Dan Dare Mekon. The initial artist was Gerry Embleton, who drew Dan to resemble the original exactly, but he was quickly replaced by Ian Kennedy, who gave the hero a younger look and blond hair. The opening "Dan Dare" story was an epic, lasting 18 months, written by Pat Mills and John Wagner. It opened with a flashback to the unseen final defeat of the Mekon by the original Dan, after which he was sealed inside an artificial asteroid and exiled into space. Centuries later he was accidentally freed and returned to conquer Earth. A few years later the descendant of his
Dare-Dare (artist-run centre) Dare-Dare (artist-run centre) Dare-Dare, stylized DARE-DARE, is an artist-run center and a nonprofit organization located in Montreal. It was founded by Sylvie Cotton and Claire Bourque. Its offices are located in a construction trailer, decorated by artists and stationed in different districts (mostly in parks) on the island of Montreal. The name given by the center to these successive temporary locations is Dis/location: urban articulation project. DARE-DARE is exclusively dedicated to the production and presentation of , although this was not always the case since its foundation. Its activities consist of hosting the work of selected artists following an annual