Angus Og (comic)

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Angus Og was a comic strip which ran in the Daily Record and The Sunday Mail drawn by Ewen Bain. It featured the eponymous Angus Og, and a whole host of other characters, including: his mother; Rosie the Highland cow; Lachie Mhor; 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."^[1]

1 Plots
2 Angus Og of Puckermuck Cove
3 Books
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 [2]