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1937 - He's Oor Wullie, Your Wullie, A'body's Wullie...
Dudley D. Watkins. Early life[edit] Watkins was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, England,[1] although the family moved to Nottingham while he was still a baby.[2] His father was a lithographic print artist who noted the boy's early artistic talent and ensured that he received extra art classes at the Nottingham School of Art.
By the age of 10 the local newspaper declared him a "schoolboy genius. " He studied at Nottingham School of Art, and while working for Boots Pure Drug company in the early 1920s, Watkins' first published artwork appeared in Boots' staff magazine, The Beacon.[3] Work with D.C. The Broons & Oor Wullie. Oor Wullie & The Broons Oor Wullie & The Broons are Scottish comic strips published in the D.
C. Thomson & Co. Ltd newspaper The Sunday Post. Oor Wullie features a boy named William (Oor Wullie is Our Willie in Scots) whose trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and sitting on an upturned. The Broons and Oor Wullie Gallery. The Broons Annual Gallery. Oor Wullie Annual Gallery. Oor Wullie. Oor Wullie is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C.
Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post. It features a character called Wullie, the familiar Scots nickname for boys named William. Oor Wullie means Our Willie. His trademarks are spiky hair, dungarees and an upturned bucket, which he often uses as a seat - most strips since early 1937 begin and end with a single panel of Wullie sitting on his bucket. The earliest strips, with little dialogue, ended with Wullie complaining ("I nivver get ony fun roond here! ").  Characters and story[edit] Wullie, his full name is William MacCallum, home town is unnamed in the original Watkins strips, but it has been called Auchenshoogle since the late 1990s.
Wullie's age has not been consistent, in the early Watkins scripts he looked about 5 or 6, in later Watkins scripts he looked about 10 or 11, more recently he has become slightly younger.  Annuals[edit] Since 1996 - the 60th anniversary of the strip - D.C.  See also[edit] References[edit] Overview of Oor Wullie. Scottish Poetry Selection - Oor Wullie. Oor Wullie (1936-) "Guid night, sleep tight, An' dinna let the bugs bite!
An' dinna miss oor wee mite In yer Sunday Post... a'right? " Indecipherable to many southerners, but an icon to those north of the border, that young Scottish loon Wullie has been scuffing around the backstreets of Dundee since 1936. Wullie and his associates The Broons were born in the studios of  DC Thomson, and they first appeared in the pages of 'The Sunday Post' before branching out into biannual publications. Both the weekly strips and the annuals  are still published today, 60+ years on. And you can also get your hands on  tie-in calendars and more. Wullie is a snotty-faced kid, always bored, always skint, and always looking for  something to do, some way to cause mischief or get out of a family gathering, or  some way to get rich quick.
(1) Oor Wullie. Index. Who’s stolen Oor Wullie fae Inverurie? - Local Headlines - Inverurie Herald. A FAMILLIAR resident of an Inverurie garden, who also happens to be one of Scotland’s best loved cartoon characters, was stolen from his usual spot over the weekend.
And Grampian Police are now investigating the theft of “Oor Wullie” in the hope that somone in area knows of his whereabouts. Police say that the theft occurred between 8am on Saturday, (July 28) and 10am on Sunday (July 29), at a property at Davah Court and described the piece as “a distinctive large garden ornament of the popular character ‘Oor Wullie’”. Grampian Police say they are keen to trace anyone who may have seen persons acting suspiciously in gardens around that area. Investigating Officer, PC Alex Ritchie said: “The item taken is quite distinctive, of considerable size and has been removed from a garden in a sheltered housing complex. It was of much sentimental value to the owner who is quite upset and would unfortunately be very difficult to replace. Call in PC Murdoch.. Oor Wullie has been kidnapped.
Grampian Police are investigating after thieves pinched a pensioner's statue of the famous Broons character.
JINGS, crivvens, help ma Boab. Oor Wullie’s been kidnapped. If this crime had taken place in Auchenshoogle, PC Joe Murdoch would have been straight on the case. But instead Grampian Police are investigating after thieves swiped a pensioner’s prized statue of the cartoon character. The Broons and Oor Wullie Shop. The Broons. The Broons is a comic strip in Scots published in the weekly Scottish newspaper, The Sunday Post.
It features the Brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 Glebe Street, in (since the late 1990s) the fictional Scottish town of Auchentogle or Auchenshoogle. Originally created by writer/editor R. D. Low and artist Dudley D. (1) The Broons. Naked Video: The Broons Sketch. The Broons (1936 -) Iconic Scots cartoon family The Broons set to be brought to life on our TV screens.
PIT the kettle oan mither, this is braw news - Scotland's most famous fictional family The Broons are coming to TV.
The Glebe Street bunch, who have been keeping cartoon strip readers entertained for 70 years, will feature in a one-off episode following their couthy exploits. But Daphne, The Twins and Horace won't be portrayed as cartoon figures, they'll be brought to life with some real Scottish acting talent. The one-off epsiode, written by John Rooney who penned the acclaimed comedy drama High Times, will be shown on STV next year. It's being produced by Baby Cow Productions, owned by top comedy duo Steve Coogan and Henry Normal, and will include input from historians who have worked with the comic strip over the years. Hopes are high that the one-off will lead to a series being commissioned by STV chiefs. The famous family's only previous telly outing was a series of skits on 1980s Scots comedy series Naked Video. An STV spokesperson refused to comment on the series last night. Www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_128992_en.pdf. The Language of "The Broons" Quiz - Broons, The.
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