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The statue of Desperate Dan in Dundee City Centre. The strip was drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969. Although The Dandy Annuals featured new strips from other artists from then on, the comic continued reprinting Watkins strips until 1983 (though the then Korky the Cat artist Charles Grigg drew new strips for annuals and summer specials), when it was decided to start running new ...
The Dandy was a Scottish children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. [3] The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924) and Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937).
The Dandy (1937–2012) (renamed Dandy Xtreme between 2007–2010) Danger Mouse (2015) [1] Debbie (1976–78), a girls' comic; Diana (1963–76) – a girls' comic; The Dixon Hawke Library (1919–41) Emma (1978–79), a girls' comic, combined with Judy in 1979) EPIC Magazine (2007–2019) Evergreen (1985–2023) Football Picture Story Monthly ...
His main interest outside work was motor sports. He was a member of 750 Motor Club, and an RAC steward at Knockhill Racing Circuit. He and his wife Isabel, with whom he had two sons and two stepsons, lived in the West End of Dundee. [2] He died suddenly on 13 February 2014, at the age of 79. [1]
Raggy Muffin – the Dandy Dog James Crichton 1948 1950 Humour Plum Macduff (the Highlandman who never gets enough) Bill Holroyd 1948 1952 Humour Hotcha the Hottentot Robert MacGillivray 1948 1949 Humour The Slave of the Magic Lamp Fred Sturrock 1948 1949 Prose The Croaker holds the Clue Jack Glass 1948 1949 Prose Wuzzy-Wiz, Magic is his Biz
Educated at the Clepington Primary School and then at Morgan Academy, both in Dundee, Kennedy was employed after leaving school by D. C. Thomson & Co. He was taken on as a trainee illustrator in their Art Department in 1949. He recalled that his first published work was inking the black squares in the weekly Sunday Post crossword.
Luke McCowan says the next three games are "massive" for Dundee and insists they are taking nothing for granted despite their positive league position. Tony Docherty's side face Motherwell ...
Amongst other things, John was an Elder in the Church of Scotland, and a member of Selkirk Camera Club. As drawn by Jack Prout, further Black Bob stories appeared as a picture strip in The Weekly News in 1946, continuing until 1967, and regularly in The Dandy from his 1944 debut until issue 2122, dated 24 July 1982. Eight Black Bob books were ...