The Dandy Tony Morrow, the Desperate Dan statue, which also features his dog Dawg, is the most photographed of 120 pieces of public art in the city. In July 2001 the cover of "The Dandy" featured Dan visiting Dundee and encountering his statue. In December 2012 the University of Dundee held an exhibition in partnership with D C Thomson to mark the comic's 75th anniversary. The Dandy The Dandy was a British children's comic published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after "Il Giornalino" (cover dated
Tried in the Furnace Tried in the Furnace "Tried in the Furnace" is a short story by British comic writer P. G. Wodehouse. It was published in the UK in "The Strand Magazine" in September 1935, and in the US in "Cosmopolitan" in March 1937. It was included in the British edition of the 1936 collection "Young Men in Spats". The story introduces the recurring character Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps and features Pongo Twistleton. In the story, Barmy falls in love with a girl named Angelica Briscoe, a parson's daughter, but comes into conflict with his friend Pongo when he discovers that Pongo has also fallen