It comes after a billboard appeared to suggest the comic book character was made in London.
MP Chris Law reacted angrily after the comic book character and his dog Gnasher were used in a government advert., shows the pair standing on a man’s shoulder beside the message: “Created in London, unleashed in more than 100 countries.”
That is despite the fact that Dennis the Menace was in fact created in Dundee by George Moonie, the then editor of The Beano.Writing on X , he said: “Dundee city created Dennis the Menace and Gnasher through the publishers DC Thomson. Cultural appropriation is a desperate measure to claim credibility.”
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