tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post2187246505774472444..comments2024-03-08T16:06:32.428+00:00Comments on TwoHeadedThingies: The Dandy nears its end - so go back to the startTwoHeadedBoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-20324206336874927122012-12-09T20:40:42.979+00:002012-12-09T20:40:42.979+00:00Titeuf was in the Dandy? Blimey, when was that?
I...Titeuf was in the Dandy? Blimey, when was that?<br /><br />I've got no problem with experimentation, but I think the problem with the 2010 revamp was that it was ALL experimentation, leaving it completely unrecognizable from the "real" Dandy - thus alienating all those who bought it for nostalgic reasons (which was what, roughly half the audience?).<br /><br />It was really like launching a whole new comic, but using the Dandy's name to sell it. Maybe if DC Thomson really DID launch a new comic, and if even then it only lasted until now, it would be looked back on as a fun little curiosity in comic history, and not as the final nail in the coffin for one of the world's longest running comics.<br /><br />Meanwhile, they could've kept the Dandy going as it was up until 2004, just fill it with reprints (like in the final years of Buster) to keep the traditionalists happy (as well as introducing whole new generations to all those fantastic characters).TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-57902243254540979522012-12-09T14:57:31.505+00:002012-12-09T14:57:31.505+00:00They should have gone straight from this amazing D...They should have gone straight from this amazing Dandy to the 2010 revamp - the 2004-2007 revamp was quite good though, not exactly the best incarnation but I did like the use of longer strips and trying out new artists (although there were problems with the French reprints - Titeuf is not for a young audience!)<br /><br />The Dandy Xtreme most certainly killed the comic's chance of making it any further than its 75th really - I knew the end was nigh thanks to the Xtreme. But even so, the Xtreme did have some great strips in it - particularly Jamie's three-page Desperate Dans.WizzKid97https://www.blogger.com/profile/14762634841651258782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-7042301815596399552012-12-07T10:17:18.295+00:002012-12-07T10:17:18.295+00:00I thought I'd never heard of Ogri, but a quick...I thought I'd never heard of Ogri, but a quick Google image search brings up some familiar-looking faces. I'll be looking for reprint books now!<br /><br />Ever considered traditional adventure stories but with lots of background gags? Kev Sutherland did that sort of thing with a few strips in UT, and it worked well.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-50020406061413786112012-12-05T21:57:44.848+00:002012-12-05T21:57:44.848+00:00I used to draw comedy strips with "bouncy roc...I used to draw comedy strips with "bouncy rocks", flying saucers, "skoda" anything (breaking down or crashing) and other little details in the background. I mainly do traditional-style adventure stories now, which removes some of the scope for that sort of thing, but I want to add one-page comedy strips to my comics again eventually.<br />Ever heard of Ogri? It was an insanely-detailed one pager that used to appear in Bike magazine. Every strip was really like 2-3 stories, the "main" one, and then there'd be snails or mice or something having a different conversation at the bottom, and often a dog reacting to the jokes in the main story. No end of one-off background gags too, like corrupt politicians taking bribes and stuff. There's been no end of reprint books, though they are usually in the Motoring section of bookshops.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14722956860700640056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-32474974484835398492012-12-01T20:12:24.355+00:002012-12-01T20:12:24.355+00:00The above scan is by John Geering...
I meant late...The above scan is by John Geering...<br /><br />I meant later on Steve Bright drew some nice Bananamans..<br /><br />I understand what you are saying about the different revamps and not liking it...But for me there were some good stuff right to the end..we will never know if The Dandy stayed the same like The Beano if it had lasted longer than its 75th Birthday...<br />Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-60301831021990011142012-11-30T20:41:52.596+00:002012-11-30T20:41:52.596+00:00He can outdraw most people without even picking up...He can outdraw most people without even picking up a pencil ;)TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-28449114232728925362012-11-30T20:41:21.432+00:002012-11-30T20:41:21.432+00:00The Comic Libraries! That's what they're c...The Comic Libraries! That's what they're called. A lot of them are very good as well.<br /><br />There was also Dandy Cartoon Books and Beano Puzzle Books in the same series.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-70793826959577649822012-11-30T20:40:09.860+00:002012-11-30T20:40:09.860+00:00You needn't be flattered, it was partially you...You needn't be flattered, it was partially your blog that made me want to do one of my own!<br /><br />Parts of it look Appleby-ish, parts of it don't - top marks to whoever did it though, that train's hilarious.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-35124389114907536142012-11-30T20:37:50.328+00:002012-11-30T20:37:50.328+00:00Ah, so that's Steve Bright and not Geering up ...Ah, so that's Steve Bright and not Geering up there? All these folk ghosting each other, it really gets confusing!TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-23846567903679515502012-11-30T20:37:11.038+00:002012-11-30T20:37:11.038+00:00The annuals are published with the following year ...The annuals are published with the following year on the cover, so you'd've got the 2004 annual in 2003... Still counts as transitional though.<br /><br />Wonder how many people started adding smelly socks and little squelchy things to their drawings after encountering Mr. Paterson?TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-39182620620190382072012-11-30T19:47:23.428+00:002012-11-30T19:47:23.428+00:00What were those smaller editions called? The ones ...What were those smaller editions called? The ones that were about A5 sized and featured an extended story for one character. I remember an advert for one featuring Keyhole Kate. She was reading a book with a huge keyhole cut into it, through which her nose was sticking. I used to think that she'd read the book so hard that her nose had grown and pierced the paper which had, in turn, been worn down by her intense gaze. To this day, when I'm really into a book, I can still feel a sort of energy emanating from my eyes coupled with a strange sensation at the tip of my nose. I blame Keyhole Kate.Ninetyeightytwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537175150792508067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-32716036666413508282012-11-30T19:31:46.336+00:002012-11-30T19:31:46.336+00:00I really liked Tom Paterson's Bananaman from t...I really liked Tom Paterson's Bananaman from this era. <br /><br />He was doing quite a lot of stuff back then - I wish he was still drawing as much as that!<br /><br />Saying that, the Calamity James reprints are excellent! Hardly seem like reprints at all!George Shiershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162253849922362900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-91796914245560217752012-11-30T19:28:23.429+00:002012-11-30T19:28:23.429+00:00I'm flattered by the plug for my blog!
I don&#...I'm flattered by the plug for my blog!<br />I don't think that's Ron Spencer's work, by the way. Looks more like Barrie Appleby. I've tried to 'ghost' other artists' styles in the past, more as an exercise than anything, and I find it bloody impossible, so fair play to those that CAN manage it.<br />Agreed, 2004 marked the end of the Dandy. Everything after that has just been an extended marketing exercise.Mr Straightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248257907210303372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-68328377292962309992012-11-30T17:55:29.733+00:002012-11-30T17:55:29.733+00:00What a great summer special with lots of my favour...What a great summer special with lots of my favourite artists...;0)<br /><br />Steve Bright's Bananaman was very good...<br /><br />I love Tom Paterson's comic work well worth collecting...Peter Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02932925408386855040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-47014281060846472102012-11-30T13:17:33.636+00:002012-11-30T13:17:33.636+00:00Hmm...working the dates out in my head, it sounds ...Hmm...working the dates out in my head, it sounds like I stopped buying The Dandy not too long before that issue. I had the 2004 annual but I don't remember that 'final' issue so perhaps it was a transitional year for me. Or something.<br /><br />Tom Paterson's art is just amazing. Even though I stopped favouring UK comics over other types of art, I still massively respect the incredible amount of detail in whatever he drew. I could literaly stare at each panel for ages and pick out loads of cool/weird things. Even my own (rubbish) comics that I drew as a kid ended up with smelly socks lying in the street etc.!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-79431561097449499952012-11-30T12:23:01.820+00:002012-11-30T12:23:01.820+00:00Nutty's a great comic! They even gave Eric &qu...Nutty's a great comic! They even gave Eric "Wimp" as a surname. I'll be posting some Nutty stuff here eventually.<br /><br />I tried to be enthusiastic about the new Dandy, and bought maybe the first ten of them before realizing what guff it had (mostly) become. There was the odd strip that I liked (Mr. Meecher, Pre-School Prime Minister), but the rapidly-increasing cover price and the rapidly-diminishing quality turned me off in the end.TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-77368187546703729982012-11-30T12:19:12.194+00:002012-11-30T12:19:12.194+00:00Couldn't give you the exact dates, but you'...Couldn't give you the exact dates, but you're looking for the 1991-1992 era - it never made it to the full colour version in 1993, but it DID appear as reprints from 2004-ish.<br /><br />I'm sure that "History of the Dandy" book will have the answers, but I won't be reading that until Xmas (as long as Santa can get hold of a copy for me!).TwoHeadedBoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14946450138433182058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-65670602452404025812012-11-30T12:14:58.324+00:002012-11-30T12:14:58.324+00:00Hyde & Shriek looks like an excellent strip. M...Hyde & Shriek looks like an excellent strip. Makes me want to get some Dandys from that period for my collection! Do you now when it started and ended? Irmantashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14291067561616131559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-89576202152101330872012-11-30T12:03:47.001+00:002012-11-30T12:03:47.001+00:00Some of the new Dandy stuff was alright, strip-wis...Some of the new Dandy stuff was alright, strip-wise and art-wise, but I wasn't a fan of them adding about 50 free gifts every issue and trying to turn it into a magazine...<br /><br />Oh, and Bananaman was far better when he appeared in Nutty, and Eric looked even less likely to turn into a superhero and it was a lot funnier...<br /><br />http://www.brokenfrontier.com/userfiles/images/lowdown/2011/8_aug/RemNutty_0811.jpg<br /><br />But yeah, will be a shame to see this go...I wish kids today were reading more comics like this rather than the crappy licensed stuff that seems to fill newsagents these days..Deadpan Flookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071618440865533136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341665527709142645.post-52697269133289869042012-11-30T05:54:25.505+00:002012-11-30T05:54:25.505+00:00Yes, you're right. That IS when the real Dandy...Yes, you're right. That IS when the real Dandy died - or at least started it's long, slow, terminal decline.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.com