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Dandy comic selling just 7000 copies a week
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... disappointing ABC figures for The Dandy, which, as we previously reported, is now selling around 7,448 copies a week. http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.c...and-where.htmlCommenting on the sales figures, a spokesperson for DC Thomson, who publish The Dandy described them as "disappointing. "There is no getting away from that," they acknowledged, but pointed to success elsewhere for their comics titles. “The Dandy is the one blot on an otherwise quite successful period for us," the spokesperson added. "We will be taking steps to address that, but we are not looking at radical surgery.” I guess it's hard for comics to appeal to kids when they've got the internet, iphones, social networking, looting, mugging to do etc. ![]() The Dandy has been in publication for 74 years so it would be a great pity if it were forced to shut down. |
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Thing is, Dandy's sales have been falling slowly but steadily since about the mid 1950's, mostly because while The Beano reinvented itself around that time and became more modern, The Dandy did not. I suspect all these revamps have started about forty years too late to do any good.
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http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.c...and-where.html
I guess it's hard for comics to appeal to kids when they've got the internet, iphones, social networking, looting, mugging to do etc. ![]() |
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I posted this info a month ago, Down the Tubes is playing catch up.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1520307 They're having a last throw of the dice, by making a few more tweaks, but if the situation doesn't improve, it'll probably be part of a merged The Beano and Dandy next year. I do hope it least makes it to December 2012 though, because of the 75th anniversary. |
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The last time I checked The Dandy, it was full of celebrity drawings of Harry Hill, Gordon Ramsay and Jedward etc. It was really quite horrific.
I think the way forward for the comic would be to make it naughty and more for adults, which would mean giving it an age rating, not that it would stop kids from being it. |
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I think the way forward for the comic would be to make it naughty and more for adults, which would mean giving it an age rating, not that it would stop kids from being it. |
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The last time I checked The Dandy, it was full of celebrity drawings of Harry Hill, Gordon Ramsay and Jedward etc. It was really quite horrific.
I think the way forward for the comic would be to make it naughty and more for adults, which would mean giving it an age rating, not that it would stop kids from being it. |
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they still publish beano and dandy? i need to check it out!
rodger the dodger!!!!! |
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...Long runners Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat, and Bananaman are all still there...
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Long runners Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat, and Bananaman are all still there.
The Dandy is pretty crap, the Beano, while it has its ups and downs in terms of quality, is much better. Quote:
Dan & Korky are not quite the same though...
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The artwork is terrible, looks like it's drawn by kids - I think they're trying to be down wit da kidz.
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they still publish beano and dandy? i need to check it out!
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They need to make an iPad edition!
I used to love the Dandy but growing up it didn`t hold my attention as well as so many other things did, especially U.S comics which I still buy from time to time. |
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There used to be a cat that hung round our area who looked just like Korky the Kat, black, with exactly the same symmetrical facial markings, white belly, and white forepaws, and the same big green eyes. The resemblance was absolutely uncanny.
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The artwork is terrible, looks like it's drawn by kids - I think they're trying to be down wit da kidz.
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There used to be a cat that hung round our area who looked just like Korky the Kat, black, with exactly the same symmetrical facial markings, white belly, and white forepaws, and the same big green eyes. The resemblance was absolutely uncanny.
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Erm, that's because that's who it's aimed at. You knew that, right?
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It was much better when I was a kid and before - now it looks like it's drawn by monkeys
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That's what kids like, now.
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You mean it was also humanoid?
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Maybe it's time for The Dandy to give up targeting kids and aim for the nostalgia market?
Even when I was a kid, it was hard to find and even had the comic reserved by the local newsagent as he wouldn't order a copy for the shelf. Otherwise I'd have to go to WHSmiths. |
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Maybe it's time for The Dandy to give up targeting kids and aim for the nostalgia market?
Even when I was a kid, it was hard to find and even had the comic reserved by the local newsagent as he wouldn't order a copy for the shelf. Otherwise I'd have to go to WHSmiths. |
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Yeah, it's axing was because they switched to outsourced printing, which requires larger print runs. Hence Classics and the Fun-Size comics were dropped. I just wish they'd given them enough notice so that they didn't advertise a non-existent next issue. If Dandy's sales get much worse, they'll suffer a similar fate. They need to do something. Question is, what?
Royce, good idea mentioning the iPad. Commando does an online version, DCT should spread this to their other titles. |
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Isn't this because nowhere sells it?
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What I want to know is why they find it nessecary to give free gifts with every issue. DC Thompson have dropped loads of comics through the years WWW.Toonhound.com are a good source.
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