Comics UK

That sounds like it might be worth keeping an eye out for when it comes out in Australia (if I can figure out when that is!). Could someone who has this please let me know what is in it (namely the comics)? Thanks!

Ross

Whether it's Comic art or another topic completely, there is definitely going to be a 'Beano & Dandy' 70 years book again this year. At least according to Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/70-Years-Beano-Dandy-Annual/dp/1845353471/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214455117&sr=8-2 I had been getting ...

Hi everyone, I've been hanging around this forum for a year or so now and I've got a bit of an idea of who's who and what they do, but I thought it might be interesting to throw it open to everyone to post a bit about who you are (ie: comic artist, writer, a comic fan etc) and what you do (ie: which...

Hi all, Just looking at the Dandy website and saw this... Q: Can you make a new character please? A: Check out our 10th of May issue Emil, we’ve got a new character called Jumbo of the Jungle – enjoy! Anyone know if this is new/reprint? And if it is indeed new, who it is drawn/written by? And an...

Hi, Don't suppose anyone here will know why, but the Dandy website hasn't been updated with the release of the latest issue. It seems to have normally been updated on the Thurs or Fri when a new issue comes out, but as a new issue came out last week (as Peter Gray mentioned- with no separate comix p...

Sounds like a step in the right direction! Never understood why they felt they had to separate the comics from the rest. Although I don't like the non-comic content (I'm 30 mind you, so who really cares if I like it or not! :) ) I think it works best when it is all mixed together. So, satiate my cur...

Kashgar- Just wondering if you were able to remember which Dandy it was that published DDW final (Dan) strip?? You mentioned Oct 1969, and I have a couple of issues from Oct 1969. None of them seem to feature fruit trees though, but it'd still be interesting to know if I have a Dandy with the last D...

Talking of Bully Beed & Chips... Was there anyone else here who hated it when suddenly you could see Beefys eyes ? I had grown up with the original 'eyeless' beefy which I loved, then suddenly he's staring back at you! I remember being quite peeved- and looking back, I still much prefer the original...

Living in Australia I've discovered the cheapest and easiest way for me to get the annuals I want is to wait for the DC Thmoson website to discount them and have them send them free by surface post. It's not quick, but I get them in the end. And surprisingly this year they've discounted them to half...

I think I've said it before, or someone has, but it's interesting how the new Dandy Extreme is meant to be better for 'hectic lives'. Sure it comes out fortnightly, but there is so much more reading involved in it! I would have thought that getting through a comic strip filled comic would have fit i...

Just thought I'd revive this thread momentarily to say that the Dandy Xtreme has just come out here in Australia. I thought I'd buy the last regular Dandy and the first Xtreme just to have them (I don't buy it regularly). I have to say it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be. OK, so it's not...

Love the Dandy cover- nice to see Dan going solo on the cover- which is a bit of a surprise- I was half expecting Jak to start taking over! Is that a Ken Harrison cover? The scenery and horse look very KHH, but Dan himself looks a bit different. Well, obviously different to the recent 'incarnation',...

Well reasoned and sensible comments on your blog there Lew. Having not seen the Xtreme I can't really comment (although I already did... :? ) but I think my views will be similar to yours- don't like the magazine bit, love the comix bit and think the eating chocolate spread bit is too far. On anothe...

I won't see the Dandy Xtreme for a few months (when it comes out in Australia, or rather, IF) but by the sounds of it, I don't need to see it to know I'm going to hate it. Oh well. I think I would have preferred it merged with the Beano- and that's saying something! Ironically, if you have a look at...

The name change seems a bit of a shame. Surely the content could have been altered without changing the name... I really hope they'll continue the issue numbering. With the Dandy changing to a fortnightly, the Beano will eventually take over as the world's longest running comic (assuming that stays...