Which Black Bob stories or pictures do you like..

[matrix]

Peter i hope you do not mind me posting this scan as it is not Black bob, but is another Dandy dog who helps the lad escape from the bully.

[dishes]

Yes, in 1948. But Bob started in 1944. If this was a reprint or an adaptation from text to pictures, it could easily have been written in that four year period.

According to Ray Moore's The Dandy Monster Index 1937-1990, the story Black Bob and Blind Billy was the fifth prose series, running from 344 (May 24 1947) - 352 (Sep. 13 1947).

Duh! I should have thought of that. Sorry. I'm stupid.

[philcom55]

Peter i hope you do not mind me posting this scan as it is not Black bob, but is another Dandy dog who helps the lad escape from the bully.

As it's another one-off Summer Special strip by the great Jack Prout I'd say it fits in nicely Matrix!

- Phil R.

[matrix]

Peter i hope you do not mind me posting this scan as it is not Black bob, but is another Dandy dog who helps the lad escape from the bully.

As it's another one-off Summer Special strip by the great Jack Prout I'd say it fits in nicely Matrix!

- Phil R.

Thanks Phil bit of luck for me there! I did not want to go too far off the topic, as i do not have access to the Dandy Monster Index and could not find any other reference to it.

[philcom55]

Jack Prout's ability to draw in an old-fashioned, realistic style was only matched by Dudley Watkins at DC Thomson, and when it came to stories about animals he was without equal. As previous examples have shown this applied just as much to shetland ponies as to dogs like Black Bob, and it even extended to birds such as the one in this text story from the 1960 Dandy Book.



However it's worth remembering that, like Watkins, he was also capable of working in a looser, cartoony style - producing the sort of humorous strips that Dandy and Beano were most famous for. Here, from the same annual, is an example of his alternative technique applied to Tin Lizzie - another Dandy character that he drew for several years.



- Phil Rushton

[philcom55]

I'm grateful to Peter for giving me an excuse to revisit some of Black Bob's more memorable adventures. Of these, one that stands out in my memory is the oft-reprinted (and unfortunately titled) 'Black Bob's Big Job' in which the wonder dog managed to lead four prize sheep all the way from the Scottish Highlands to his home in Selkirk...and then for good measure find time to rescue his master from an old well!

Here, for anyone who hasn't seen this story before, are four pages (scanned from the very first Black Bob Book) that show just a small part of Bob's 'incredible journey'.









Today's more sophisticated readers might be forgiven for thinking that all this canine ingenuity strains credibility somewhat - and I'd be inclined to agree with them if it wasn't for the fact that I remember our old black and white cocker spaniel Chummy somehow managing to sneak on board a bus and get off at the right stop so that he could visit my grandfather on the other side of town!

I love the look on the small boy's face as Bob drifts magisterially by at the prow of his boat!

- Phil Rushton

[Peter Gray]

back from my weekend of doing a surprise party for my Mum's 65th with my sister.70 people came..band.. buffet at the legion..all went very well and a very happy and moved Mum..

Thanks for all these great Jack Prout artwork and many other things he did and some more examples for the best Black Bob stories you like..
hopefully there will be a Black Bob best of 2!!

[Digifiend]

Today's more sophisticated readers might be forgiven for thinking that all this canine ingenuity strains credibility somewhat - and I'd be inclined to agree with them if it wasn't for the fact that I remember our old black and white cocker spaniel Chummy somehow managing to sneak on board a bus and get off at the right stop so that he could visit my grandfather on the other side of town!

lol, my mum says one of our old dogs, Ozzy, once got out, followed her to the bus stop, getting there just as the bus arrived. The silly dog followed her on, and since she was heading for work, when the driver asked about the dog (since they do charge for pets) she had to order him to go home.

And my last dog Sam, when we first got him, managed to jump over a six foot high fence once in order to go chase cats. Half the neighbourhood were bringing us similar looking dogs they found, but none of them were him. He came home on his own when he got hungry. We always kept him on a long lead instead of loose in the garden after that.

Yeah, Black Bob's acrobatics and intelligence aren't that unrealistic.