2011
It’s A Dandy Beano Of A Day
It’s Dandy day again today, and this week sees the final strip in the current run of my Harry and his Hippo revival, in which Hippo meets the fearsom CABBAGE KING:
Whether or not Hippo returns after this is up to YOU, the reading public – so if you enjoyed the Hippo-based hilarity, please do pop over to the Dandy’s website and vote for Hippo to return, and if he gets enough votes, maybe he will! And if he doesn’t, then he’ll be packed off to the zoo or something. SAVE THE HIPPO, people!
Elsewhere in this week’s Dandy, my first mini-strip begins, a three-panel thriller about a geriatric vampire, entitled Grampire. Here is now, the blood-sucking buffoon:
He’ll be about for a couple of weeks or so, so I hope you enjoy his antics!
This week’s Dandy also sees the debut of Justin Beaver, a pop-parody strip by my very good chum Stu Munro.
I hope you’ll welcome him into The Dandy, I’ve seen the strips so far and they are aces, crammed full of cameos by other Dandy faves and stuffed more full of puns than a Christmas cracker factory. HURRAH!
In other news, Nik Holmes’ brilliant Clown Wars mini-strip upgrades to full-page status (see a great animated trailer for it HERE), and legendary Lew Stringer’s Kid Cops make their return. YAY!
So there you go, that’s this week’s Dandy, out now for only £1.50. I’ll see you all lat – WAIT! What’s this? I’m in The Beano this week as well?
YES! I’ve scored the DC Thomson double-whammy this week, as The Beano is carrying one of my old Boo! strips, as a full-page ad for The Dandy! HOORAY! It is just a reprint, but still…I’M IN THE BEANO! I’M IN THEEEEEE BEEEEAAAANNOOOOO! In the same week as Barack Obama pops up in Beanotown too, so I’m in good company.
So, be sure to buy both The Dandy AND The Beano this week, for £1.50 each. (The Beano has raised it’s cover price by 15p this week, probably to account for the extra laughs provided by my Boo strip, I expect). Still, that’s a mere £3 for twice the fun! HOORAY!
Always keep a Dandy handy! And everyone we know, loves The Beano!
- Fanton.
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Really enjoyed The Dandy..
so much to take in.and even more new strips next week!! Space Dogz! and Bone-o!
Enjoyed Grampire!
Daredevil Dad was great this week also liked the king of the cabbage..
Freddy the fearless fly is also so charming..
very odd a welcome mat for the exit stage door…I’m all confused..I don’t know if I’m coming or going…:)
Glad you enjoyed, Grampire, Peter, and all the other offerings in this week’s Dandy! The comic goes from strength to strength, in my honest, unbiased opinion!
The Beano cover price increase was because of an upgrade to the paper stock to the same type The Dandy uses. Should’ve done that in December when they changed it last time IMHO.
Yes, I thought as much – I wasn’t REALLY suggesting my strip was the reason for the price rise, James!
It should’ve been the reason though.
Hey, you need to get some more publicity out there. The Etherington Brothers posted about Tagteamtastic on their blog, and it got a major surge in the votes. Hippo’s down to 3rd place.
I know! I keep posting the link on my blog, and do the odd Facebook and Twitter post about it…but I fear it may be down to who has the most influential online following in the end, maybe!
Were the Grampire strips run in the wrong order? It struck me that the third and last one would have made a much better introduction (and potential backstory) to the character than the one which appeared first.
Nope, the teeth one was the first one I came up with, and the one I sent when pitching the series! I can see how you’d think the third one was the opener, but it was actually the third one I came up with! FANGS FACTS!
Andy i just want to know do you get payed for writing comics in the dandy or is it just a part time thing because im a comic writer myself oh i love the grampire and will carroty kid be in the dandy?
Of course he gets paid, lol!
Yes, I get paid and it is currently my main and only source of income! Obviously the more work you do the better, which is why I’d have loved to have won the Strictly Come Laughing poll. Ah well, must think of other ideas instead, I guess!
What do you mean “loved to have won”? You haven’t lost yet.
In fact, scince your marvelous little “save the hippo” post Harry and his Hippo’s vote count has shot back up overtaking Daredevil Dad (Shame, that was a great strip as well.) and is only 20 or so votes behind TagTeam Tastic.
I wish there was somthing I could do to help but right now all I’m able to do is shout…
VOTE HIPPO!!!!
I know! ‘Tis a MIRACLE! A miracle, I tell you!
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