andy Capp created in 1957 by Reg Smythe and still going strong today. What I have yet to find is anyone who has heard of a speedway cartoon strip created by Reg at the start of his cartooning career many of which feature a character called Skid Sprocket.
I came across a rare booklet of these strips and set about finding the copyright owner with a view to doing a reprint. To cut a long story short I managed to contact the family of the late Reg Smythe and they gave their full backing to my resurrecting Skid and friends.
The booklet costs £7-70 inc p&p and shows speedway in the early 1950's and is interesting from a historic point but many of the jokes are relevant to today's speedway as well as being very amusing in their own right.
With the help of a graphic designer friend we have put together a 44 page A5 size booklet containing over 70 cartoons with the aim of selling them and £5 from each sale goes to the Speedway Riders Benevolent Fund, SRBF
Anyone interested in more information or to buy a copy please contact, skidsprocket@gmail.com
