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
TV Comic TV Comic TV Comic was a British comic book magazine published weekly from 9 November 1951 until 29 June 1984. Originally started by Beaverbrook, it was published by Polystyle Publications from 1960 and featured stories based on television series running at the time of publication. The first issue ran to eight pages, with "Muffin the Mule" on the front cover. It also featured many other TV favourites of the day, including "Mr. Pastry", "Larry the Lamb", "Tom Puss", "Prince Valiant" (Hal Foster reprint), "Jack & Jill" and "Prudence Kitten". In common with other British children's comics, "TV Comic" absorbed other,