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Titles may come and go but the Christmas annual market remains. See a batch of the new upcoming annuals over on my blog:

http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2007/08 ... nuals.html

Lew

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', but still different to the previous one, slightly...Maybe it's just his eyes being closed... but I like it all the same, it look fab! I think it is Ken...

Ross

(Excuse my Dan artwork obsession- even as a kid I could tell when he wasn't drawn by KHH!)

I had a look inside the Beano one when I went to Scotland (Beano Office wooo!)

Once again the girl's annuals are overlooked is this a boys club

From the DCT website I see that Bunty is there on its own.So last year was the last Mandy-a shame.

brian

brisey wrote:Once again the girl's annuals are overlooked is this a boys club

I just used whatever Amazon had for sale. Didn't see any girl's comic annuals.

Lew

Is no Dennis or Bash Street this year?

skidbum1 wrote:Is no Dennis or Bash Street this year?

Yes there will be... but I only used the ones that Amazon had cover images of at the moment. It is not a comprehensive listing. Just a preview of some of the books. As I said on the blog "They should all be out by September, along with many more".

Lew

They're on DC thomson website.

Conor B wrote:I had a look inside the Beano one when I went to Scotland (Beano Office wooo!)

Tell us more, Conor.

My auntie emailed the editor when my dad died last year to cheer me up asking if I could go to the office and he said yes!! I finally went on the 17th and got some comics not out yet!!

'some comics not out yet'? ..... do they have plans for a new title Conor?

It's a Ken Dan for definite.

Annuals already?? Is it me or does it get earlier every year??

Maybe it just feels like it...

Lew Stringer wrote:Yes there will be... but I only used the ones that Amazon had cover images of at the moment.

Wierd, they had the images of Dennis and Bash Street kids on there when I was on there last week.

Just checked - they are up now anyway. [img:500:500]http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/6 ... SS500_.jpg[/img]

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Is this this first time David Sutherland hasn't done the Bash Street cover?

Dizrythmia wrote:Annuals already?? Is it me or does it get earlier every year??

Maybe it just feels like it...

No... September 1st has always been the traditional date annuals started to appear in shops, though I do recall a little shop-come-wholesalers locally whch used to get them in 'upstairs' as early as June/July (and which you could buy, though they closed a few years back! Damn... ) and my mother got me the first 'Terrahawks' annual as early as May by virtue of her mail order catalogue (when the autumn/winter editions are sent out). They've clamped down on that too in recent years... with an embargo date!