Desperate Dandy

I would like to give you a great example of how broad a cultural position many of our Burns Clubs take. On Tuesday evening I was at a meeting of Perth Burns Club, for a talk on some of Scotlands most popular modern literary icons, The Broons, Oor Wullie, and Desperate Dan et al from the comics of D C Thomson. David Torrie, lately of the creative staff of this great comic institution, gave a light hearted look at the history of the comics, Beano, Dandy, Bunty etc, the comic strips of the Sunday Post, and their characters, charting their development from the first editions through to modern times, and the changes there have been along the way, all illustrated by a great slideshow of the various editions of comics and strips. Perth meetings such as this are open to the public and there were a few in the audience who had been attracted by this topic (The Club find this a great way of recruiting new members). It is perhaps more than a century from the Club's early beginings as a gentlemans literary society, but the Club still provide an interesting forum for discussion on many popular topics, not just Burns. check out their future syllabus on www.geocities.com/perthburnsclub