Oh! No! They are closing the Dandy

[Richard Roman]

Everyone from the UK will know the Dandy, the famous comic for children but it looks like it is going to close!I used to be a member of the Desperate Dan Pie Club. A sad day indeed

Britain's oldest comic The Dandy faces closure after 75 years as sales fall to just 8,000 a week

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[Richard Roman]

I just read these letters in the daily Telegraph today

SIR – In The Dandy (report, August 15), Desperate Dan’s adventures in the setting of a British town with a gasworks and factory were pleasingly incongruous. He smoked tobacco from a dustbin, made cow pie in a cement mixer and dragged those who insulted him along telephone wires. It was a pity when his revolver – never used – was replaced by an indeterminate pouch.

Brian O’Gorman
Westergate, West Sussex

SIR – I am sad to read of doubts about the future of The Dandy. Yes, it may be rather “tame” by today’s standards, but I find that rather refreshing.

Lorraine Bullough
Walton, Cumbria

SIR – To me Desperate Dan will live on as long as Wayne Rooney plays football.