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Photographs of the Desperate Dan statue in Dundee with a history of the Desperate Dan statues
The Desperate Dan Statue in Dundee can be found in the city centre shopping area. The Desperate Dan statue sits at 8 feet tall and is made from bronze. It was unveiled by the children of the Dundee High Street school. As can be seen in the Desperate Dan photographs on this aboutaberdeen page he is in a rush across Dundee Square whilst out walking his dog, Dawg.
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Behind the Desperate Dan Statue in Dundee is a character not from The Dandy but from its sister comic The Beano. She is Minnie the Minx and she is aiming her catapult.
The large pillar on the right is of a big thumbs up. The Desperate Dan, Dawg and Minnie the Minx statues were created by sculptures and artists Tony and Susie Morrow.
Desperate Dan appears in the Dandy comic by DC Thomson of Dundee, who also publish The Beano. Desperate Dan made his first appearance in The Dandy on the 4 December 1937. The strongman and cowboy lives in Cactusville and loves to eat cow pies with horns sticking out from the pastry crust. These were made by his Aunt Aggie though these cow pies have not appeared in comic strips for several years. Desperate Dan also has a nephew called Danny, a niece called Katey and once had a girlfriend called Little Bear.
The first Desperate Dan comic strips were drawn by the artist Dudley D Watkins an early cartoonist for Oor Wullie in the Sunday Post. In recent years DesperateDan and Dawg appear in the revamped and renamed Dandy Xtreme with comic strips drawn by Ken Harrison.
Here are some more Desperate Dan Statue photos taken in Dundee with the aboutaberdeen.com team:
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Desperate Dan Statue Dundee
Photographs of the Desperate Dan statue in Dundee with a history of the Desperate Dan statues
The Desperate Dan Statue in Dundee can be found in the city centre shopping area. The Desperate Dan statue sits at 8 feet tall and is made from bronze. It was unveiled by the children of the Dundee High Street school. As can be seen in the Desperate Dan photographs on this aboutaberdeen page he is in a rush across Dundee Square whilst out walking his dog, Dawg.
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Contact Me.
My new novel:
The Aberdeen skies are under attack from an enemy jet. It is spilling a strange yellow smoke. Minutes later, people start killing each other.
Former Royal Air Force Regiment Gunner Jason Harper witnesses this and then his wife, Pippa, telephones him, shouting that she needs him. They then get cut off. He sets straight out, unprepared for the nightmare that unfolds during his journey. Everyone seems to want to kill him.
Along the way, he pairs up with fellow survivor Imogen. But she enjoys killing the living dead far too much. Will she kill Jason in her blood thirst? Or will she hinder his journey through this zombie filled dystopian landscape to find his pregnant wife?
The Fence is the first in this series of post-apocalyptic military survival thrillers from the torturous mind of local horror and science fiction novel writer C.G. Buswell.
Download Now.
Buy the Paperback.
Behind the Desperate Dan Statue in Dundee is a character not from The Dandy but from its sister comic The Beano. She is Minnie the Minx and she is aiming her catapult.
The large pillar on the right is of a big thumbs up. The Desperate Dan, Dawg and Minnie the Minx statues were created by sculptures and artists Tony and Susie Morrow.
Desperate Dan appears in the Dandy comic by DC Thomson of Dundee, who also publish The Beano. Desperate Dan made his first appearance in The Dandy on the 4 December 1937. The strongman and cowboy lives in Cactusville and loves to eat cow pies with horns sticking out from the pastry crust. These were made by his Aunt Aggie though these cow pies have not appeared in comic strips for several years. Desperate Dan also has a nephew called Danny, a niece called Katey and once had a girlfriend called Little Bear.
The first Desperate Dan comic strips were drawn by the artist Dudley D Watkins an early cartoonist for Oor Wullie in the Sunday Post. In recent years DesperateDan and Dawg appear in the revamped and renamed Dandy Xtreme with comic strips drawn by Ken Harrison.
Here are some more Desperate Dan Statue photos taken in Dundee with the aboutaberdeen.com team:
Have you seen my beautiful golden retriever Lynne out and about in Aberdeen? Ask her for a high-five! She's a Bravehound PTSD assistance dog, so we'll often be in shops, restaurants, and the cinema together.
We've written a book where I talk about growing up in Aberdeen and then joining the army to be a medic and nurse, and developing military Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I also talk about losing my son to suicide and the therapy I have had at Royal Cornhill Hospital and grief support groups in Aberdeen.
The author, Damien Lewis, said of Lynne:
"A powerful account of what one dog means to one man on his road to recovery. Both heart-warming and life-affirming. Bravo Chris and Lynne. Bravo Bravehound."
Download.
Buy the paperback.
An army veteran moves his family back to his Aberdeenshire home, but his nightmare neighbour starts a battle of wits with him. Who will win this One Last War?
Buy this latest novel by local author C.G. Buswell on Kindle or Paperback.
Advertise Here from just £70.
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