Desperate Dan for the Chop - RIP The Dandy

[C. Flower]

Another print title to go. Desperate Dan will be making his final appearance shortly due to falling sales, after 75 years.












http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/fin...ay-563238.html

http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/20...nd-the-dandy/#

[Baron von Biffo]

For a minute there I thought...

[Ah Well]

For a minute there I thought...

And for the accompanying music (Swan Song) we have:

[homer]

Great comic - also Beano and later Wizard and Hotspur.

In the forties, there were no TV, DVDs etc so these were important.

"Eagle" then came along - much better quality.

The above were of course British and rather jingoistic, especially WW2 stories, but we also had "Our Boys" and "Irelands Own"

[Andrew49]

Desperate Dan even managed to get himself written into the London 2012 (jingoistic) Olympics LINK

My fave comic characters were Alf Tupper - The Tough of the Track and Wilson, a mysterious maybe immortal athlete.

A child in Wexford Town used to go around her neighbourhood collecting comics to send to me and every month I would get about 50 comics - Beano, Dandy, Bunty, Judy, Victor, Valian, Eagle, Hotsput, Topper, Wizard and Famous Five books ..... they were a more valuable 'currency' than snout!

[BARNEYKX]

Great comic - also Beano and later Wizard and Hotspur.

In the forties, there were no TV, DVDs etc so these were important.

"Eagle" then came along - much better quality.

The above were of course British and rather jingoistic, especially WW2 stories, but we also had "Our Boys" and "Irelands Own"

Adventure and Rover were another two, ah well no more cow pie

[homer]

Yes, BerneyKX I remember Wilson - generated a lot of interest in running - then when Ronnie Delaney won the Gold in 1956 we all became putative milers,marking out miles around football pitches and along beaches.

Simpler days.

[BARNEYKX]

yes, berneykx i remember wilson - generated a lot of interest in running - then when ronnie delaney won the gold in 1956 we all became putative milers,marking out miles around football pitches and along beaches.

Simpler days.

and fitter days also, no time for sitting in the house as they do now

[Andrew49]

Alf managed to do this regularly




... despite this!!

[Baron von Biffo]

and fitter days also, no time for sitting in the house as they do now

[Holly]

The Dandy needs to be saved.
I must start buying it again.

[BARNEYKX]

The Dandy needs to be saved.
I must start buying it again.

yes ALF TUPPER THE TOUGH OF THE TRACK AND THAT OLD TRACK SUIT HE WORE REMEMBER YOU OF ANYONE???