Sunday, July 21, 2013

Dandy Summer Special Returns - And A Few Other Bits N' Bobs!

Dandy Summer Special Returns!

Yes, the Dandy summer special has returned for one last time. It goes on sale on Monday July 22nd and costs £4.99 from D.C Thomson's online shop, and that price includes postage to the U.K.

The comics' full title is The Last Ever Dandy Summer Special, and I can't help but think if they're saying that so they get the same result as they did with the last ever Dandy back in December.

Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any larger images of the Dandy's cover so the image on the right will be the best one until I get a copy!

https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/Product-The_Dandy_Summer_Special(20130101)-DCS(2)-DSS14(3130).aspx
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Beano's 75th Birthday Edition

There didn't seem to be much news surrounding the upcoming birthday edition of The Beano, but suddenly we heard loads! First of all Barry Appleby, Dave Eastbury and Barry Glennard will sadly be leaving, and Jamie Smart will take over on Roger the Dodger. The Numskulls are back and will be taking a look at the insides of celebrity's heads, Ball Boy gets a new look and there are lots of strips about celebrities.

I hope the celebrities are only there for one issue, and it's a shame to hear all those great artists are leaving. All in all, it doesn't sound like much of a celebration and it sounds like there are too many celebrities, but I can't judge until I get a copy.

As for the cover, the only thing I've seen is the Beano 75th Birthday Bookazine which is on the right, and I'm not sure if this is the ordinary weekly Beano or a bonus celebration book.

Whatever it is it's available from the D.C Thomson shop for £6.99 - which seems a bit expensive for the weekly comic so I'm guessing it's a seperate publication.

https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/Product-The_Beano_75th_Birthday_Bookazine(20130101)-DCS(2)-B75BZ(3123).aspx


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Dennis and Gnasher Megazine

One or two details have been revealed about the Dennis and Gnasher Megazine, which is due for release on the 24th July (this Wednesday). First up, each issue will feature a Dennis the Menace story that will be split up into three parts throughout the comic, written by Nigel Aucherlounie and drawn by Nigel Parkinson (the same team who produce Dennis in the weekly). Dennis' comic stash is just reprints, as expected, and the first issue has reprints of Nuke Noodle from the Dandy.


It won't be Nuke Noodle every month as there aren't enough strips to fill up 32 pages every issue, and I expect that there will be many reprints from the 2010 - 2012 Dandy. Each issue also come bagged with around four gifts.

Subscriptions to the Dennis and Gnasher Megazine are available from the D.C Thomson shop, and the cheapest option is £1 for the first three months and £10 per quarter from then on (for U.K delivery). 

https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/Product-Dennis_and_Gnasher-BMX(1)-BM3F1(3113).aspx

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All this happens over the next three days - so it should be an exciting week!


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UPDATE!!!


The Beano cover you see above for the Beano Bookazine is indeed a seperate publication to the 75th Birthday edition. Here's the actual cover, out on Wednesday for £2.50 - just 50p more than usual!



10 comments:

Peter Gray said...

I think the changes to The Beano might be too much too quickly...its always been known to keep to a house style...and having celebs all over it didn't help The Dandy....I just got a feeling its a big mistake..
The Dandy could take risks But The Beano never did and kept an art style..
Of course I like all the new artists as well...we'll just have to see what happens the following week as well...maybe the three artists are still inside in some smaller way? Reading it my heart did sink a bit...

Harry Rickard said...

I was intending not to see the news surround the 75th Anniversary Beano, but I'm glad I came across it because now my heart won't sink as much upon reading it. Celebrities hardly did The Dandy any good, if there's one thing Craig Graham should have learnt from his time as Dandy editor is that celebrities in comics do not work. Celebrities like the ones we see are just those who appear on TV - so just leave them on there so we can all avoid them.

I'm not happy to hear The Numskulls has changed so much also. The Beano's 75th Anniversary looks to be a kick in the nuts to its fanbase. We didn't ask for this!

Kid said...

Oh dear! There goes the neighbourhood, I fear. To introduce the very things responsible for Tha Dandy's demise is hardly sound judgement in my book. Don't they ever learn? I dread to think what atrocities are going to be visited upon Roger, but I'll reserve judgement 'til I see it. However, I feel a blog post coming on.

(One thing that's always puzzled me is why Roger wasn't called 'Rodger', as it goes with 'Dodger' better.)

gobshyte said...

thanks for the reminder,ive just ordered both from the shop.and youre right the beano one does seem like a seperate book but i have to have it.thanks again!

George Shiers said...

I have to agree with everybody here, it does look like they're ruining the Beano. I've since heard more bad news about what's inside, but I won't reveal anything more...

Bring back General Jumbo said...

Sounds like the real collectors item will be the Beano on sale now, the last real Beano before it gets ruined?

Anonymous said...

No mention of 75 years on the cover? How odd.

awesome stories for dudes said...

Aren't the celebrity appearances just a one off to get a bit of mainstream publicity for the anniversary? You know, remind mums and dads that might get it for their kids (the target audience) it still exists?

George Shiers said...

@Anon - Yeah, very strange considering the Dandy's cover image last year was a big 75 with lots of characters surrounding it!

@Awesome stories - I'm not sure about that - from what I've heard the celebs might be a returning feature. We'll have to wait and read it though before we judge it too harshly!

Peter Gray said...

I've worked out the cover for the 75th its based on the Muppets opening bit with the arches,,,so fun connection..