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Who remembers Oor Wullie? This was one of my favourites as a kid, and I always got an album at Christmas time. I think he was probably more of a Scottish character. I am sure he is still around because Mrs McMuffin got me an album one Christmas a few years ago. I think he appears in a strip in one of the Scottish newspapers. I am not sure he travels well, so it is unlikely that many of of our American cousins will have heard of him.
Oor Wullie was such a naughty boy. He was always up to something. I used to love him. You can sample his adventures here. This is probably typical of the sort of story the strip followed.
mr mcmuffin on 28 Apr 2004 @ 03:06 PM ✲ Permalink
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And someone got paid for that storyboard? Wow, the past was pretty crap, wasn't it? :-)
Actually, that cartoon is quite cool (man!), simply due to its extreme naffness. I wonder if it would still appeal to a child of today, though. Perhaps it would.
Posted by: David (TEFL Smiler) | 28 Apr 2004 22:31:15
What do you mean? That was from the 1996 album! We Scots have simple tastes. That is why I like Mrs McMuffin.
Posted by: mr mcmuffin | 28 Apr 2004 22:39:13
I never got beyond the Dandy, the Beano and Viz, so I know little about the style of any other comics. Maybe I'm being too harsh. On second thoughts, it really was a strange storyline!
Posted by: David (TEFL Smiler) | 28 Apr 2004 22:41:26
Ah, dear Wullie. Last time I checked, the wee lad turned up every Sunday in that most bizarre and provincial of papers, The Sunday Post (The Broons too, but I've never cared much for them) - http://www.dcthomson.co.uk/mags/post/
Posted by: Nagl | 2 May 2004 08:50:55
Ahh...So that's where he is! I knew he was somewhere, but I just couldn't remember. I loved the Broons too.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 2 May 2004 09:03:16
Aye, we used to get The Sunday Post (F*ck knows why) and I used to read Oor Wullie, or at least try to, with all those silly phoenetic scottish words. He used to play "Fitba" as I recall! :-S
Posted by: Steve | 18 May 2004 16:28:23
Jings Crivens help ma boab.
Children of today love him still - especially the older non PC cartoons (i.e. corporal punishment from his Paw on a reglar basis). Can't keep my kids away from the books - they vanish four hours with my collection - just as I did with my mums.
Posted by: Fat Boab | 14 Aug 2004 09:23:06
Yes you still get Oor Wullie and The Broon's in the Sunday Post.
You can still get the annuals aswell, I just took to fo the over to Canada for my brother.
And I still buy them for my Hubby, Bro and Grown up Son's the love it .
Posted by: Grace | 19 Oct 2007 03:17:08
I know the Broon and OOR Wullie are excellent. I was brought up on them too. My Grandfather was from Scotland and I have now moved here. The comic strip is in the Sunday Post and I have just found out an excellent web site www.dcthompson.com/annuals where I can get the annuals at a special rate even better, I can't wait for them to arrive and read this years.
Keep enjoying
Posted by: Pamela | 25 Oct 2007 18:37:06
