tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post8806179417966808023..comments2024-03-28T18:40:59.101+00:00Comments on CRIVENS! COMICS & STUFF!: THE DANDY'S 80TH ANNIVERSARY (UPDATED)...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-79949019057537394622023-10-12T23:37:37.027+01:002023-10-12T23:37:37.027+01:00Good to hear that you're doing fine at the mom...Good to hear that you're doing fine at the moment, 3. Yeah, the world is a scary place and I suppose I'm a bit of a hermit myself these days. A few health problems, but I won't bore you with them, apart from saying that mobility is a bit difficult for me and I can see myself having to use a Zimmer or mobility scooter before too long, though I'm hoping it won't come to that. Energy levels are also getting worse, but I just go to my bed for a sleep when I'm knackered, which seems to be most of the time. Anyway, now that I've cheered both of us up, bed's exactly where I'm headed. I only hope that Salma isn't hogging my side again. Cheers. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-57300267442841472792023-10-12T22:27:23.928+01:002023-10-12T22:27:23.928+01:00As i said, i find that to be highly admirable - es...As i said, i find that to be highly admirable - especially these days when the combination of strength, honesty, and morality required is seemingly so rare.<br /> <br />Generally pretty good, i'm happy to report. Still off living in my own little world as i build it around me. <i>(The Third Colony game & site)</i> I've produced literally thousands of images for it over the past few years. It keeps me pretty engaged so my aging brain doesn't rust up.<br />I keep meaning to do an update/keep-alive post to my blog, but i cringe thinking about how much worse blogger must have gotten in the past year since my last post.<br /><br />I was losing my eyesight, but had cataract surgeries earlier this year and doing fine there now. Strange, but fine. I had no clue that when they cut out the cataracts, they basically install internal contact lenses. So now my distance vision is fine without glasses. But i've got 3 different pairs for up close vision - reading <i>(hand-held)</i>, working <i>(desktop notepads)</i>, and computer. Very Odd, but i see well so not going to complain.<br /><br />Other than foraging for supplies and medical necessities, i don't spend much time out there in the "real world" - every time i look out there i see evil people weaponizing stupidity and do my groundhog impression, ducking back down to retreat from those shadows.<br />My game world is a pretty dark and twisted place, but quite a bit nicer than what others have been building outside my door.<br /><br />How about you? How are things in Gordon Grove?<br />-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-43927042123360557682023-10-11T18:47:31.440+01:002023-10-11T18:47:31.440+01:00Well, I feel obliged to correct my mistakes, 3 - e...Well, I feel obliged to correct my mistakes, 3 - especially where a person's name (or initials in this instance) is concerned. Just a shame it took me so long to notice. How are things with you these days?Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-45282684263697966232023-10-11T16:41:19.938+01:002023-10-11T16:41:19.938+01:00I admire a man (or kid) who goes out of his way to...I admire a man <i>(or kid)</i> who goes out of his way to admit his errors and correct them where he can. Even if it takes a while.-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-36170788319024693142023-10-11T11:27:17.981+01:002023-10-11T11:27:17.981+01:00Oops, I meant WJB, not JWB in one of my above resp...Oops, I meant WJB, not JWB in one of my above responses.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-28128931884536050152017-12-08T16:08:02.325+00:002017-12-08T16:08:02.325+00:00Trouble is, if not enough people are buying it and...Trouble is, if not enough people are buying it and the comic is losing money, then, from their point of view, it's not worth keeping it going. At least there's still the Annual every year (and the occasional Special) - that's some consolation. Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11999636055487757302017-12-08T15:54:58.890+00:002017-12-08T15:54:58.890+00:00They should have kept it going as a monthly or qua...They should have kept it going as a monthly or quarterly. It was stupid to stop it. Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06248182899977033579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-11117675732784080802017-12-08T01:56:05.604+00:002017-12-08T01:56:05.604+00:00They were clotts for stopping it, that's for s...They were clotts for stopping it, that's for sure, CN.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-137608685569998122017-12-07T23:48:24.461+00:002017-12-07T23:48:24.461+00:00Once Corporal Clott stopped, that was it for me.Once Corporal Clott stopped, that was it for me.Christopher Nevellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-71032245155200042062017-12-07T12:47:15.464+00:002017-12-07T12:47:15.464+00:00If you're ever going to start collecting issue...If you're ever going to start collecting issues of The Dandy, 3, you can safely give the 2010 relaunch a miss (and the Dandy Extreme one before that). It was painful to see its sad decline. You should check out Kazoop on my bloglist - Irmantas covers scores of old UK comics.<br /><br />******<br /><br />They need to keep the Annual going, CJ, to exploit the merchandise potential, but it probably sells well enough to ensure its yearly appearance. So much for that great new life on the Internet, eh?<br /><br />******<br /><br />I never really bought The Dandy or The Beano regularly when I was a kid, LH, and when I did, it was usually because they had a free gift (back when the word 'free' meant free), or because I had only enough pocket money left to afford a cheaper DCT title. They were nice little comics though.<br /><br />******<br /><br />He does, doesn't he, JWB?! And if you gave the boy a pair of dungarees...<br /><br />******<br /><br />'Anon', name one. You're being a d*ck as usual.Kidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07224781868125924337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-25488906115300968932017-12-06T10:54:11.683+00:002017-12-06T10:54:11.683+00:00Telling lies as usual.Telling lies as usual.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-84994590715177905562017-12-06T01:25:19.225+00:002017-12-06T01:25:19.225+00:00A fascinating look back. Thanks Kid. A shame about...A fascinating look back. Thanks Kid. A shame about the relaunch.<br /><br />Saaay... Smarty Grandpa looks kind of familiar.Warren JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743987856127631574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-9627406706709071282017-12-05T10:16:28.780+00:002017-12-05T10:16:28.780+00:00The only thing that took my interest in the Dandy ...The only thing that took my interest in the Dandy was The Umbrella Men in 1966 . After something like 30 episodes it disappeared.. Lionel Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16590234347973457804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-26703606746326947312017-12-05T07:39:24.793+00:002017-12-05T07:39:24.793+00:00But the Dandy annual survives - the 2018 annual is...But the Dandy annual survives - the 2018 annual is on sale in my local Tesco.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3740495193314269367.post-77018631243750820692017-12-05T03:42:38.867+00:002017-12-05T03:42:38.867+00:00I can cross that one off the list now.
No - not sa...I can cross that one off the list now.<br />No - not saying anything bad about The Dandy. After all, i haven't read the revival issues. I was referring to that push we discussed previously to catch all those anniversaries before 2017 was over.<br /><br />I don't have any of The Dandy from this century, but i much enjoy the old issues. It's hard to recollect with certainty, but i believe it was the first of the old magazines that started the comics on the front in lieu of a cover. I remember that at-the-time oddness drawing me in to read it instead of the other books nestled in the box with it. That one issue was enough to make younger me start looking for more of those old anthology titles. I wonder what issue it was?<br /><br />Funny how much more i like Smarty Grandpa these days.<br />But, let me tell you - I was terribly disappointed when i went to see the movie Magic Mike.-3-https://www.blogger.com/profile/18201804552651989442noreply@blogger.com