Dandy Exhibition Opening Success
An event to open the comics exhibition to celebrate the 75th birthday of the world’s third-longest running comic, The Dandy, was held on Saturday 8th December. Five of the people working on the new Digital Dandy - artist David Sutherland, Digital Dandy editor Craig Ferguson, writer Dan McGachey, former Dandy editor Morris Heggie, and artist Stephen White - talked about both the old and new versions of The Dandy. They remembered the Dandy's past, but also looked towards its future as it moves on-line with the launch of the Digital Dandy.
The exhibition is being held in the Lamb Gallery and is open Monday-Saturday until 7 January (except from the 23 December – 2 January when the University is closed for Christmas). It features original artwork from DC Thomson’s collections dating back to the earliest years of the comic, much of which has never been shown in public before. All the classic favourites are there, including original Desperate Dan pages by Dudley D Watkins, Korky the Cat artwork by James Crighton and Charlie Grigg, as well as Winker Watson by Eric Roberts, Black Bob by Jack Prout and many more. Whether you're a fan of Brassneck or Bananaman, Corporal Clott or Cuddles & Dimples, you’ll find them all in the Lamb Gallery! Admission is free.
The exhibition has been created as part of an on-going partnership between DC Thomson & Co Ltd, the University of Dundee Museum Services and the newly established Scottish Centre for Comics Studies, based at the University.
A review of the opening event, including photos of the exhibition, is available on downthetubes.net. Further information about the exhibition, including additional photographs, is available on the Museum Services website.
Posted: 17 December 2012
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