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The Dandy

The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. It is published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando Comics comics....
. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's second longest running comic, second only to Detective Comics

Detective Comics

Detective Comics is an American comic book published monthly by DC Comics since 1937, best-known for introducing the iconic superhero Batman....
(cover dated March 1937). It was re-named Dandy Xtreme
Dandy Xtreme

Dandy Xtreme is a fornightly British comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. It is currently the lowest selling children's comic in the UK, with sales averaging at approximately 23,000 per fortnight....
in August 2007.

first issue, under the name The Dandy Comic, was published on 4 December 1937. It was published weekly until 6 September 1941, when wartime paper shortages forced it to switch to fortnightly, alternating with The Beano
The Beano

The Beano comic is a United Kingdom children's comic book, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.The comic first appeared on 26 July 1938 and was published weekly....
.

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The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom

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D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd

Detective Comics

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The first issue, under the name The Dandy Comic, was published on 4 December 1937. It was published weekly until 6 September 1941, when wartime paper shortages forced it to switch to fortnightly, alternating with The Beano
The Beano

The Beano comic is a United Kingdom children's comic book, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.The comic first appeared on 26 July 1938 and was published weekly....
. It returned its weekly schedule on 30 July 1949. From 17 July 1950, the magazine changed its name to just The Dandy.

After issue 3282 (dated 16 October 2004) The Dandy underwent a radical format overhaul. The comic was turned towards a more television-oriented style, now printed on glossy magazine

Magazine

for quarterly in Heraldry see Quartering Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of Article , generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscription, or all three....
paper instead of newsprint

Newsprint

Newsprint is low-cost, Preservation paper most commonly used to print newspapers, plus other publications and advertising material. It usually has an off-white cast and distinctive feel....
. The price was raised from 70p to £1.20 (99p for the first two weeks), a new comic strip called "Office Hours" appeared, and two supposedly new ones also started, though were actually revivals from a few years earlier ("Jak"

Jak (comics)

Jak is a comic strip and character in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy, or more accurately, three characters, all of whom had blonde spiky hair....
and "Dreadlock Holmes").

As of August 2007 (issue 3426), The Dandy has had another update, becoming the fortnightly comic Dandy Xtreme. It now costs £1.99.

It seems that Dandy characters will no longer grace the cover. The first Dandy Xtreme had Bart Simpson

Bart Simpson

Bartholomew "Bart" JoJo Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family....
on the cover.

Editors

The original editor was Albert Barnes. According to The Legend of Desperate Dan (published 1997), Dan's famous chin was modelled on Barnes. He stayed in the role until the 1980s. His replacement was Morris Heggie, who left the editorship in 2006 to become the DC Thomson archivist - Beano editor Euan Kerr was promoted at the same time. The current editor is Craig Graham .

Dandy characters

Stars who are currently in the Dandy Xtreme as of July 2008:

Comic strip	Time in comic	Artist	Notes
Agent Dog 2-Zero	2004-2005, 2006, 2007-p	Wayne Thompson	None
Bananaman Bananaman Bananaman is a United Kingdom comic book fictional character. He originally appeared in Nutty as the backpage strip in Issue 1, dated 16 February 1980 drawn by John Geering....	1980-2006, 2007-p	C. McGhie	Originally in Nutty Nutty Nutty was a British comic that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with The Dandy. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co.... ; Also in BEEB Beeb The nickname Beeb may refer to:The BBC, sometimes called the Beeb* or Auntie BeebBEEB, a BBC children's magazine published in 1985The BBC Micro home computer from 1982, built for the BBC by Acorn Computers Ltd... comic
Blinky Blinky (comic strip character) Blinky is a fictional character in a comic strip in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy, about a boy with large, thick glasses and the chaos he always causes, as what he sees through his glasses is a galaxy different from the rest of the world....	1990-2007, 2008-p	Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a prolific British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993 when the comic The Beezer and Topper comic folded....	Reprints; Originally in The Beezer and Topper
Cuddles and Dimples Cuddles and Dimples Cuddles and Dimples are fictional characters in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy. The stories are based around two toddler brothers who like to cause double the trouble whether they go, much to the dismay of their parents, who in the earlier strips, were referred to as Daddums and Mumsie....	1986-p	Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy....	Cuddles originally in Nutty (1981-1985), transferred to Hoot! (1985-1986), teamed up with Dimples following Dandy merger. Dimples strip in Dandy 1984-1986.
Desperate Dan Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is a American Old West fictional character in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy. He first appeared in the comic in its first issue, dated 4 December 1937....	1937-p.	Jamie Smart Jamie Smart Jamie Smart is a British comic artist and writer, most famous for his ten-issue comic series, Bear . He has also had his comic My Own Genie published in the popular childrens magazine The Dandy....	None.
Jak and Todd Jak (comics) Jak is a comic strip and character in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy, or more accurately, three characters, all of whom had blonde spiky hair....	1997-1999, 2001-2003, 2004-p	Wayne Thompson	None
Marvo the Wonder Chicken Marvo the Wonder Chicken Marvo the Wonder Chicken is a character in the UK comic, The Dandy. The strip first appeared in 1990, and continued in odd issues until 1999. He returned in 2008 to tie in with the DC Thomson TV series which will be airing in the Autumn of 2009....	1996-1998, 2008-p	Nigel Parkinson	Returned in August 2008, as he will soon have TV episodes airing.
Ollie Fliptrik Ollie Fliptrik Ollie Fliptrik is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy. He first appeared in issue # 3138, dated 12 January 2002....	2002-p	Karl Dixon	None
Pinky’s Crackpot Circus	2004, 2005-2006, 2008-p	Gary Northfield	None
Hyde and Shriek	2008-p	Nick Brennan Nick Brennan Nick Brennan is a prolific British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993 when the comic The Beezer and Topper comic folded....	Previously drawn by Tom Patterson Tom Patterson Harry Thomas "Tom" Patterson Order of Canada, Order of Ontario, Bachelor of Arts, Doctor of Laws was a Stratford, Ontario born journalist who went on to found the Stratford Festival of Canada, the largest theatre festival in Canada.... .
Doctor Loo	2008-p	Duncan Scott	Play on BBC drama Doctor Who Doctor Who *Doctor Who* is a British Science fiction on television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a mysterious alien Time travel known as "Doctor " who travels in his space and time-ship, the TARDIS, which normally appears from the exterior to be a blue 1950s police box.... .
The Barff Brothers	2008-p	C. McGhie	None

Other Dandy stars over the years have included:

Addie and Hermy
Addie and Hermy

Addie and Hermy - The Nasty Nazis was a comic strip created during the 1940s by the Dundee-based publishing-firm DC Thomson and Co, appearing in The Dandy....
- a World War II satire of Adolf Hitler.
Beryl the Peril
Beryl the Peril

Beryl the Peril was created by David Law, the creator of Dennis the Menace , for Issue 1 of The Topper comic book . Like Dennis, she had black and red apparel, and devilishly torments her parents and other members of her community....
- originally from the Topper
The Topper

The Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper is a Free daily newspaper located in West Bridgford, Nottingham.It is Britain's largest circulating independent weekly newspaper with a Verified Free Distribution in excess of 200,000 copies a week....
, but moved to the Dandy in 1993.
Black Bob
Black Bob

This article is about the fictional dog. For other meanings see Black Bob .Black Bob was the name of a fictional Border Collie from Selkirk in south Scotland....
- a border collie
Border Collie

The Border Collie is a Dog breed of herding dog that originated along the borders of England, Wales and Scotland. They are widely regarded as the most intelligent dog breed....
Bully Beef and Chips
Bully Beef and Chips

Bully Beef and Chips were fictional characters who had their own strip in the United Kingdom comic The Dandy. It started in the 1960s and continued until 1997 ....
a comic strip which ran from the 60's to 1997.
Class Act/P5
P5 (comics)

P5 was a short-lived Comic strip in the United Kingdom comic The Dandy.It was drawn by Dennis the Menace artist Jimmy Hansen....
Dinah Mo - about a tomboy girl.
First Class - similar to Class Act/P5
Granny
Granny

Granny may refer to:*a slang word for grandmother.*Granny , a Looney Tunes character*Granny, a character on The Beverly Hillbillies played by Irene Ryan...
- spin-off strip from Cuddles and Dimples
Cuddles and Dimples

Cuddles and Dimples are fictional characters in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy. The stories are based around two toddler brothers who like to cause double the trouble whether they go, much to the dismay of their parents, who in the earlier strips, were referred to as Daddums and Mumsie....
, featuring the pair's grandmother
Growing Paynes - about a young kid who wants to be treated like an adult.
The Jocks and the Geordies
The Jocks and the Geordies

The Jocks and the Geordies were fictional characters who had their own comic strip in The Dandy comic. It ran from 1975 until the early 1990s....
- the rivalry of pupils of two schools on the Scottish border.
Keyhole Kate - about a girl who peeps through keyholes.
Korky the Cat
Korky the Cat

Korky the Cat is a fictional character in a comic strip in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy. It first appeared in issue 1, dated 4 December 1937, and was The Dandy's original cover star....
- started in 1937, and during the 80's to 90's the strip was entitles Korky and the Kits
Molly
Molly

Molly or Mollies may refer to:* Molly , a female given name* Mollies or Poecilia, a family of fish* Molly , a Swedish band mixing ska and Irish folk music...
- about a spoilt girl. Drawn By David Mostyn
Monkey Business
Monkey Business

Monkey Business may refer to:...
- a group of monkeys who ran a supermarket. Drawn by John Geering
John Geering

John Keith Geering was a United Kingdom cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for D. C. Thomson & Co....
My Own Genie
My Own Genie

My Own Genie is a popular comic strip in the long-running British comic The Dandy, first seen in issue # 3314 on 4th June 2005. It is drawn by artist Jamie Smart, the creator of Bear ....
Potsworth & Co. - A comic strip based on the Hanna-Barbera
Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. , was an American List of animation studios that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century....
series of the same name which was more popular in the UK than the U.S.
Puss 'n' Boots
Puss 'n' Boots

Puss 'n' Boots were a character pair, cat and dog in the Sparky comic. Obviously inspired by Tom and Jerry and other madcap American cartoons, and drawn by John Geering of Bananaman fame, the occasional script was written by the later Dandy editor Morris Heggie....
(from Sparky
Sparky (comic)

Sparky was a British comic book that ran from 23 January 1965 to 9 July 1977, when it merged with The Topper after 652 issues. It featured:...
)
Rusty
Rusty

Rusty may refer to:*Something which is covered with rust*Rusty, a nickname for men who have red hair or are named RussellIn film:*Rusty , a 1940s childrens film series featuring a German Shepherd dog named Rusty...
- a generic resourceful/mischievous boy
Sherman Tortoise
Smasher
The Smasher

The Smasher was a character in the British comic The Dandy. He was a boy with a tendency to destroy things and who was reminiscent of Dennis the Menace from The Beano, though when he destroyed things it usually tended to be by accident rather than design....
(1957-2002, 2007)
Smitten
Smitten

Smitten, the past participle of smite, can refer to:*Smitten , a 2004 album by The Martinis*Smitten , a 1998 album by Buffalo Tom*Smitten , a popular New York City weblog and column...
- a young boy and his problems with love
Spotted Dick
Spotted dick

Spotted dick is a steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit , commonly served with either custard or butter and brown sugar. Spotted refers to the dried fruit and Dick may be a contraction/corruption of the word pudding or possibly a corruption of the word dough. Another explanation offered for the latter half of the na...
- a spotty boy who spent most of his time on a hospital ward (from Hoot
Hoot (comic book)

Hoot was a United Kingdom comic book that ran from 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with The Dandy. Strips throughout its 53 issue run included:...
)
Tootuff (translated version of Swiss-French comic strip Titeuf
Titeuf

Titeuf is a comics series created by the Switzerland comic book creator Zep which was adapted into an animated TV series, and appears in the dedicated Franco-Belgian comics magazines Tch?!....
by Zep
Zep

Zep is the pseudonym of Philippe Chappuis, a comic book creator from Switzerland, known for his series Titeuf, a popular character in French-speaking countries, and Tch?!, the associated Franco-Belgian comics magazines....
)
Winker Watson
Winker Watson

Winker Watson is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the United Kingdom comic book The Dandy.Winker first appeared on April 1, 1961 in issue Number 1010, and was quickly established as a character of great wit and appeal....
- a cunning boy who is from Greytower's School.

Features

Current features in the Dandy include :

Nerve Centre - Intro. Inner features include:

Kangaroo Court
Suspicious Snaps
Ugly Stick
Pimp Da Chimp
Bogiefield

Most Wanted - Hate or Rate the "Hottest New Gear"
You're Having a Barf - Gross fact page
Xtreme Wacked - A group of prankster kids in a photo comic
Dandy Comix - Pull-out comic section
Layzee Boys Guide - Game tips
Xtreme Games Central - New game releases
Widescreen - "If it's on, it's in!"
Eat My Goal - Football page

Snipz

Xtreme Skillz - Learn new skills in different activities such as skateboarding and football.

The Dandy

Image updates

Editors

Dandy characters

Features

See also

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