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Join Angus Og at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery for a special evening mini symposium! The evening features playwright Alan Bissett, and Archivist Catherine MacPhee and Archive Project officer Katharine MacFarlane (Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre, High Life Highland). This exciting event will showcase the current exhibition 'Angus Og and The Environment', which examines the cartoon character Angus Og's creator, Ewen Bain, and his relationship to environmental concerns. It also explores how comics can intersect with environmental issues and political inaction on climate change. Featuring original cartoons of Angus Og we will explore the key themes they address including social history and political commentary, cultural identity, and language alongside a dive into the world of cartoon creation, and humour as a social barometer and cultural intervention.
Angus Og was created by Skye-inspired cartoonist Ewen Bain, and his adventures were based in the fabled Isle of Drambeg in the Utter Hebrides and were published in the 'Daily Record' from 1960 through to 1989. There were 158 Angus Og adventures, and the collection of original strips has been donated to the Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre by Ewen’s daughter Rhona Flin.
Further information about the collection can be found at www.highlifehighland.com/skye-and-lochalsh-archive-centre/the-angus-og-collection.
Those attending in person will also have the opportunity to view original cartoons and archive materials. This event is perfect for all those who remember Angus Og fondly and those with an interest in cartoons, comics and Scottish culture.
The event will take place in person at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery Castle Wynd, Inverness IV2 3EB on Thursday 7 November 2024, 6pm-9pm - booking is essential.
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Alan Bio:
Alan Bissett is a novelist, playwright and performer from Falkirk, who now lives in Renfrewshire. He is the author of four novels - 'Boyracers' (2001), 'The Incredible Adam Spark' (2005), 'Death of a Ladies' Man' (2009) and 'Pack Men' (2011), the latter two of which were shortlisted for Scottish Arts Council Fiction of the Year Awards. He has written numerous plays, has won a Fringe First and has twice been shortlisted for Best New Play at the Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland (CATS). He is most well known for his Moira Trilogy of plays, which includes 'The Moira Monologues' (2009), 'More Moira Monologues' (2017) and 'Moira in Lockdown' (2022). He is a former Lecturer in Creative Writing at the Universities of Glasgow and Leeds, was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Stirling in 2016 for Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Culture, and in 2020 presented a BBC Documentary, 'Inside the Mind of Robert Burns'. More info about Alan can be found here: www.alanbissett.com.
Image: Alan Burnett
Thursday 7 November, 6pm-9pm
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Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, 4 Castle Wynd, Inverness, IV1 1, United Kingdom,Inverness
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