See more ideas about my childhood, comics uk, scottish artists. The broons is a comic strip in scots published in the weekly scots newspaper, the sunday post. Today is the 80th anniversary of oor wullie and the broons first appearances in the sunday posts fun section. Matt fleming from aberdeen, who already owns a complete collection of oor wullie annuals. It features the broon family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 glebe street, in since the late 1990s the fictional scottish town of auchentogle or auchenshoogle a possible variation of the auchenshuggle district of glasgow. Oor wullie and the broons are cartoon strips that appear every week in the sunday post newspaper. The collector admits his home in aberdeen is a shrine to oor wullie and the broons. The broons star kim tells how she plans to play sex bomb. Shes maggie broon, of the broons family, the blonde cartoon love bomb, the sexy, glamourous creature fancied by every man and boy in scotland, the lady every woman wanted to become.
Nov 28, 2019 the scottish comicstrip transfers to the stage in a witty show addressing cultural anxieties about belonging, driven by a rock, gospel and bhangra score. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Maw is the homemaker in charge of all household affairs. The broons is a comic strip in scots published in the weekly scottish newspaper, the sunday post. The broons were published in tandem with oor wullie books so they appear in alternate years. See results from the oor wullie and the broons quiz on sporcle, the best trivia site on the internet.
Nortons is very good at supressing nonad content as well. This week it wis the christmas carol in which pawerr scrooge refuses tae gie a pay rise tae his puir bair err workers. Thomson has also published a series of compilation albums featuring the broons and oor wullie on alternate pages. It features the brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 glebe street, in since the late 1990s the fictional scottish town of auchentogle or auchenshoogle. The broons have been delighting sunday post readers in black and white since 1936. The broons and oor wullie have been cooking up a storm since their first appearance in the sunday post on march 8th 1936. The image of wullie sitting on his upturned bucket, wearing his famous black dungarees is as familiar to scots as edinburgh castle. So the family have all pitched in to compile their favourite funnies. This books a fair wee smasher so grab your pencil tins, line up your crayons and pit yer feet up, because the broons colouring book is hoachin. Broons colouring book lomond books are the leading scottish book wholesaler, publisher and distributor in scotland for scottish interest product aimed at the tourism, heritage and gift market. It features the broon brown in standard english family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 glebe street, in the fictional scottish town of auchentogle or auchenshoogle, an amalgam of dundee and glasgow.
The oor wullie cartoon strip appears every week in the sunday post newspaper and in 2016 celebrates its 80th anniversary. Oor wullie is the iconic wee scottish laddie from the fictional town of auchenshoogle. It features the brown family, who live in a tenement flat at 10 glebe street in since the late 1990s the fictional scottish town of auchentogle or auchenshoogle. Comics ad this category is for questions and answers related to broons, the, as asked by users of. His place is packed with oor wullie figurines, sweetie tins, cardboard cutouts, fun books, summer specials, badges, metal signs, calendars and several original artworks. Comic collector puts rare oor wullie and the broons annuals. The broons family features two older sons, hen and joe, and two grownup daughters, daphne and maggie.
Collection of 11 the broons and oor wullie annuals. Comic collector puts rare oor wullie and the broons. In the early strips, the characters tend to swear when surprised censored of course. The second broons annual came out in 1941, but wartime paper shortages forced dc thomson to skip producing broons annuals in 1943 or 1945. The broons is a scots comic strip that has been published in the weekly newspaper the sunday post since 8 march, 1936. The books are in excellent very good condition for age see photographs and include.
The comic book price guide for great britain broons the. The broons is a comic strip in scots published in the newspaper the sunday post. Auchenshoogle is a fictional scottish town, an amalgam of dundee and glasgow, the setting originally unnamed of the comic strips oor wullie and the broons in the sunday post. Auchenshoogle is a fictional scottish town, an amalgam of dundee and glasgow, the setting originally unnamed of the comic. Watkins for dundee publishers dc thomson, the strip stars the eponymous broon brown family who live in a tenement flat at 10 glebe street in the fictional town of auchenshoogle.
Meal times at glebe street, days out to seaside, holidays at the but an ben, the broons disastrous attempts at diy and gairdenin and all their hijinks in auchenshoogle will never be the same again. This beautiful book, packed with classic illustrations from the broons archive, finally gives you the chance to add a bit of color to their lives. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine. Come dine with the famous glebe street family and the lad from auchenshoogle as they revisit decades of cookery capers. The broons is a comic strip in scots published in the weekly scottish newspaper the sunday post. Therell be quickfire gags, funny stories, and lots of classic broons illustrations. Containing a hearty serving of classic comic strips, this collection features kitchen catastrophes, family feasts and dieting disast. A team of editors takes feedback from our visitors to keep trivia as up to date and as accurate as possible. To celebrate, were looking back on what theyve been getting up to over the. The browns is a comic strip in scots published in the weekly scottish newspaper the sunday post.
Apr 20, 2016 auchenshoogle s first family are set to tread the boards of theatres around scotland, as the broons are brought to life to celebrate their 80th anniversary. Each joke has a scottish flavour a bit like haggisflavoured crisps. Broons books for sale in uk 49 secondhand broons books. A facsimile of the first the broons annual was released on 25 november 2006 and of the first oor wullie annual the following year. The family is made up of paw and maw broon who are parents to eight children. Football and the broons brigit grant finds out how famous brothers ivor and david baddiel celebrate the festival of lights, in a rather unorthodox way. Broons fans outrage as 2018 annual reuses nearly twenty old stories eagleeyed readers noticed some strips in the new annual seemed very familiar with some identical to 2017s book. Finest chipper ye ever tried in auchenshoogle an auchentogle.
The broons 2010 excellent the broons 2003 excellent the broons 2001 very good the broons 1. Mar 08, 2016 today is the 80th anniversary of oor wullie and the broons first appearances in the sunday posts fun section. Both strips have achieved legendary status and in 2016 they celebrate their 80th anniversary. Watkins, the strip made its first appearance in the issue dated 8. The name was used infrequently in the early days of the comic strip, coming into more frequent use in the late 1990s. Kim is having to reflect a little because maggie isnt in fact a real, live human being.
There are also numerous explicit references to the broons home being in glasgow. The broons set to become stage sensations the courier. Very hard to find early copies of the broons and they are very collectible up to the end of the sixties. This beautiful book, packed with classic illustrations from the broons archive, finally gives you the chance to add a bit of colour to their lives.
Jun 19, 2018 a comic collector obsessed with oor wullie and the broons has got his hands on two rare annuals jings. Meal times at glebe street, days out to seaside, holidays at the but an ben, the broons disastrous attempts at diy and gairdenin and all their hijinks in. Several strips in the first broons books also seem to imply that joe is a celtic supporter. We provide a vast range of scottish books, maps, calendars, postcards, greetings c. Give kevin a stroke and a click with your mouse and come on in or click enter if you are being blocked out by your firewall settings.