Today, I am posting what I read on Metro Herald this morning...The Dandy has gone into lockdown. I am feeling down, because I really love this comic strip. We'll have to read it online, but it won't be the same, I am sure, Fans would rather read them as printed editions.
POOR old Beryl- now she really is in Peril. And for Desperate Dan, that chomp into a cow pie is about to become his last.
Britain's longest-running children's comic The Dandy is to shut after plummeting sales, it was leaked yesterday. Publisher DC Thomson says the final edition will be published on December 4 this year- its 75th birthday.
Company bosses were livid when news of the comic's demise leaked to the outside world and claimed operations were 'in lockdown' to prevent further security lapses.
Ellis Watson, chief executive of DC Thomson's newspaper and magazine publishing operations, said: 'Now that the cat's out of the bag, I can confirm that this will be our last print edition.
'I've closed down loopholes to ensure much tighter internal security. We've heard about people trying to find out the plans by hacking into www.dandy.com so we've taken it all offline and moved into core project offices.We're in lockdown.'
The closure follows a long-term decline in circulation. Sales stand at about 8,000 copies a week, down from more than 2 million during The Dandy's in the 1950s.
However, cartoon strips will continue in an online-only version of the comic while yhe Dundee-based publisher continues with a review of its portfolio because of 'challenges' in the industry.
The Dandy, which launched in 1937, has featured characters such as Bananaman, Korky the Cat, Cuddles and Dimples, Beryl the Peril.
The final comic will include a copy of the first edition. A souvenir book marking the Dandy's 75th anniversary was also launched at a book festival in Edinburgh this week.
Unfortunately, little by litttle, we'll never be able to see an image like next one, nowadays.
Computers are destroying childhood and children's play.
Lorena Be-Bop
Cuanta razón tienes bonica...es una pena :(
ReplyDeletePues si..menos mal que nosotras conservamos muchos comics en casa:)
DeleteVaya, sí es una pena.
ReplyDeleteEn general, la juventud lee poco. Y los cómics trasladados al cine, ni se preocupa la juventud en saber que existe una historia en papel, que muchas veces tiene un amplio currículum en la memoria popular, además. Una historia. Algunos jóvenes incluso llaman "frikis" a algunos compañeros porque leen cómics (esto lo he vivido en clase, este año. Soy profe). Una verdadera lástima. La última imagen es preciosa.
¡Vaya! cuando en aquellos maravillosos años eras el niño más guay por tener comics y todos te envidiaban, intentando robartelo, en cambio ahora serías un friki jejeje ¡Como cambian los tiempos! desde luego hay cosas que me seguirán gustando más como eran antes...Menos mal que como bien has dicho, nos quedan imágenes tan bonitas como la última que añadí:)
DeletePues sí. Yo terminé indignadísima con los niños.
ReplyDeleteTambién soy una defensora de muchas cosas de antes, que pienso eran mejor. Pero bueno, serán modas. Todo volverá a su cauce. ¡Esperemos!
Si y sino ya estamos nosotras para recordarlo en nuestros blogs haciendo un buen revival ;)
ReplyDeleteLos cómics son una gran riqueza, ¿no has echado un ojo a las colecciones de papa? Buah, nosotras nos cargamos los tintines. OYE echo en falta La Pequeña Lulú, más cincuentero imposible. AH.Y q hay de betty boop?vale,esta muy trillada pero es un imperativo moral.
ReplyDeleteJejeje pues si hay que hacerle un post a todos ellos y tengo mas en la mente , esto es un torrente de ideas ;)
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