Jamie Smart has a new strip starting tomorrow - Arena of Awesome. And they say on Facebook:
The Dandy wrote:Another teaser from Arena of Awesome which starts tomorrow in The Dandy. Look out for Desperate Dan vs Dennis the Menace coming soon!
I know Dan will win that one, since it's basically Dandy vs Beano, and the strip is in The Dandy... will Beano actually advertise this, I wonder?
Ben Morton wrote:(Hoping it isn't signs of a dreaded Beano/Dandy merge lol)
Do you know if Andy's George Vs Dragon's making a comeback after it's intial run? Thanks.
Merger? Not that again. I was worried about that possibility in the Xtreme era, but not any more. The response:
The Dandy wrote:Beano/Dandy merge! Nooooo! Never, lol. We're going to run a poll in February to find out which comic strips the readers want to return so if it does well it'll be back. Andy does have two exciting new characters coming soon though. The first starts in our February 5th edition.
That first one being Boo.
Ben Morton wrote:ooh that'll be good! Rumours have it it's a old strip being brought back from the dead.
(I personally think it's Biffo The Bear and Buster, I know they're Beano characters, but it has happened before (e.g: Beryl The Peril came from The Topper) or it could be Cuddles and Dimples. Old favourites lol.
Just guessing, I know I don't get a dandy club t-shirt if I get it right haha lol
The Dandy wrote:The rumours are true but it's not the strip he has starting in February it'll be appearing a couple of months later. Good guesses though but it's none of the above. : )
So Cuddles and Dimples and Beryl the Peril are definitely not coming back. And suggesting Biffo!?! lol, I know a lot of fans want him back... but obviously in The Beano, not Dandy.
Oh, and I've posted three times in a row, sorry about that, but editing doesn't bump up the thread so that you know something new has been added, the three posts were made on different days.