| The Dandy | |
|---|---|
 Front page of first issue | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | D. C. Thomson & Co. |
| Schedule | Weekly* (some issues were out longer than a week) |
| Format | Comics anthology |
| Genre | Children's, humour |
| Publication date | 4 December 1937 – 4 December 2012 (physical), 4 December 2012 – 6 June 2013 (online), 1938 - present (as a yearly annual and summer special)[1] |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Nigel Parkinson Lew Stringer Charlie Grigg Wayne Thompson Stu Munro Paul Palmer Wilbur Dawbarn Nigel Auchterlounie Jamie Smart Karl Dixon Nik Holmes Phil Corbett Alexander Matthews Duncan Scott Stephen Waller Andy Fanton |
| Editor(s) | Albert Barnes George Morgan Thomson [2] Dave Torrie Morris Heggie Craig Graham Craig Ferguson |
The Dandy was a Scottish children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson.[3] The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924) and Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937). From August 2007 until October 2010, it was rebranded as Dandy Xtreme.
One of the best selling comics in the UK, along with The Beano, The Dandy reached sales of two million a week in the 1950s.[4] The final printed edition was issued on 4 December 2012, the comic's 75th anniversary,[5] after sales slumped to 8,000 a week.[4] On the same day, The Dandy relaunched as an online comic, The Digital Dandy, appearing on the Dandy website and in the Dandy App. The digital relaunch was not successful and the comic ended just six months later. The Dandy title continues as a yearly Summer Special and the unbroken run of Dandy Annuals, up to and including the 2024 annual.
- ^ "The Dandy Summer Special 2023". DC Thomson. 17 May 2023 – via Amazon.
- ^ Willie Russell (2008). "George Morgan Thomson" (PDF). The Royal Society of Edinburgh Knowledge made useful. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "75 Years of the Dandy". Museum Services. University of Dundee. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
- ^ a b Dandy owner DC Thomson to end comic's printed edition, BBC News, 16 August 2012, retrieved 16 August 2012
- ^ Staff. "The Dandy goes out of print on its 75th anniversary". The Times. London. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.