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
The Big Country (comics) by Dell Comics, as issue #946 of Dell's long-running showcase anthology "Four Color Comics". "The Big Country" was published in hardcover in the UK in 1958 by Allan Wingate. Maryland sea captain James McKay goes west to Texas, to claim his bride, and steps into a violent feud over land. The Big Country (comics) The Big Country is a comic book adaptation and movie tie-in of the western novel "The Big Country" by Donald Hamilton. Written by long-time Western comics writer Paul S. Newman, and drawn by Bob Correa, "The Big Country" was initially serialized in "The Saturday Evening Post"