Charles Grigg Charles Grigg Charles Grigg (23 November 1916 – 4 December 2013) was a British comic artist for DC Thomson. He was the artist of "The Dandy" cover strip "Korky the Cat". He also did Desperate Dan after the original artist, Dudley Watkins, died. In "The Topper" comic he drew "Splodge", "Willy Nilly", "Foxy" and "Shorty Shambles". Grigg swiftly became the definitive "Korky the Cat" artist when he took over the artistic duties from James Crighton on the cover of The Dandy in the early 1960s. Immediately making Korky a friendlier looking figure, his covers for the weekly, and the Dandy
The Dandy Annual page in 1984, the annual cover reflected this by featuring both Korky and Dan until the release of the 1991 book in 1990 – which was the first ever Dandy Annual to not feature Korky on the front cover in any way. He has made several appearances since then, despite the main focus shifting to Dan. In 2006, the original 1939 Monster Comic was reprinted as a facsimile edition in a collector's slipcase. This information is necessary to identify older annuals which are not dated. If an annual is dated 1940, it would have been published in August 1939. Prices