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The relaunch was probably better WITHOUT the use of a free gift; this ploy has been grossly overdone over the last 20 years or so,...Free gifts are OK in moderation.... Free gifts boost sales. The Beano can sell 4 times as many copies with a gift on the cover than without. But Dandy Extreme jumped ...

The new look Dandy came out today and I had the opportunity to show the first issue to the pupils in my Comic Art Masterclasses at Gosport Discovery Centre. Both groups were mixed ages, from 7 to adult, and I'm delighted to report that, firstly, I think the new Dandy is brilliant. It's all comic str...

The Daily Mail reports: The Dandy gets a celebrity makeover... but Desperate Dan and Korky the Cat face X Factor-style eviction Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1324081/The-Dandy-gets-celebrity-makeover--Desperate-Dan-Korky-Cat-face-X-Factor-style-eviction.html?ITO=1490&utm_so...

Not wanting to be picky, but isn't it Masthead?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masthead_%28publishing%29

Kev F

PS: But let's not start a masthead debate... mast'debate... mass - forget it, that doesn't work.

Noel Edmonds!!!!!! :shock: Now I know it's all a hoax. Dandy Xtreme will be out as normal tomorrow! :( ...OK, OK I'm only kidding, but even so... NOEL EDMONDS?????? Calm down, calm down. It's not the first time Noel's been in a DC Thomson comic. He was of course in... (anybody?)... http://kevfcomic...

I'm hoping one of your strips features Derek the Troll, Lew! :wink: Good question. Is anyone doing creator owned material or is it all work-for-hire on DCT characters? And why can't I just wait a day and find out tomorrow? Kev F PS: Ooh, look, picture of Harry Hill reading the Dandy: http://nigelpa...

Returning to the subject of how brilliant The Dandy actually is (which we want the world to know), I just indulged in this whole blog-full of Jamie Smart's Desperate Dan strips: http://www.fumboo.com/despdan/ They are brilliant. I confess I've hardly seen any of them because you could never thumb th...

Are people complaining about someone trying to promote a comic by running stories about it? No matter that the facts are wrong, what would you prefer? That people continue to ignore the stupid bloody Dandy like they do the rest of the year? There's only one thing worse than being talked about, and t...

"I have seen your tweet about Harry Hill writing a comic strip for Dandy. Have you got any more details on this, as this is the first I have heard? I look forward to hearing from you and thanks for your help. Have you replied? What have you told them? I just asked them if they'd heard anything, cos...

The publicity drive continues. I just received this email: "I have seen your tweet about Harry Hill writing a comic strip for Dandy. Have you got any more details on this, as this is the first I have heard? I look forward to hearing from you and thanks for your help." - from the official Harry Hill ...

Dandy certainly has been as good as un-promoted, as far as I can see. In previous years we had the Dandy character costumes appearing at the London Comic Festival (2003 or 2004) to coincide with their relaunch. The Birmingham International Comics Show was last weekend and would have been a perfect o...

Actually, that is the Xtreme version of the Dandy logo, just without the Xtreme name. And it isn't drawn by Ken, it's drawn by Nigel Parkinson, who also draws Dan inside in a style closer to Jamie's. I stand corrected, excellent ghosting work there. In fact all the characters look like their usual ...

I saw the 2011 Dandy annual yesterday. Looks good, but is now two generations out of date, with a logo that predates the Extreme version, and Desperate Dan on the cover drawn by Ken Harrison. The world moves too fast for annuals to keep up with. I look forward to seeing Harry Hill and his sidekick B...

What a great story, I'll have to buy myself more Broons collections. When I brought Lord Snooty back in the Bash St Kids adventure "Are We There Yet" in 2005, my original script alluded to the fact that he's an orphan (I must dig out the original script sketch version), and has Toots sympathising wi...

Did anyone say there would be a "big twist"? I'm just going by this bit in Nigel's blog where he says: To be honest, the new Dandy has been a dream of the editor's for a couple of years. All new strips, all funny. But making it happen was nigh-on impossible with the cautious nature of the economy a...