Following the 80th anniversary in 2016, additional annuals of Oor Wullie were issued for 2016 and 2018, breaking from the biennial pattern. Wullie's age haesna aye been the same. Afore in the Watkins cairtoons he leukit aboot 5 or 6, but in Watkins cairtoons that cam efterhaund he leukit aboot 10 or 11. Mair recent-like he haes become a bit yunger again. The gang uised tae meet in a wid shed in the gairden at Wullie's hoose. Efterhaund, the gang wad meet in a auld caravan cryed the "Holly Rude". He uised tae hae anither pal cryed Ezzy, that disnae appear in the strips nouadays, alang wi wi Wullie's wee brither. Wullie and his pals gaes aboot the streets o his toun, tho he is bytimes seen at the schuil that he disna like. He disna like his dominie that cryes him "William" and gies him a reidie.

People such as Nicola Sturgeon, Ewan McGregor, Andy Murray and Amy Macdonald have appeared in the strip over the years. [8] In December 2016, Nicola Sturgeon featured Oor Wullie on a Christmas card, with the original illustration being auctioned for charity. [11] This airticle needs mair soorces fur verification. Gin ye can, add mair citations tae reliable soorces. Unsoorced material micht be remuived if it isnae sortit.Between 2016 and 2017, artist Diego Jourdan Pereira filled in for Peter Davidson on Wullie, The Broons and Wee Harry. Jourdan Pereira also provided illustrations for the 2017 Annual and official merchandising. [5] Characters and story [ edit ] An Oor Wullie costume as part of The Big Walk [6] Starting in 1940 the Oor Wullie strips also appeared in the form of a Christmas annual which alternated every second year with “ The Broons”, another D. C. Thomson product. (No annuals were published between 1943 and 1946.) Pre-1966 annuals were undated. Oor Wullie annuals is setten furth ilka twa year an The Broons (a sib comic cairtoon) annuals is setten furth in the years whan Oor Wullie isna setten furth, whiles thare's the antrin crossower atween the twa comic strips. Gavin Brightwell's history of Dudley Watkins' work". Thatsbraw.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009 . Retrieved 21 September 2009.

Frae 1940 the Oor Wullie cairtoons haes appeart in a Christmas annual, set furth ivery twa year, chyngin wi The Broons, anither D. C. Thomson cairtoon. (Nae annuals wis set-furth atween 1943 and 1946 wi a want o paper in the War.) Syne 2015, baith cairtoon annuals is set-furth ivery year. Tho Wullie's hame toun wisna gien a name in the orieginal Watkins cairtoon, its aye been caaed Auchenshoogle syne the 1990s. a b "Oor Wullie marks 80 years since first appearance in The Sunday Post". The Sunday Post. 8 March 2016 . Retrieved 27 October 2021.

Gilchrist, Jim. "Help ma boab... Oor Wullie's 70 - Scotsman.com Living". Living.scotsman.com . Retrieved 21 September 2009. First published in The Sunday Post in 1936, Oor Wullie truly is Scotland's favourite son. The Oor Wullie Book is a bi-annual Christmas tradition loved by kids, parents and grandparents. Join Wullie in his most recent comic strip capers in this year's must-have comic book collection. Peebles, Cheryl (16 June 2020). " 'You can actually see the likeness': Force unearths story of Fife copper who was real-life inspiration for PC Murdoch, Oor Wullie's nemesis". Although Wullie's hometown was unnamed in the original Watkins strips, it has been called Auchenshoogle since the late 1990s. [7]