Desperate Dan sits down to his cow pie, complete with horns Thelwell cartoon but he'll probably use the

but he'll probably use the telegraph pole as a weapon

And spinach – which became an essential part of the Popeye makeup – was not originally part of his setup

is extraordinary … but it is the original exchange

I love the stories for their invention and the language that the characters use – it’s full of Scottish turns of phrase which you don’t often see elsewhere

indeed pretty much every facet of British life and interests

Desperate Dan sits down to his cow pie, complete with horns Thelwell cartoon but he'll probably use theHandmade screen print on beautiful, 100% cotton, mould made paper, milled in Somerset England. Signed and numbered in pencil by me, John Patrick Reynolds. DC Thomson & Co Ltd