| Dudley
Dexter Watkins Some additional artwork some of these may appear in varied formats throughout the site most images link to larger images and more information |
 Outer pages of the Rover Midget Comic (a free gift given with The Rover dated 11 February 1933) Inside was Watkins first full strip for DC Thomson - PC 99 Thanks to Dave (Cromfire) who sent me these two scans |
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 Very early drawings from an autograph book. Drawn when Dudley worked for Boots, Nottingham. Dated 1924 |
 Dudley Watkins painting on the dust jacket for one of DC Thomson's illustrated novels.Morgyn The Mighty published in 1951. The book is not fully illustrated but does feature 14 illustrations by Watkins |
 An image of Tony and Tina, religious characters, along with William The Warrior, drawn for publication by the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade. More info. on the Other Books page. |
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From a set of 24 cards
presented with The Rover in 1929. Each card has a small piece of a larger Dudley Watkins painting on the reverse side. When placed together, the cards made a full picture. Click on the card above to see the full set of cards and reverse side painting. |
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| These fantastic painted portraits
came up for sale at a compal comic auction in May 2005. It was believed they were the original drawings used for the cover of the first Broons book in 1939 but I compared the images and found slight differences (click on the images to see the comparisons). |
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 Example of a full colour biblical illustration by Watkins from The Sparky Annual 1969. |
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| Not a Watkins artwork but this fine art bronze statue showing Oor Wullie and PC Murdoch was made by Scottish sculptor Steve Paterson. Click on image above for more pictures and information. |
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| An original cowboy artwork signed by Dudley
Watkins. Writing on drawing indicates it was used in The Skipper Issue 166 which would make it late 1933 |
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| Click on the above images to see
very large scale scanned images of original Dudley Watkins artwork were
you can see the pencilling and inking work in detail. The Oor Wullie strip was printed in the Sunday Post24 September 1944 and the Our Gang panel is from a two page story as printed in The Dandy Comic around about 1940. |
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The following images are by Dudley Watkins' sister,
Dorothy Eva Watkins. |
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Valentines Children's Series
Postcard No.1231 Invitation To Fairyland |
Valentines Children's Series Postcard
No.1232 The Fairy Glade |
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No.1233 Day Dream |
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No.1234 The Dance Of The Elves |
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No.1235 And So To Bed |
Valentines Children's Series Postcard
No.1236 The Little Shepherd |
I will add to this page as new items come up. |
