Angus Og (comic)

Angus Og was a comic strip which ran in the "Daily Record" and "The Sunday Mail" drawn by Kingsridge Secondary School, Drumchapel Art Teacher Ewen Bain. It featured the eponymous Angus Og, and a whole host of other characters, including: his mother; Rosie the Highland cow; Lachie Mor; and Granny McBrochan. It was set on the fictional island of Drambeg, "fairest island in the Utter Hebrides".

"Òg" is Scottish Gaelic for "young", and "Angus" was seen as a stereotypical Highland first name. Angus Og was also the name of a figure in Gaelic mythology, a kind of love god, and a Scottish historical figure, a Lord of the Isles: it is possible that the name was an ironic reference to this.

Angus Og has been described as the "archetypal cartoon teuchter." [ [http://www.aaaah.org/wiki/en/te/Teuchter.htm] ]

Plots

Some of the more memorable storylines included Drambeg being towed away to the Caribbean one night, and the islanders experiencing their own version of "Whisky Galore".

Angus Og of Puckermuck Cove

A comic strip of the same name also appeared in Canada, as part of the Puckermuck Cove series, but was completely unrelated. The character hosted a website entitled "Every Celtic Thing on the Web" until 2000. It was created by Michael D. McNeill [http://ogman.netfirms.com/pucker.htm]

Books

Ewan Bain. "Angus Og: from the Og Logs" (Glasgow: Zipo Publishing, 1999) ISBN 1-901984-04-4

ee also

*Aengus: Aengus Óg ("Aengus the Young")

References

External links

* [http://www.lanntair.com/Exhibitions/Angus%20Og/ Angus Og exhibition at An Lanntair Arts Centre]