Dandy to go online only
by Tony Keen 16-Aug-12
In December The Dandy is seventy-five years old. DC Thomson have chosen that moment to end the print edition.
In December The Dandy is seventy-five years old. DC Thomson have chosen that moment to end the print edition, which had seen sales fall to about 8,000 a week. It will, however, continue in an online format. There will also continue to be a printed Dandy annual.
I’m not sure what I think about that. The nostalgia buff in me sees it as a sad day, but perhaps this is the future for comics.
Tags: British Comics, Dandy, DC Thomson
Charlie Brooker has some stuff to say at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/19/reports-dandy-death-greatly-exaggerated