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Aug. 15th, 2012 02:53 pmThe Dandy, a UK comic that's been going since 1937, is being cancelled. I read an issue that came free with my gran's Sunday Post a few months back and I was baffled. Why were so many strips about celebs I'd change channels to avoid? Why was Harry Hill on the front cover? What on Earth was supposed to be happening in the Desperate Dan story? At least it wasn't Dandy Extreme any more, but is this really what modern kids want from a comic?
Well, no it wasn't, because it's been cancelled.
Sister comic The Beano has also had several "revamps", including earlier this month. But all of them seem to have involved keeping Dennis the Menace on the cover, and having the Bash Street Kids drawn by the same artist who's been doing it since before I was born. It doesn't seem to be at risk of cancellation.
And yet every news story I've read about the Dandy cancellation says "in spite of a revamp to appeal to modern kids" rather than "due to a revamp they thought would appeal to modern kids, when they should have just left it alone".
Well, no it wasn't, because it's been cancelled.
Sister comic The Beano has also had several "revamps", including earlier this month. But all of them seem to have involved keeping Dennis the Menace on the cover, and having the Bash Street Kids drawn by the same artist who's been doing it since before I was born. It doesn't seem to be at risk of cancellation.
And yet every news story I've read about the Dandy cancellation says "in spite of a revamp to appeal to modern kids" rather than "due to a revamp they thought would appeal to modern kids, when they should have just left it alone".
