D.C. Thomson Comic Artwork (now transferred)

• Reference:GB 254 MS 336
• Dates of Creation:c 1939-c 1972
• Name of Creator:
  D C Thomson & Co Ltd
• Physical Description:
  14 items

• Scope and Content

  13 pieces of original comic artwork from D.C. Thomson publications and one comic Artwork transferred to Matthew Jarron, Bunty comic moved to MS 340

• Administrative / Biographical History

  D C Thomson & Co. Ltd are publishers primarily based in Dundee. They are responsible for over 200 million publications a year. They publish newspapers, magazines and comics including The Courier and Advertiser, The Sunday Post, The People's Friend, The Dandy and The Beano. Since the launch of The Dandy in 1937 the firm has been well known as a publisher of children's comics and many of the UK's leading comic artists have worked on the publications.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

• Acquisition Information

  The items were gifted to Archive Service by Peter Hansen in 2004

• Note

  D C Thomson & Co. Ltd are publishers primarily based in Dundee. They are responsible for over 200 million publications a year. They publish newspapers, magazines and comics including The Courier and Advertiser, The Sunday Post, The People's Friend, The Dandy and The Beano. Since the launch of The Dandy in 1937 the firm has been well known as a publisher of children's comics and many of the UK's leading comic artists have worked on the publications.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter

• Conditions Governing Use

  Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

• Custodial History

  Peter Hansen purchased a range of art work from D C Thomson in 2003

• Accruals

  Possible

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 336