Dandy’s no joke
One of the greatest ironies of what’s left of the comic industry is that the adult comic Viz does far better than the children’s comics it parodies because it stuck to a traditional format that respected customers’ demand for value for money.
The likes of Dandy and Beano may be all colour, but who is going to waste spare change on three or four 12-panel stories elongated over several pages of blatant padding?
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Hide AdViz, meanwhile, may be black and white, but has 13 different characters in storylines averaging more than 18 panels each.
More to the point, it employs talented traditional comic artists who know their craft, such as Scottish children’s author John Fardell of the brilliant Modern Parents.
Mark Boyle
Linn Park Gardens
Johnstone