Tuesday 16 June 2015

PART SIX OF THE COMPLETE DENNIS THE MENACE BOOK COVER GALLERY...

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Here we are at last, readers, with the final part in our series of DENNIS The MENACE Book covers.  The Annual for 2009 was the last one  to contain the Dennis that old-timers like me know and love.  The last two in the 55 year run reflected the Dennis from the CBBC cartoon, which makes me wonder if that factor was responsible for them being the last two published, as the 'look' of the original Menace was sadly absent - despite some good art from NIGEL PARKINSON and TOM PATERSON, respectively.

And so ended a tradition first begun in 1955.  Got any childhood memories of any of these great books (including ones in the previous five parts)?  Then jump over to the comments section and share them with your fellow Criv-ites, Menace fans.
    










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14 comments:

  1. Chris Sobieniak17 June 2015 at 01:57

    Forgot how much they've changed these guys in the CBBC series. The designs kinda went from adequately ugly to disgustingly cute.

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  2. Kid17 June 2015 at 02:21

    Ruined the whole look of the characters, Chris.

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  3. Chris Sobieniak17 June 2015 at 05:22

    The guys just look too bright 'n perky to me.

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  4. Kid17 June 2015 at 12:04

    Yup - completely loses the 'spirit' of the character.

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  5. Clanger Joe17 June 2015 at 15:57

    Our planet is in space too and the sky is blue.

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  6. Kid17 June 2015 at 19:46

    I'm colour-blind, so it matters not to me.

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  7. Anonymous17 June 2015 at 21:43

    The Clangers:- It will be shown on Cbeebies, a channel aimed at under 6 year olds. I think the stories will be more on the cute level of the successful Peppa Pig cartoon show, a pre-school favourite, rather than the old 70's TV show.
    Vlad

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  8. Kid18 June 2015 at 00:39

    Vlad, you ol' impaler you - bitten any nice necks lately?

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  9. Chris Sobieniak18 June 2015 at 02:43

    I don't suppose their table cloth in these new episodes are going to come from a Chinese space mission visit (if they wanted to update the previous American-Soviet joint mission).

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  10. Kid18 June 2015 at 08:06

    I'll have to wait until they issue them on DVD before I get a chance to see them, Chris. I don't even know which channel the kids one is anyway.

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  11. Chris Sobieniak19 June 2015 at 02:18

    Probably for the best you didn't (knowing how much TV has changed these days). I only remember the classic series best myself (saw that and Bagpuss as they use to show those on a show Nickelodeon aired 30 years ago called "Pinwheel").

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  12. Kid19 June 2015 at 02:23

    I have most of these old shows on DVD anyway, Chris. Paddington Bear, Captain Pugwash, Bagpuss, Noggin The Nog, Roobarb & Custard - and loads more. Still haven't watched any of them past an episode or two, but it's nice to know they're there should I want to.

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  13. Chris Sobieniak19 June 2015 at 02:25

    True. Around here, I'm lucky if some of these end up somewhere online like Netflix, Hulu or elsewhere, of course that's only for a limited time if the copyright holders decide to drop them from those services.

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  14. Kid19 June 2015 at 03:08

    I suppose they pop up again every so often after some time off. You'll have to keep your TV listings mag handy.

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