Thursday, 22 December 2011

WHEN CHRISTMAS WAS JUST DANDY...


Image copyright D.C. THOMSON & Co., Ltd

As anyone not living on the outer reaches of Tatooine or recovering from serious brain surgery can tell you, the content of The DANDY's current incarnation (with a couple of exceptions) is a big putrid pile of pongy poo, thus rendering it redundant for any practical purpose.  It's not even fit for lining the bottom of Polly the parrot's cage, as the idea is to take sh*t out, not put it in.

So, let's return to an earlier era when The Dandy still sold in many multiples of thousands and, unlike today, didn't have cheap plastic tat attached to help it sell to those who don't actually want the comic itself.  Kids and bigger kids - I give you the cover of the Christmas Dandy from 1947.  (Round of applause.)

Back then, KORKY The CAT was the cover star, and had been since issue #1 in 1937, eventually being replaced by DESPERATE DAN in 1984.  Until then, he had missed only one cover - in 1945 when KEYHOLE KATE grabbed top-billing for an issue.    
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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous22 December 2011 at 23:55

    "It's not even fit for lining the bottom of Polly the parrot's cage, as the idea is to take sh*t out, not put it in." CLASSIC!!!

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  2. Kid23 December 2011 at 00:29

    Thank you. Now if only The Dandy was. (Classic, that is.)

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  3. Chris Sobieniak23 December 2011 at 04:28

    It's sad how times do change.

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  4. Kid23 December 2011 at 08:48

    Especially when they change for the worse, Christopher.

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