The Dandy
The Dandy was a Scottish children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after Il Giornalino (cover dated 1 October 1924) and Detective Comics (cover dated March 1937). From August 2007 until October 2010, it was rebranded as Dandy Xtreme.
| The Dandy | |
|---|---|
 Front page of first issue | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | D. C. Thomson & Co. |
| Schedule | Weekly* (some issues were out longer than a week) |
| Format | Comics anthology |
| Genre | Children's, humour |
| Publication date | 4 December 1937 – 4 December 2012 (physical), 4 December 2012 – 6 June 2013 (online), 1938 - present (as a yearly annual and summer special |
| Creative team | |
| Artist(s) | Nigel Parkinson Lew Stringer Charlie Grigg Wayne Thompson Stu Munro Paul Palmer Wilbur Dawbarn Nigel Auchterlounie Jamie Smart Karl Dixon Nik Holmes Phil Corbett Alexander Matthews Duncan Scott Stephen Waller Andy Fanton |
| Editor(s) | Albert Barnes George Morgan Thomson Dave Torrie Morris Heggie Craig Graham Craig Ferguson |
One of the best selling comics in the UK, along with The Beano, The Dandy reached sales of two million a week in the 1950s. The final printed edition was issued on 4 December 2012, the comic's 75th anniversary, after sales slumped to 8,000 a week. On the same day, The Dandy relaunched as an online comic, The Digital Dandy, appearing on the Dandy website and in the Dandy App. The digital relaunch was not successful and the comic ended just six months later. The Dandy title continues as a yearly Summer Special and the unbroken run of Dandy Annuals, up to and including the 2023 annual.