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SO HERE we are, three days into the futuristic space-year of 2011! Who knows what will happen over the next twelve months? Perhaps we’ll end the year surfing the internet using nothing but THOUGHT, while eating moon-cakes in our futuristic hover-houses, above the atmosphere.
Or maybe it’ll be pretty much like it is now, but we’ll all be a year older.
I can predict one thing coming your way in 2011, however, by gazing into my crystal ball, and by reading my emails. Mostly the email-reading thing, actually. I don’t own a crystal ball.
Anyhoo: this year will see the return of a classic Dandy character, given a new lease of life via my own two hands. Yes, ladies and gentlemen and boys and girls, The Dandy team have kindly let me run wild with one of their older characters, which is both a JOY and also SLIGHTLY TERRIFYING, in case you all think I’ve ruined said character and chase me out of the comic with flaming pitchforks.
Who is it? That, alas, I cannot say right now, as I am sworn to secrecy on pain of DEATH (or at least a very firm telling-off) but I shall give you these minor clues:
1. It is NOT Desperate Dan, Korky the Cat or Bananaman , all of whom have already been successfully reworked by Jamie Smart , Phil Corbett and Wayne Thompson , respectively.
2. It is NOT Biffo the Bear , D ennis the Menace or The Numskulls , as they are all BEANO characters.
3. NO MORE CLUES!
Feel free to speculate away, of course – therein lies some of the fun!
Mwah-hahahaha!
- Fanton.
(Image taken from The Dandy Comic Library No.88, © DC Thomson & Co.)
Harry Rickard January 3, 2011 at 11:08 am I’m going for Brassneck for some reason, or Cuddles and Dimples… This sounds great, when will it happen? Reply
I’m going for Brassneck for some reason, or Cuddles and Dimples… This sounds great, when will it happen?
Ross Mackay January 3, 2011 at 11:48 am I’m going for The Smasher, but only because I always liked that strip, not because I think i’ve worked anything out! Reply
I’m going for The Smasher, but only because I always liked that strip, not because I think i’ve worked anything out!
Andi Woodford January 3, 2011 at 12:50 pm Am I allowed to guess? Reply
Am I allowed to guess?
Fanton January 4, 2011 at 2:34 am Harry, Ross: Good guesses – but not correct, alas. Or are they, and I’m double-bluffing? Or triple-bluffing? OR QUADRUPLE-BLUFFING! Woodford: NO YOU MAY NOT! Reply
Harry, Ross: Good guesses – but not correct, alas. Or are they, and I’m double-bluffing? Or triple-bluffing? OR QUADRUPLE-BLUFFING!
Woodford: NO YOU MAY NOT!
Kevin January 4, 2011 at 1:24 pm I am sooooo impressed Tootuff? (or anyone on this list?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dandy Reply
I am sooooo impressed
Tootuff? (or anyone on this list?) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dandy
Harry Rickard January 4, 2011 at 4:04 pm Okay, I’m going for a few random characters here: - Dinah Mo - Greedy Pigg - Black Bob - Brassneck - Cuddles and Dimples - Smasher - Blinky? When will this happen Reply
Okay, I’m going for a few random characters here: - Dinah Mo - Greedy Pigg - Black Bob - Brassneck - Cuddles and Dimples - Smasher - Blinky? When will this happen
Harry Rickard January 5, 2011 at 7:16 am Yay! The blog entry about my picture I did will come up on here today! And it’s also Dandy AND Beano Day! Anyhoo, back on topic: I have a feeling, that it could possibly be Bully Beef and Chips? I hope so! Was it in the Dandy Annual 2011 or was it ever in the Dandy Xtreme, reprint or not…? Or are you not allowed to say? So many questions you’re not allowed to answer! Reply
Yay! The blog entry about my picture I did will come up on here today! And it’s also Dandy AND Beano Day! Anyhoo, back on topic: I have a feeling, that it could possibly be Bully Beef and Chips? I hope so! Was it in the Dandy Annual 2011 or was it ever in the Dandy Xtreme, reprint or not…? Or are you not allowed to say? So many questions you’re not allowed to answer!
Fanton January 5, 2011 at 11:11 am MY LIPS ARE SEALED! All I CAN say is you should be seeing this character (or characters?) around February or March time, I believe. EXCITEMENT! Reply
MY LIPS ARE SEALED!
All I CAN say is you should be seeing this character (or characters?) around February or March time, I believe.
EXCITEMENT!
Kieren Gillespie (QUICKSTUFF) January 10, 2011 at 4:19 pm dinah mo or smasher i think… they were both big characters. Or maybe beryl the peryl with a closer look to her time in the topper? Reply
dinah mo or smasher i think… they were both big characters. Or maybe beryl the peryl with a closer look to her time in the topper?
Harry Rickard January 10, 2011 at 9:31 pm I reckon the Jocks and the Geordies, Smasher, Beryl the Peril, Bully Beef and Chips, Brassneck or Owen Goal… Because they were all awesome! Reply
I reckon the Jocks and the Geordies, Smasher, Beryl the Peril, Bully Beef and Chips, Brassneck or Owen Goal… Because they were all awesome!
Fanton January 12, 2011 at 12:30 pm Keep those guesses coming Reply
Keep those guesses coming
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[...] also find out today who the classic Dandy character is which I’m reviving, as said strip begins NEXT WEEK, and is thus advertised at the back of [...]
Harry Rickard February 26, 2011 at 3:01 pm Harry and his Hippo! LOL Reply
Harry and his Hippo!
LOL
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