8th March 1936
Oor Wullie makes his first appearance in print
Oor Wullie, with his spiky hair and dungarees, has been a staple of the Sunday Post since appearing in his first comic strip in 1936. He was drawn by cartoonist Dudley D Watkins until Watkins’ death in 1969 and has been kept alive since by a series of other illustrators, who have taken the reins in turn.
Watkins honed his skills at Glasgow School of Art and worked on several DC Thomson comics before sketching Oor Wullie. He died while sitting at his drawing desk in August 1969.
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