[JAS84]

Originally Posted by Kal_El

Have to say, despite my searing negativity about The Dandy's situation earlier in this thread, I can really dig their new digital approach.

Daughter got a lovely fast Nexus 7 tablet off us for Christmas, and while she was doing something else I decided to steal it for two mins and take a look at the new Dandy online. You can't access a great deal, just enough to give you a preview of what they're offering, but it's really neat and to me is a cool look at perhaps where comics could go in the future. It works so well with the tablet/touchscreen paradigm, much nicer than a desktop or laptop.

My only thoughts are how they translate this coolness into a living. I couldn't make out how they charge for the comic this way, so if anyone can enlighten me that would be great. I saw the options to register, but didn't want to as kids are too old now, but I may give it a go just for my own curiosity.

Once you register (all you need is an email address), you'll see options to buy Dandy credits. You can get a few as 100, which is enough for one issue and costs £1.49, or as many as 5000, which equates to 50 issues and works out a lot cheaper at just £29.99, which is about 60p an issue. They'll probably add back issues of the print comic eventually, which I suspect will cost a different number of credits. Issue zero is free and doesn't require registration. You only enter your credit/debit card details when buying the credits.

[Kal_El]

Originally Posted by JAS84

Once you register (all you need is an email address), you'll see options to buy Dandy credits. You can get a few as 100, which is enough for one issue and costs £1.49, or as many as 5000, which equates to 50 issues and works out a lot cheaper at just £29.99, which is about 60p an issue. They'll probably add back issues of the print comic eventually, which I suspect will cost a different number of credits. Issue zero is free and doesn't require registration. You only enter your credit/debit card details when buying the credits.

Thanks for the info. Doesn't sound so bad, but it's a bit of a leap these days getting people to pony up on the internet. I hope they make it work as it's actually pretty impressive, and I can imagine it getting better.

So how do you go about sort of having a collection then, storing your issues? Is there DRM involved, or do you not get to keep your Dandys locally?

[JAS84]

No local storage as far as I know. So if they ever go bust or something, you'd lose out.

I'm viewing it on a computer though, not an iPad or Android.

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That's a real shame