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original writer of the stories; the 'Friends' have interviewed people still living who knew him, and/or the family of those who have since died, to record their memories. Some of those still living who knew John Hunter include a former employee of the local newspaper, who knew that then editor Walter Thomson, and John Hunter, contributed freelance copy to DC Thomson; a man whose great aunt worked in John Hunter's shop, and reported complaints that John spent 'far too much time' in the back room, writing the stories, rather than helping out in the shop; and an employee of the bank branch where John Hunter regularly paid in cheques received for his work for DC Thomson.
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The information about John Hunter, as the creator and original writer of the Black Bob stories, is provided by 'The Friends of John Hunter & Black Bob', a group of people centred on Selkirk, Scottish Borders. It was common knowledge in Selkirk at the time that John Hunter was the creator and
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from his 1944 debut until issue 2122, dated 24 July 1982. Eight Black Bob books were published at infrequent intervals in 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1965. The books’ stories are in two formats: (1) Sizeable bodies of text, dispersed throughout with large illustrations and (2)
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The characters were created by John Hunter (1903-1984), originally from Hawick, who worked as a journalist in Dundee, and then came to stay in Selkirk, living in a house in Elm Row, and owning a china and gift shop in Market Place. He wrote the original stories, which were then illustrated by DC
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Jack Prout was born on 14 December 1899 and joined the Scottish publishing firm of D. C. Thomson as a staff artist on 21 June 1937. He retired on 30 June 1968 although his strips were reprinted in the Dandy until 1982. Shortly before his retirement, Prout acquired a black and white
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The educational and highly descriptive stories were written for the mid-twentieth-century child, but are sophisticated enough to engage an adult reader. They convey a clear separation of ‘right’ from ‘wrong’, instilling in the young reader, the values of honesty and benevolence.
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Most stories take place in the valley and hills around Selkirk with others set further afield in Britain and some abroad, accentuating the concept of ‘Home’, and it is safely back home where most stories end - often by a cozy fireside.
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Recurring elements: circuses, children's parties, cliffs and crags, blindness, shady rogues, loss and reunion. Selfless devotion and heroism, usually not witnessed but always eventually recognised.
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Bob cannot understand words but can understand ‘tone of voice’ and he is not infallible, occasionally but understandably, acting on wrong information.
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Thomson's staff artist, Jack Prout. Amongst other things, John was an Elder in the Church of Scotland, and a member of Selkirk Camera Club.
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A 'The Very Best of Black Bob' was published in 2010, and Bob re-appeared in the 2013 Dandy Annual drawn by Steve Bright in Prout's style.
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on 25 November 1944; in that story, Black Bob follows his owner's nephew who is playing truant and tries to bring him back to school.
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Further biographical information provided by the Juvenile Publications department of D C Thomson in a letter to Bob Richardson,
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As drawn by Jack Prout, further Black Bob stories appeared as a picture strip in
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Illustrated panels, each with a paragraph of text below them.
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Two brave runaways on the long long road to London.
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Border Collie
Selkirk
Scottish Borders
The Dandy
The Weekly News
A typical page in a Black Bob story; four drawings by Jack Prout, with a paragraph of text below each one
Border Collie
Viz
Black Bag
The Dandy
Black Bob: The Dandy Wonder Dog
The Very Best of Black Bob: The Dandy Wonder Dog
ISBN
978-1-84934-028-1
publisher
D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
Pretoria
South Africa
Northolt

Friends of John Hunter & Black Bob
Family history for Jack Prout
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The Dandy
Final strips
Bananaman
Blinky

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