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In the advert for next week in the back, it refers to "new George vs Dragon". Was that the George vs Dragon which was new last week, then? Or is something afoot? I don't think anything's afoot, they're all new (i.e unpublished) George vs Dragon strips. The current batch are all ones I drew in late ...

yanobandy wrote:So, if i go up to the DC Thomson offices, i wont see you?

Nope! Like all the artists (I think) I work at home and send my stuff in via the magic of email. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

In other news, I've not even been to the Dandy office yet *weeps*

Come on, dont be shy! Who's your best friend in the Dandy office? Are you talking to me? I don't know, there's a lot of great stuff in the comics these days. But I'd probably have to go for Jamie Smart's Desperate Dan, overall. Having already been a fan of his indie stuff like Bear, I thought it wa...

yanobandy wrote: You're right andy. But, you dont know anything about football? You nutter! Sorry for that andy, i just wondered how anybody didnt know about football. My favourite team is Arsenal! Up the gunners!

I know it involves feet. And a ball.

Ah, right! Good, I thought I was losing my marbles!

Next week's the one year anniversary of the revamp... Wait, didn't the first revamp issue hit shelves at the end of October last year? I have the 27th etched in my brain, for some reason. Also, thanks for the nice words about this weeks George vs Dragon, chums! Hopefully my complete lack of footbal...

Sad to say, from the anecdotal evidence on this forum it does seem as if kids are more interested in the plastic tat than the comic. It is interesting to note that if you look at the full certificate for The Dandy's latest figures, there were five issues that sold ABOVE the average number of issues...

I draw cartoons myself, Little Squelchy, and I personally enjoy drawing over-the-top extreme stuff. But I don't want to draw it all the time.......I'd rather try and put over other aspects as well as the 'in-yer-face' stuff. And so does The Dandy, mixing as it does more 'traditional' fare with the ...

I guess it's because I know that the Hanna-Barbara stuff, and later the Stimpy's, Spongbob's and Powerpuff's of this world are designed within the restrictions of the animation process..time v. money. When I'm drawing a strip, I have a different set of restrictions. Maybe I should consider the pote...

I think all these theories would be fine and, erm, dandy if the title was selling well, and its readers were sticking with it. But ... (By the way, I'm not sure the modern TV cartoons are anywhere near as frenzied as the vintage Bob Clampett/Tex Avery et al cartoons! All I know, from my own experie...

I don't doubt that the change of art style has alienated some, but I think the people it's alienating are some older readers, or parents. But that's sort of as it should be, isn't it? I can't think of many things that kids seek out that have 100% paternal approval, really. It's all part of growing u...

I think we're all rather saddened by the situation - there's certainly some good stuff in The Dandy. Of course, when you do take risks, there's always the chance they won't work out. It's better than being staid, though. You have to take chances. That's exactly the point I've been saying over and o...

As I've said before, most things that are really huge with kids are fairly traditional: Harry Potter, High School Musical, Pixar's stuff etc. and rely on a traditional - even "old-fashioned" - kind of craftsmanship. I'd put Ben 10 in there, too, which I think is a perfectly decent timeless concept ...

Damn...I've almost ended on a negative, which is definitely not a good thing to do. So I'll reiterate an idea mooted earlier - maybe artists and writers should get paid to work with DCT editorial to develop characters as properties, with potential beyond a weekly strip. Creators should get a rights...