tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post1515810329840938367..comments2024-03-28T16:55:49.068+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE 'FIRST' LAST DANDY...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-18512964526275047702013-01-10T19:12:12.331+00:002013-01-10T19:12:12.331+00:00I must confess - even I was in awe of my restraint...I must confess - even I was in awe of my restraint.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-44923167627128396352013-01-10T17:38:07.758+00:002013-01-10T17:38:07.758+00:00"Some bad decisions were made in the last few..."Some bad decisions were made in the last few years" - Nicely understated.Mr Straightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248257907210303372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-48923845111231704402013-01-08T21:33:09.634+00:002013-01-08T21:33:09.634+00:00The revamps boosted sales only in that they drew a...The revamps boosted sales only in that they drew attention to the comic. Once people saw what it had been turned into, they drifted away again. If they had kept it recognizable as The Dandy and given it a publicity boost from time to time, it would have had the same effect - and the temporary sales increase which sprang from people's curiosity may have been longer lasting.<br /><br />However, as you say, 75 years ia nothing to be sniffed at, but some bad decisions were made in the last few years.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-83266120840843789282013-01-08T21:21:30.409+00:002013-01-08T21:21:30.409+00:00They'd kept it as oldstyle as possible for as ...They'd kept it as oldstyle as possible for as long as they could. It wasn't working anymore. The comic was given several of re-vamps over the years, putting Dan on the cover, absorbing Hoot, Nutty, changing its look... nothing was halting the inevitable.<br /><br />If it wasn't for the re-vamps giving it a sales boost it may have ended years before it did. Still 75 years is nothing to be sniffed at and it beat all the competition.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-53152977394800522402013-01-08T16:05:11.189+00:002013-01-08T16:05:11.189+00:00I think you'll find I mentioned that in the 8t...I think you'll find I mentioned that in the 8th paragraph. However, these then-current sales would have been more than enough to keep the comic afloat today. None of the revamps seemed to halt the decline, and, in the long run, may have hastened it to its doom. They'd have been better spending the money on publicity.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-16058052740536539292013-01-08T15:29:21.747+00:002013-01-08T15:29:21.747+00:00Sales were bombing. That's why it had the firs...Sales were bombing. That's why it had the first re-vamp. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71234647671764504152013-01-07T17:52:39.140+00:002013-01-07T17:52:39.140+00:00Looking through the Dandy at the top of this post,...Looking through the Dandy at the top of this post, I was surprised to see just how many strips were veering away from the traditional style. It sems that the more 'radical' and 'with it' the comic tried to be, the more its circulation declined.<br /><br />You'd have thought the editors would've noticed the connection, eh?<br /><br />Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-84778378022242501062013-01-07T16:21:01.100+00:002013-01-07T16:21:01.100+00:00Looking back at the 1981 Dandy annual really broug...Looking back at the 1981 Dandy annual really brought it home to me how sloppy the final two years of the Dandy were in terms of art, storytelling, writing... everything.Mr Straightmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15248257907210303372noreply@blogger.com