Anger at ‘created in London’ tagline on poster of Dennis the Menace, who was made by an Edinburgh cartoonist

It was, according to Scotland’s foremost comic book creator, “madness”.

Mark Millar, the writer of Kick-Ass, Jupiter’s Legacy and Ultimate X-Men, was reacting to a new billboard advertisement from the UK government, which could be seen as suggesting the timeless mischief-maker Dennis the Menace was created in London.

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