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Scottish comic strip
Oor Wullie (English: Our Willie) is a Scottish comic strip published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post. It features a character called Wullie;
Oor_Wullie
English cartoonist (1907–1969)
English cartoonist and illustrator. He is best known for his characters Oor Wullie and The Broons; comic strips featuring them have appeared in the Scottish
Dudley_D._Watkins
Scottish comic series
inception, The Broons has had its own biennial, alternating each year with Oor Wullie. No annuals were published during 1943 and 1944 due to paper rationing
The_Broons
Highest mountain in the British Isles
carried a 1.5-metre (4.9-foot) tall statue of the DC Thomson character Oor Wullie to the top of the mountain. The statue, which had been painted by Roulston
Ben_Nevis
Male given name
Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina.
William
Scottish actress
time with the Rep, she appeared in productions such as Tay Bridge and Oor Wullie. She also appeared as one of the Sharkey twins in Wolfie (some sort of
Leah_Byrne
Scottish actor (born 1994)
Globe as well as various Scottish theatres including a national tour of “Oor Wullie the Musical” where he played the titular role. He made his feature film
Martin_Quinn_(actor)
Scottish publishing and television production company
The Evening Telegraph and The Sunday Post newspapers, and the comics Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando. It also owns the Aberdeen
DC_Thomson
Scottish comics writer and editor
was responsible for their line of comics, and, as a writer, co-created Oor Wullie and The Broons with artist Dudley D. Watkins. Low was born in Dundee.
R._D._Low
Scottish confection
are green and "slightly acidic" in flavour. They have been featured in Oor Wullie and The Broons cartoons; additionally, there is a Border pipe tune from
Soor_ploom
West Germanic language
fiction from German and Medieval Latin into Scots. The strip cartoons Oor Wullie and The Broons in the Sunday Post use some Scots. In 2013, Susan Rennie
Scots_language
British comic artist
Broons and Oor Wullie for The Sunday Post, Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for Buzz and Cracker comics. He drew Oor Wullie and The Broons
Ken_H._Harrison
British former tennis player (born 1987)
A sculpture of Oor Wullie depicted as Andy Murray as part of Oor Wullie's Big Bucket Trail.
Andy_Murray
Publication of comics art
of the British comic annual. DC Thomson also repackages The Broons and Oor Wullie strips in softcover A4-size books for the holiday season. On 19 March
Comic_book
International public art exhibit
the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022. "Home - Oor Wullie's Big Bucket Trail". "Wild Dolphins Aberdeen Art Sculptures Trail - About
CowParade
Scottish performer, producer, impresario and director (1928–2001)
stage debut came in The Mating Game (1973). He staged an adaptation of Oor Wullie, the Sunday Post comic strip character, for the Dundee stage. His one-man
Jimmy_Logan
Word or phrase characteristic of Scots
you live long" Help ma Bob! (well known from the comic strip character Oor Wullie) Many leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, particularly David
Scotticism
Class of diesel–electric locomotives
Loram Red and White Mainline Operational D6975 37275 - (Stainless Pioneer/Oor Wullie) Dartmouth Steam Railway BR Blue Operational D6994 37294 - Embsay and
British_Rail_Class_37
Broons (1940–present) Classic Broons and Oor Wullie annuals (1996–present) The Dandy Annual (1939–present) Oor Wullie (1941–present) Storytime with Grandma
List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications
List_of_D._C._Thomson_&_Co._Ltd_publications
Weekly newspaper published in Dundee, Scotland
on Nothing"). There is a Fun Section featuring comic strips such as: Oor Wullie The Broons Wee Harry Wor Nicky Comic strips that no longer appear include:
The_Sunday_Post
Town in Greater Manchester, England
Union, 1950-1972. Dudley D. Watkins (1907–1969), cartoonist, created Oor Wullie & The Broons & drew for The Dandy comic. Hugh Delargy (1908–1976), politician
Prestwich
Uruguayan comics artist
fill-in artist on The Sunday Post Fun Section comic-strips (which include Oor Wullie, The Broons, and Wee Harry). He also delved into vintage comic-book restoration
Diego_Jourdan
Scottish characters in literature and other imaginative works
of the same name. The publisher's similar strips about the young lad, Oor Wullie, are set in the same fictional town of Auchenshoogle. Connor and Duncan
List_of_fictional_Scots
Human settlement in Scotland
it charts the ploughboy's influence under God on the Guinness family. "Oor Wullie" of The Sunday Post fame once got an afternoon off school for spelling
Ecclefechan
Scottish artist
McCoo Home Home Too Forest Of Argyle Dougie McCoo Baby McCoo Gordon McCoo Oor Wullie & Big Tam McCoo Kim McZoo Purple Forest Barbara, Doris & Jack McCheety
Steven_Brown_(artist)
Character in the UK comic The Beano
illustrated, an in-house DC Thomson artist known for creating stories for Oor Wullie and The Dandy's Desperate Dan. The strip ended in issue 367, returning
Lord_Snooty
Zoo, Tuffy and his Magic Tail). Dudley D. Watkins – (Biffo the Bear, Oor Wullie, The Broons, Jimmy and his Magic Patch, Morgyn the Mighty, Mickey the
List_of_comics_creators
Topics referred to by the same term
Scots version of "Little Alex". It may refer to: A member of Wullie's gang in the Oor Wullie comic strip, from the Sunday Post One of the "Jocks" in the
Wee_Eck
37402 In service Andania Engineering D6975 37275 1) Stainless Pioneer 2) Oor Wullie Preserved At Dartmouth Steam Railway D6976 37276 37413 1) Loch Eil Outward
List of British Rail Class 37 locomotives
List_of_British_Rail_Class_37_locomotives
by Jeffrey Dockery One-Round Teddy (1924–1925) by Sals Bostwick (US) Oor Wullie (1936– ) by Dudley D. Watkins and others (Scotland) O Pato (1966–1986)
List of newspaper comic strips G–O
List_of_newspaper_comic_strips_G–O
British soft drink
makes it in his room in Great Expectations and the Scottish cartoon "Oor Wullie" also makes mention of it. Napoleon Bonaparte was known to enjoy liquorice
Sugarelly
Character in the British comic The Beano
children's comics, such as Adventure in the 1920s and The Sunday Post's Oor Wullie comic, noted by Beano creator R. D. Low for his talent of social realist
Biffo_the_Bear
Topics referred to by the same term
Angels with Dirty Faces, played by Billy Halop Soapy Soutar, a friend of Oor Wullie Soapy Awards, an award presented by Soap Opera Digest magazine from 1977
Soapy
British theatre producer and director
& Lyrics by Queen 2021 Footloose The Musical, by Dean Pitchford 2020 Oor Wullie, by Noisemaker 2019 9 to 5 The Musical, Book by Patricia Resnick, Music
David_Hutchinson_(producer)
to incorporate the comics form into her new novel, The Tenth Circle. Oor Wullie and its creators were allegedly placed on a Nazi hit list during World
2006_in_comics
2020. Gavin Brightwell, ""RD Low: the man who created The Broons and Oor Wullie"". Archived from the original on 11 April 2008. Retrieved 9 July 2011
1980_in_comics
Single-deck bus body on Volvo low-floor chassis
(12 December 2011). "National Express launches Dennis the Menace and Oor Wullie branded buses". The Drum. Retrieved 12 November 2025. "New B7RLEs rolled
Wright_Eclipse
The Secret Service Crythin Gifford – The Woman in Black Auchenshoogle – Oor Wullie Clachan of Inverstarve – The Glenmutchkin Railway Glenbogle – Monarch
List of fictional railway stations
List_of_fictional_railway_stations
American actor (born 1957)
Century Fox. Turpin, Adrian (October 23, 2005). "The strange world of Oor grown-up Wullie". The Times. London. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
Dan_Castellaneta
Work, Church of Scotland The Scots Magazine The Beano Commando The Dandy Oor Wullie Metaphrog Glamville Magazine Gath Harpies and Quines The Beezer (1956–1993)
List_of_magazines_in_Scotland
Scottish politician (1911-1988)
an upturned bucket, as a reference to the Scottish cartoon character Oor Wullie. He was Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of
Willie Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock
Willie_Ross,_Baron_Ross_of_Marnock
dog. Harry West Highland White Terrier Oor Wullie Published in the D.C. Thomson newspaper The Sunday Post Wullie's dog. Hellhound Unknown Beyblade: Metal
List of fictional dogs in comics
List_of_fictional_dogs_in_comics
Scottish media proprietor and founder of DC Thomson (1861–1954)
section in 1936 which became home to iconic cartoon characters such as Oor Wullie and The Broons. The Dandy – which included Desperate Dan – first appeared
David_Couper_Thomson
Ornithologists' Club founded. 8 March – Comic strip characters The Broons and Oor Wullie first appear in The Sunday Post. 7 June – First outdoors radio broadcast
1936_in_Scotland
King, 82, American socialite. R. D. Low, 85, Scottish comics writer (Oor Wullie). John Morris, 85, British anthropologist and mountaineer. Svend Olsen
Deaths_in_December_1980
Fictional character from The Simpsons franchise
2007-08-02. Turpin, Adrian (October 23, 2005). "The strange world of Oor grown-up Wullie". The Times. London. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
Groundskeeper_Willie
Publications Popular Comics #1 - Dell Comics March 8: Dudley D. Watkins' Oor Wullie and The Broons debut in The Sunday Post. March 16: In E.C. Segar's Thimble
1936_in_comics
section in 1936 which became home to iconic cartoon characters such as Oor Wullie and the Broons. Brian became a joint Managing Director in 1948 and succeeded
Brian_Harold_Thomson
attack at age 53. August 20: Dudley D. Watkins, British comics artist (Oor Wullie, Desperate Dan, The Broons, Lord Snooty, Mickey the Monkey, Jack Flash
1969_in_comics
Name list
actor Dudley D. Watkins (1907–1969), English cartoonist and creator of Oor Wullie Dudley, an angel in the film The Bishop's Wife played by Cary Grant Dudley
Dudley_(given_name)
OOR WULLIE
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Girl/Female
Sikh
Light, Angel
Girl/Female
Biblical
Who conceives, or shows, a hill.
Boy/Male
Egyptian Norse Swedish Arthurian Legend Irish Scandinavian Scottish
King.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Old English bÄr ‘boar’, hence probably a nickname for a keen hunter of wild boar or for someone thought to resemble the animal in some way.Variant spelling of Boer.
Surname or Lastname
English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh
English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh : variant spelling of Moore.
Girl/Female
Arabic, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Muslim, Sindhi, Telugu
A Celestical; Virgin of Paradise; Nymph; A Virgin Maiden of Paradise for Its Dwellers
Girl/Female
Biblical
Fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A virgin maiden of Paradise for its dwellers
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek GabriÄ“l, GÃBOR means "man of God" or "warrior of God."
Surname or Lastname
Northern English, Scottish, and northern Irish
Northern English, Scottish, and northern Irish : from the Old Norse byname Orri ‘blackcock’ (the male black grouse).Scottish : nickname for someone with a sallow complexion, from Gaelic odhar ‘pale’, ‘dun’.English : topographic name for someone who lived on a shore or ridge, from Old English Åra ‘shore’, ‘hill-slope’, ‘flat-topped ridge’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word (see Ore).
Biblical
fountain, eye of generation, or of habitation
Female
Hebrew
(דּï‹×¨) Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Dowr, DOR means "generation" or "period of time." In the bible, this is the name of a coastal city in Manasseh, south of Carmel.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Greek Theodoros, TÓDOR means "gift of God."
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Þórr, TOR means "Thor" or "thunder." Compare with other forms of Tor.
Girl/Female
Indian
A virgin maiden of paradise
Female
Egyptian
, the mother of Hor-naskht.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian form of Mongolian Baatar, BÃTOR means "warrior."
Biblical
who conceives, or shows; a hill
Boy/Male
Norse
Father of Odin.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : variant of Power.Hungarian (Poór) : status name from pór ‘peasant’, ‘lower class’.
OOR WULLIE
OOR WULLIE
Girl/Female
German, Spanish
Manly; Strong as Man; Female Version of Charles; Womanly
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Azariah, AZURIAH means "help of God."
Male
Hebrew
(עָמָל) Hebrew name AMAL means "heavy, wearisome labor." In the bible, this is the name of a member of the tribe of Asher. Compare with other forms of Amal.
Girl/Female
Tamil
A flower
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon American Celtic English Gaelic Irish
Gracious defender.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
For Righteous Task or Mission or Purpose
Boy/Male
Sikh
Conqueror, Victory
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Organize
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, English, Latin
Pagan; Countryman
Boy/Male
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Smiling
OOR WULLIE
OOR WULLIE
OOR WULLIE
OOR WULLIE
OOR WULLIE
superl.
Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
n
An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.
prep.
Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of.
n.
A trick, joke, or deception.
possessive pron.
Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.
conj.
A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.
prep.
Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being.
prep.
Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done.
superl.
Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
n
An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.
prep.
Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of.
v. t.
Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly.
superl.
Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
superl.
Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
superl.
Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
n.
Passage; means of approach or access.
conj.
Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything.
superl.
Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
superl.
Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.