The future of the UK's longest-running children's comic is in doubt after its publisher announced a review. The Dandy, best known for cartoon character Desperate Dan who can “lift a cow with one ...

The Dandy publisher DC Thomson has promised that there is a future for the comic. The company has reassured fans that the long-running comic will continue, despite the closure of its existing ...

With a rare first issue now worth £15,000 comic fan Malcolm Phillips should be feeling just Dandy at waving farewell ... waiting for it to open. “I was so impatient to read about Desperate ...

LONDON – Britain's longest-running comic book is facing closure after 75 years in print. The publisher of "The Dandy" said Tuesday it is reviewing all of its magazine titles to meet the ...

DC Thomson has announced that The Dandy will relaunch as a weekly comic later this month, Bleeding Cool reports. The popular children's anthology was rebranded as Dandy XTreme in 2007, but ...

In 1937, the same year that Detective Comics was first published in America, so was The Dandy in the UK. Also an anthology, it has short strips, aimed at young children, a mix of comedy and drama.

Dandy editor Craig Graham said: "Following extensive research, we discovered The Dandy readers were struggling to schedule a weekly comic into their hectic lives. They just didn't have enough time.

See the first digital issue at www.dandy.com. A more recent Dandy cover, this time from August 15 this year. The comic's design has evolved a lot over the years, but Desperate Dan still sits ...