The beginning of the end for 'The Dandy' ?

Kashgar · Post by **Kashgar** » 23 Jun 2007, 11:23

This weeks edition of the Dandy contains a subscription ad that goes someway to confirm that its publishing schedule is about to change. Instead of the usual six month or yearly subscriptions on offer as has been the norm this weeks issue is offering a ?10 subscription for a mere six issues plus the new Dandy Summer Special.

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 23 Jun 2007, 15:52

Kashgar wrote:This weeks edition of the Dandy contains a subscription ad that goes someway to confirm that its publishing schedule is about to change. Instead of the usual six month or yearly subscriptions on offer as has been the norm this weeks issue is offering a ?10 subscription for a mere six issues plus the new Dandy Summer Special.

Not necessarily. If you look at the DC Thomson Dandy subscription web page, it's a special offer for 6 weekly issues (plus special):

http://tinyurl.com/3b8tj4

They're also still offering a 12 month sub for ?67.60 or 6 month subs for ?33.80. All of which state it's a weekly comic.

If the frequency is changing, no one appears to have told the subscription dept about it.

Lew

mrbananas · Post by **mrbananas** » 07 Jul 2007, 20:14

Just been on the DC Thomson website and on the Dandy page it says 'now every fortnight'.

Conor B · Post by **Conor B** » 07 Jul 2007, 21:09

Is it me...or are there TEN reprints this week?

I have seen Jak before
Class Act is P5
Blubba x 2
And Bananaman!!

Peter Gray · Post by **Peter Gray** » 07 Jul 2007, 22:55

mrbananas wrote:Just been on the DC Thomson website and on the Dandy page it says 'now every fortnight'.

what a shame.......

readee · Post by **readee** » 07 Jul 2007, 23:18

I can't believe things have been allowed to go this far...

bustercomic · Post by **bustercomic** » 08 Jul 2007, 09:07

Worth bearing this in mind (coming from a non-Dandy fan).

When Buster went fortnightly it still had another 5 years left to live, and from what I've read here there was a greater quantity of reprinted material in that.

As Lew said, it's not necessarily a death knell, just a minor heart problem.

Lew Stringer · Post by **Lew Stringer** » 08 Jul 2007, 17:53

mrbananas wrote:Just been on the DC Thomson website and on the Dandy page it says 'now every fortnight'.

Yes, I recently heard that it goes fortnightly from the end of this month / start of August.

Well, there is a war on....

Lew

Steve Bright · Post by **Steve Bright** » 08 Jul 2007, 18:18

Lew Stringer wrote:
mrbananas wrote:
Well, there is a war on....

Lew

Not at the war...obviously

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