Oor Wullie's Page

Oor Wullie's Page

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The first ever Oor Wullie strip Sunday Post Fun Section 8 March 1936	Wullie and his wee brother who appeared in a few early strips before disappearing in mysterious circumstances ?	Wullie with early gang member Ezzy who also disappeared ??


Wullie trying to stop Fat Bob from smoking	Wullie getting a visit from his Gran'maw	Wullie always enjoyed a good fight


cowboys wi' neigh horses	Wullie strikes oot for London	Jings and Crivvens - my heavens

In 1992 DC Thomson decided to print the Oor Wullie and Broons strips in colour as part of their ongoing modernisation of the strips. It seems this upset some fans who complained to DC Thomson and after a few months the strips reverted to black and white.
DCT adjusted the colouring technique over the few months they appeared from heavily coloured to lightly coloured and all the way back to heavily coloured. You can see some of these changes in the examples below. (there are examples of The Broons in colour over on The Broons Page).


kilty cauld bum	Jings it's her !	This is a Braw Site

* There are additional strips and part strips on the 'Spot The Difference' pages.*

Jings, Crivvens , Help Ma Boab

The Broons and Oor Wullie are famous for their limited range of memorable exclamations. Back in the dusty past (and in Kelvinside to this day) it was considered uncouth to swear or take the lord's name in vain. But then, as now, people liked to have exclamations for their exasperations. I don't want to state the obvious but in case you don't already know - the ones used by our characters are basically corruptions of religious terms.

Jings	derived from Jesus
Crivvens	derived from Christ In Heaven
Help Ma Boab	derived from help me god or so help me god
Michty Me	derived from Mighty God or Almighty God or God Almighty

Oor Wullie was modelled on Ron Low. Ron was the son of DC Thomson's managing editor RD Low who, along with the artist Dudley Watkins, was the creator of The Broons and Oor Wullie characters.
I have included some information on Ron Low and how he became Oor Wullie on the following pages:

The RD Low Page and The Ron Low Page

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Miscellaneous

Some Oor Wullie public service promos	An Oor Wullie figurine	An Oor Wullie jumper - knitting pattern

Some great drawings I received from artist Stan Suggitt

This 'life size' model of Oor Wullie is made of old Sunday Post papers and can be found meeting and greeting visitors to Pedro's Art Shop in Crieff, Perthshire. (Click here to visit the Pedro Art website).

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