THAT COMIC SMELL: SCOTLAND IN COMICS

 

The latest episode is online now. A discussion of Scotland's depiction in comics.

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"OCH AYE THE NOOO!

We are starting off this New Year and celebrating the upcoming Burns night by talking “Scotland in Comics” We talk about how we thought me may struggle on this topic despite being from the topic in question. We have a surprise new blog to follow along with when it comes to this topic specifically. Find out how many superheroes have hit our shores over the years and so much more. This and us haverin awa fir oors, as usual on…

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Highlands Travel Diary (Katriona Chapman)
Wild Lives (Claire Hubbard)
The Beginner's Guide to Being Outside (Gill Hatcher)
Holly (Steven Ingram)
Vampires Everywhere (George Lennox, James Devlin, Thomas Creilly)
Saltire (John Ferguson)
Batman: Scottish Connection (Alan Grant, Frank Quitely)
Lobo #51 (Alan Grant, Norm Breyfogle)
2000AD Prog #833 (Garth Ennis, Anthony Williams)
2000AD Prog #1034 (Pat Mills, Nick Percival)
Scotland for Beginners (Jeff Fallow)
Scotland in comics (Fred Egg Comics Blog)
Iron Man #164 (Dennis O'Neil, Luke McDonnell)
The Bogie Man (Alan Grant, John Wagner, Robin Smith)
The Bogie Man: Chinatoon (Alan Grant, John Wagner, Robin Smith, Cam Kennedy)
The Bogie Man: The Manhattan Project (Alan Grant, John Wagner, Robin Smith)
X-men in Edinburgh (Chris Claremont, Marc Silvestri)
Batman: Lord of Batmanor 1953 (WIn Mortimer)
The Jocks and the Geordies (DC Thomson)
Hulk #192 (Len Wein, Herb Trimpe)
Thriller Picture Library #113 (Amalgamated Press)
Scotty Comics [Star Trek] (Gold Key Comics)
American Splendor (Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm)
Scrooge McDuck (Disney Comics)
TinTin and the Black Isle (Hergé)
X-men (Chris Claremont, John Byrne)
Asterix and the Pechts [Scots Version] (René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo)
Kidnapped (Alan Grant, Cam Kennedy)
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr.Hyde (Alan Grant, Cam Kennedy)
Wahur's Oor Wullie? (DC Thomson)
The Broons (DC Thomson)"

SCOTLAND IN COMICS 13: ROB ROY FOREVER!

Here are some scans of Thriller Picture Library 113 from 1956. The cover and inner splash page: Rob Roy Forever!
 
In this first page I've scanned we see Red Fergus McLaggan treating Ewan McGregor very badly indeed…
 
In the second, Rob puts a stop to this by spanking McLaggan…
 
Yep, Rob is a cocky character in this comic, but he’d best be careful, there’s trouble ahead for him…

Is it really the end for Rob Roy? You’ll have to read to find out! Nice comic series, with well illustrated stories. Published by Amalgamated Press. No credits given, so I don’t know who did what. There is a book going around that is an index to all this. I haven’t read that though.