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Apollo
August 13, 2012, 9:58pm Report to Moderator Report to Moderator

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The Dandy could be in trouble as its circulation keeps declining.

But today, that might not be such a threat to survival as it was only a few years ago, as the medium of electronic publication grows.
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The publisher of Britain's longest running comic has said no decision has been taken on whether it will cease publication.

There has been speculation that The Dandy, home to characters such as Desperate Dan, was under threat of closure because of circulation decline.

DC Thomson said it was carrying out a review of its magazine business.

The publisher also said the digital revolution offered it a chance to "innovate and develop".

The Dandy, which was launched in 1937, sold about two million copies a week at the height of its popularity.

But the comic's weekly circulation dipped under 8,000 last year compared with sister title the Beano's 38,000.

'No decision' on Dandy's future
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Apollo
August 16, 2012, 9:59pm Report to Moderator Report to Moderator

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Looks as if they are not wasting any time in a long drawn out and painful ending.

Interestingly, although they say the end of The Dandy is already planned, and they haven't leaked any more plans, they've said the characters have a future.

Dandy owner DC Thomson to end comic's printed edition
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It is going online according to the real BBC News.   The last edition on paper to be in December to coincide with a significant anniversary.

I find it interesting that the Beano still has a relatively healthy readership and will survive.  Why ?    The styles were much the same, well in the 50s anyway.  However, looking back I think I preferred the Beano but I don't recollect the reason.
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I don't know if it was down to the names Beano and Dandy, or the writing teams and the characters they had to work with, but I always thought of the Dandy as a poor relative of The Beano, and very much a Wannabe.

The characters and the stories just seemed to lack the same interest as those in The Beano, and a choice of either when money was short would see The Beano win.

Perhaps it really was a case that the best ideas went to the Beano, and what was left was swept up and used for The Dandy.

That's not a suggestion that it was no good or suchlike - merely a reflection on the relative merits of the two which existed side-by-side.
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