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I don't know too much about them but how would webcomics benefit the artists / writers financially? I don't see many comic creators making a living out of web strips so far. (Correct me if I'm wrong.)Sheldon wrote:I'd rather they didn't merge. Honestly honestly honestly wish the pair of them would move into webcomics. Just seems that that avenue hasn't been fully exploited yet.
Highly recommend that book. 'How to Make Webcomics' by Brad Guigar, Scott Kurtz, Kris Straub and Dave Kellett.LauraH wrote:A handful of webcomics - like PVP and MegaTokyo - have proved profitable for their creators (the PVP guys have even written a book on how to make money from webcomics!)
Hmm, nobody ever corrected you. It's Beanoland, not Beanoworld.kevf wrote:There is a Beano theme park, at Chessington World of Adventures (well, there was a couple of years ago). Beanoworld it's called, not that I've been.
I, for one, would hate to see that merger happen. I only need to go back one generation to be pre-Dandy or Beano, but I would need to go back two generations to be pre-DCT (that includes Bluebird, Wizard et al) considering that DCT set up shop in 1905 and I feel that DCT is part of my heritage and history. So to see a merger of the last two long standing humour comics would be certainly make financial sense to DCT, it would be a sad day for me to see it happen. In short, my opinion hasn't changed.Digifiend wrote:Has anyone changed their opinion on a Beano/Dandy merger in the last 9 months? It seems despite Thomson's efforts, Dandy Xtreme still isn't selling as well as it's rivals like Toxic.
Jonny Whizz wrote:Still - as it said in the song 'Village Green Preservation Society' - God Save Desperate Dan!
Never heard of that song, who sung it?A bit before your time Digifiend, and me as well, 'Ray Davies' sang it with the band 'The Kinks' and it's a very good I have it on CD.Digifiend wrote:Jonny Whizz wrote:Still - as it said in the song 'Village Green Preservation Society' - God Save Desperate Dan!
I agree with a lot of what you say. I am not a big buyer of humour comics although I did love them in my younger days (hence me chekcing in with this site every week or so) I collect novels and graphic novels though and I believe that people like me are a huge untapped market when it comes to reprint material. For instance since my sone was born three years ago I have hoovered up all the missing Beano & Dandy et al annuals I can find from my last one given to me as a present in 1980 to to the present (my Mrs is convinced he will not want to read them mind you). I would happily support a 200+ page hardcover series that reprinted classic material from the 60's and 70's comics. Just two or three books a year mind you but if they were available in bookshelves or via Amazon I am sure they would be a nice revenue stream for the publishers.kevf wrote:We could run a book on when it'll happen. Beano & Dandy - isn't that how we already refer to them?
I could see a bright future for the Beano (and Dandy and all old DC Thomson characters) in a mix of online publishing, books and spin-offs. But it would need someone in DC Thomson who cared and was able to do something about it.
Sadly, in my experience, the people who care are regularly denied the opportunity to do something about it by the people with the power to do something about it, who don't care.
DC Thomson's intellectual properties could be as big as Marvel's or Asterix or any of the rest. They are a wasted opportunity in their current mess of repetitive old fashioned formats and reprints.
This year's Bash Street Kids annual (new Mike Pearse story and 4 good quality Mike Pearse reprints) is very promising. If it could be built on, and such books repackaged as proper books rather than annuals (ie they'd stay on the shelves all year round, and the line could be built on and added to) then that would be the beginning of a new and successful publishing direction for DCT's properties.
A daily or weekly online serial would be a good hook for new viewers, and could attract advertising and promotion on Bebo or other kid friendly sites.
Even the DFC's subscription model could be far better exploited by DCT than by the DFC. If every kid who's currently a Beano club member could become addicted to a weekly special comic....
Hell, let them get on with it themselves. They're not stupid. *
*Not all of them.
Buy your son The Beano (once he's old enough to understand the speech captions) and he'll be hooked. Quite a few of the strips in the modern Beano are the same ones from 20-30 years ago (i.e. the earliest annuals you mention). Dennis, Minnie, Bash Street, Roger, Ball Boy, Billy Whizz. I reckon you'll prove your wife wrong. I started collecting Beano after reading a few of my older brother's hand-me-downs. I would suspect that's how a lot of kids get started these days, since they don't seem to buy their own comics nowadays.presterjohn wrote:For instance since my son was born three years ago I have hoovered up all the missing Beano & Dandy et al annuals I can find from my last one given to me as a present in 1980 to to the present (my Mrs is convinced he will not want to read them mind you).