Oor Wullie 1940
The first ever Oor Wullie annual, first published in 1940, has just been reprinted in facsimile edition.
Another in D. C. Thomson's reissues of Dudley D. Watkins' classic comic books, which I received for my birthday this year. Thomson published The Broons and Oor Wullie strips in the weekly paper The Sunday Post, and compiled annuals from the strips - The Broons and Oor Wullie annuals appeared (and still do) on alternate years. Personally, I far prefer Oor Wullie - I think The Broons tends to use very repetitive story lines.
The artwork in this facsimile edition is fantastic, there's a really dynamic sense of action. The stories? Well, the stories are pure classic Wullie action! There's a link to a scan of the first ever Wullie story below.
Wullie's web links:
Oor Wullie at Wikipedia
A Wullie and Broons fan page, which also has a lot of material about Dudley D. Watkins.
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