Desperate Dan Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic magazine "The Dandy" and has become their mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his (reinforced) bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch. The character was created by Dudley D. Watkins, originally as an outlaw or ‘desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into a more sympathetic type, using his strength to
Blowtorch Entertainment Blowtorch Entertainment Blowtorch Entertainment is a new media company that was co-founded by Kelly Rodriques and Paul Schiff (producer of "My Cousin Vinny", "Rushmore", and "Date Movie"). In November 2007, multiple Hollywood trades reported that Blowtorch Entertainment had raised significant funding to produce and distribute movies and to build a series of social media tools. Blowtorch describes itself as "a media and entertainment company that creates, enables and distributes fun, authentic and provocative content. We go where our audience goes: online, theaters, live events and mobile." According to "The Economist", Blowtorch is "making video content for 18- to 24-year-old" and