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Dudley D. Watkins

Strip cartoonist and illustrator, born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. Acclaimed as a schoolboy genius for his painting of the Nottingham Historical Pageant at the age of 10, he studied at Nottingham School of Art.

He joined D C Thomson's art department, and created Oor Wullie and The Broons strips for the Sunday Post (1936), then Desperate Dan for the Dandy (1937), Lord Snooty for the Beano (1938), and many more. He created classic picture serials, such as Treasure Island, later reprinted as books (1948). Highly religious, he contributed strips to Young Warrior (1960) without charge.

Biography of Watkins, Dudley Dexter