"name changed to The Dandy Book in 1952 and continued, the year changing for each subsequent annual, until the release of the 2003 book in 2002 when it was renamed ""The Dandy Annual"". Despite the comic's relaunch as Dandy Xtreme in 2007, the annual was still known as ""The Dandy Annual"". This is likely because the annuals of the time were mostly made up of ""Dandy Comix"", due to the topical nature of the magazine's ""Xtreme"" content. In unison with the comic at the time, the front cover usually featured Korky the Cat. After Desperate Dan took over the front"
"Dandy (mascot) Dandy was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1979 and 1981. He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that gave him an appearance similar to that of former Yankee catcher Thurman Munson. His name was a play on the classic American folk song ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". Eager to add a mascot, Yankees management contracted Wayde Harrison and Bonnie Erickson of Acme Mascots, who created the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, to develop a mascot for their franchise. After a meeting with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, in which Steinbrenner and"
"Tony Morrow, the Desperate Dan statue, which also features his dog Dawg, is the most photographed of 120 pieces of public art in the city. In July 2001 the cover of ""The Dandy"" featured Dan visiting Dundee and encountering his statue. In December 2012 the University of Dundee held an exhibition in partnership with D C Thomson to mark the comic's 75th anniversary. The Dandy The Dandy was a British children's comic 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"
"Yankees once had a mascot. Dandy (mascot) Dandy was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1979 and 1981. He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that gave him an appearance similar to that of former Yankee catcher Thurman Munson. His name was a play on the classic American folk song ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". Eager to add a mascot, Yankees management contracted Wayde Harrison and Bonnie Erickson of Acme Mascots, who created the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, to develop a mascot for their franchise. After a meeting with Yankees owner George"
"name Meebo and Zuky. Puss 'n' Boots (comics) Puss 'n' Boots was a British comic strip which ran in the UK comic magazine ""Sparky"" from 1969 to 1977 and later appeared in ""Topper"" and ""The Dandy"". Most of the strips were drawn by John Geering. Some scripts were written by Morris Heggie, later to become editor of the Dandy. The strip's protagonists are Puss, a black anthropomorphic cat and Boots, a similarly humanoid brown dog. In the stories they are in a continuous state of conflict, as indicated by the strap-line ""They Fight Like Cat and Dog"". Most stories revolved"
"a mute character, he started speaking in No. 149, 5 October 1940 (see image for his first words as he tries to help some hungry dogs). The 1950s saw the introduction of his 'Kits', Nip, Lip, and Rip. Artists were: After 1984, Korky still continued inside the comic, however, and a picture of him remained next to the Dandy logo until 1998. When Robert Nixon took over drawing in the Dandy issue dated 1 November 1986, some changes were made. Korky, whose look had remained virtually the same since the 1940s, now looked noticeably different, particularly in the case of"
"Puss 'n' Boots (comics) Puss 'n' Boots was a British comic strip which ran in the UK comic magazine ""Sparky"" from 1969 to 1977 and later appeared in ""Topper"" and ""The Dandy"". Most of the strips were drawn by John Geering. Some scripts were written by Morris Heggie, later to become editor of the Dandy. The strip's protagonists are Puss, a black anthropomorphic cat and Boots, a similarly humanoid brown dog. In the stories they are in a continuous state of conflict, as indicated by the strap-line ""They Fight Like Cat and Dog"". Most stories revolved around one of them"
"trouble because of his fantastic strength. Zeke's personality was also changed into a person who loved 're-refried beans'. Danny and Katey also disappeared. A number of spin-off strips have appeared in ""The Dandy"" over the years, including Desperate Dawg in the 1970s and 80s, Danny and Katey in the late 1980s and Aunt Aggie in the 2000s (before the 2004 relaunch). A statue of him (and his dog Dawg) can be found in the High Street of Dundee, Scotland – The Dandy is published by D. C. Thomson & Co. who are based in Dundee. According to the writer Norman"
"both strips were added to the comic. The most recent incarnation in 2010 featured three new strips, ""Meebo and Zuky"", ""Home Invasion"", and ""Uh oh Si Co!"". ""Meebo and Zuky"" won, with ""Home Invasion"" finishing as runner-up, though only ""Meebo and Zuky"" were added to the comic. In 2011, the Dandy did a similar competition where readers voted for their favourite out of four strips, entitled ""Strictly Come Laughing"" (a reference to ""Strictly Come Dancing""). Since 1982 the comic, along with ""The Dandy"", has also run ""Comic Library"" titles. Released monthly, these titles are a feature length (usually about 64-page)"
"many contexts. A limited selection is mentioned here. Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic magazine ""The Dandy"" and has become their mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his (reinforced) bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch. The character was created by Dudley D. Watkins, originally as an outlaw or ‘desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into"
"Desperate Dan Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the British comic magazine ""The Dandy"" and has become their mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his (reinforced) bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch. The character was created by Dudley D. Watkins, originally as an outlaw or ‘desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into a more sympathetic type, using his strength to"
"The Dandy The Dandy was a British children's comic 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"". One of the best selling comics in British popular culture, 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"
"Superkatt Superkatt is an American ""funny animal"" comic book series by Dan Gordon (under the comics pen name ""Dang""), a jab at the “long-underwear” genre of superhero comics. The series stars Superkatt, an anthropomorphic cat who wears a bowtie, bonnet, and diaper as a superhero costume. Ron Goulart, author of ""Ron Goulart's Great History of Comic Books"", said that Superkatt was Dang's most memorable comic book character. Denis Gifford, author of ""The International Book of Comics"", said that the character ""was as silly as his supercostume."" Superkatt first appeared in American Comics Group's ""Giggle Comics"" #9 in 1944. The series"
"Get Fuzzy Get Fuzzy is an American gag-a-day comic strip written and drawn by Darby Conley. The strip features the adventures of Boston advertising executive Rob Wilco and his two anthropomorphic pets, a dog named Satchel Pooch and a cat called Bucky Katt. The strip's humor comes from the conflict between Bucky's and Satchel's personalities, which are extreme stereotypes of cats and dogs. Sweet, trusting, naïve Satchel is routinely subjected to the exploitation of cruel, self-centered Bucky, who is always torturing the poor canine. Rob, the middleman, is often frazzled from dealing with them, or more specifically, from dealing with"
"Keyhole Kate Keyhole Kate was a 1930s British comic strip series in ""The Dandy"". The strip featured a nosy young girl who liked to look through people's keyholes. She first appeared in ""The Dandy""s first issue, drawn by Allan Morley back in 1937. She continued in ""The Dandy"" until 1955 and even appeared as the cover strip of issue 294. She later appeared in the new ""Sparky"" comic released in 1965, alongside Hungry Horace another character who appeared in ""The Dandy""'s first issue and was drawn by Allan Morley. The character was featured alongside Hungry Horace on the front cover"
"the Cat artist Charles Grigg drew new strips for annuals and summer specials), when it was decided to start running new strips. These were initially drawn by Peter Davidson, but Ken H. Harrison soon took over as regular artist. The following year Dan was promoted to the front cover of ""The Dandy"", replacing Korky who had been there since issue 1. Starting from issue 1985, dated 6 February 1999, Cuddles and Dimples replaced Dan on the front cover. This didn't last long, however, as after a readers' poll in 2000, Dan returned to the cover. Although Ken Harrison was the"
"instance, ""Viz"" comic ran a parody strip called Wanker Watson. There is also a British racehorse called Winker Watson after the character. Winker Watson Winker Watson is a British comic strip, created by Eric Roberts, which ran in the British comic book magazine ""The Dandy"" for almost half a century. It debuted in 1961 and only terminated its run in 2007. It was revived in 2012. Winker first appeared in the 1961 Dandy Book (published September 1960), and then appeared in the weekly Dandy on 1 April 1961 in issue Number 1010, and was quickly established as a character of"
"Marvo the Wonder Chicken Marvo the Wonder Chicken is a character in the UK comic, ""The Dandy"". The strip first appeared in 1990, and continued in odd issues until 1999. He returned in 2008 to tie in with the planned DC Thomson TV series. The strip is ""silent"", only adding in words such as ""Crash"" and ""Bang"", and ending with Marvo saying ""Ta-da"". Marvo's sidekick, and biggest fan, Henry Thrapplewhacker XLIX, also appears. Originally, the strip was drawn by Syd Kitching, subsequently by Jim Hansen, and took up half a page in the comic, and either one or two pages"
"by his nephew, Danny (issue 304, dated 27 October 1945) and niece, Katey in 1957. In 2001, Desperate Dan's girlfriend Little Bear appeared; she was a native American woman, referred to by the term ""squaw"" (offensive in the present day in North America) but disappeared with the 2004 ""Dandy"" relaunch, when Dan's artwork style changed. With the first revamp of ""The Dandy"" (from issue 3282, 16 October 2004) Dan, though still drawn by Ken Harrison, was redesigned slightly. His eyes and chin became much bigger and exaggerated. Dan's personality was changed to that of a bumbling fool, a change to"
"December 2010. He has not returned since. Marvo the Wonder Chicken Marvo the Wonder Chicken is a character in the UK comic, ""The Dandy"". The strip first appeared in 1990, and continued in odd issues until 1999. He returned in 2008 to tie in with the planned DC Thomson TV series. The strip is ""silent"", only adding in words such as ""Crash"" and ""Bang"", and ending with Marvo saying ""Ta-da"". Marvo's sidekick, and biggest fan, Henry Thrapplewhacker XLIX, also appears. Originally, the strip was drawn by Syd Kitching, subsequently by Jim Hansen, and took up half a page in the"
"Dandy"". These were small-format comics usually featuring one or two long stories starring characters from ""The Dandy"" and occasionally other DC Thomson comics. In September 1985, the ailing ""Nutty"" was merged with ""The Dandy"", bringing with it the Bananaman strip, currently the third-longest-running strip still in the comic. Just over a year later, the short-lived ""Hoot"" was also merged with ""The Dandy"", most notably incorporating the character Cuddles into the pre-existing comic strip Dimples to form Cuddles and Dimples, another of ""The Dandy""'s longest running comic strips. After issue 3282 (dated 16 October 2004) ""The Dandy"" underwent a radical format"
"Things"", ""Star T.Rex"" and ""Brian Damage"". Song parodies and fake recipes also appeared in ""The Dandy"". On 19 March 2012 the Royal Mail launched a special stamp collection to celebrate Britain's rich comic book history, which included ""The Dandy"" among many others. A follow-up to Waverly Book's ""The History of The Beano: The Story So Far"", called ""The Art and History of The Dandy"", was released in August 2012, the Dandy's 75th anniversary year. A Waverly book about ""The Dandy"" was originally to be released in 2007 for the comic's 70th birthday, but was cancelled with no explanation. The last"
"Andy Fanton Andy Fanton is a British comic strip creator, artist and writer who is best known for his work in The Dandy. He continued to appear in the Dandy with a strip called Boo!, which started after George Vs Dragon's initial 12-week run finished, from February 2011 to April 2011 plus a revamp of the 80's Dandy comic ""Harry And His Hippo"" which ran from March 2011 to April 2011, as part of ""Strictly Come Laughing"". Harry and His Hippo won the vote, ahead of Daredevil Dad, Tag Team Tastic and Phil's Finger. Andy Fanton later introduced more series"
"cutting back on new children's programming. Andy Fanton Andy Fanton is a British comic strip creator, artist and writer who is best known for his work in The Dandy. He continued to appear in the Dandy with a strip called Boo!, which started after George Vs Dragon's initial 12-week run finished, from February 2011 to April 2011 plus a revamp of the 80's Dandy comic ""Harry And His Hippo"" which ran from March 2011 to April 2011, as part of ""Strictly Come Laughing"". Harry and His Hippo won the vote, ahead of Daredevil Dad, Tag Team Tastic and Phil's Finger."
"2009, Gnasher had a slight makeover in which his legs are tan coloured, slightly wider and have no wrinkles. In July 2011, Gnasher was turned into a cat after Dennis watched a Harry Potter film and was inspired to perform magic tricks, although Gnasher's Bit(e) appeared as normal during this two-week story arc. Gnasher Gnasher is the pet dog of Dennis the Menace in the British comic strip ""Dennis the Menace"" from ""The Beano"". First introduced in 1968, in issue 1363 dated 31 August 1968, seventeen years after Dennis the Menace started in ""The Beano"". Dennis's first strip also featured"
"Korky the Cat in ""The Dandy"" later on in the decade, and continue drawing them throughout the 1990s. Robert Nixon (comics) Robert Nixon (7 July 1939 – 22 October 2002) was an artist who worked on several British comics. Bob was born in South Bank, Middlesbrough, in North Yorkshire on 7 July 1939. He was the fifth of six children born to Arthur Nixon and Phylis Thompson. Robert's mother Phylis worked as a housewife while his father worked locally as a steelworker. As a child, Robert spent much of his time drawing and sketching, and his artistic skills were recognised"
"live with their unnamed mother. The two dogs share a common canine enemy, in the form of Walter the Softy's pet poodle Foo Foo, who they are very commonly seen menacing. In 2008, Dennis the Menace received a second strip in the comic, appearing on the inside back pages in most issues as well as on the front each week. As a result, Gnasher and Gnipper began to make less frequent appearances in the comic, although in 2009 they made a brief return as several reprints of earlier 1990s Barry Glennard strips appeared in the comic. The strip did not"
"was a regular feature in ""Giggle"" until 1955, when creator Gordon returned to the animation field. The character also made an appearance in ACG's series ""Ha-Ha Comics"" in 1946. In 1947, Superkatt appeared in the animated short ""Leave Us Chase It,"" a part of the Phantasies series. A cat, who is being tormented by a mouse, reads a comic book and receives inspiration from it, so he dresses up as Superkatt and decides to fight back. Superkatt Superkatt is an American ""funny animal"" comic book series by Dan Gordon (under the comics pen name ""Dang""), a jab at the “long-underwear”"
"the Dandy before a long hiatus. The artist John Geering died in 1999. The strip ran in ""The Dandy"" for two spells in the early 2000s, drawn by Barrie Appleby, who also drew Cuddles and Dimples, before being dropped when the comic was revamped in October 2004. From 2008 new strips appeared in ""The Dandy"" and older strips were reprinted in Classics from the Comics. ""Puss 'n' Boots"" appear in the Dandy Annual 2009, drawn by Nigel Parkinson. They also feature in the 2012 annual drawn by Nigel Auchterlounie. A similarly themed strip also appeared in The Beano under the"
"My Own Genie My Own Genie is a comic strip in the British comic ""The Dandy"", first seen in issue # 3314 on 4 June 2005. It is drawn by artist Jamie Smart, the creator of ""Bear"". It is about a schoolgirl named Lula who gets her own Genie, called Brian, after she accidentally releases him from a tin of marzipan. The first thing Lula wishes for is a huge cake; she then asks for her pet dog Clive to have the power of speech. The Genie - who looks like a small, floating, furry mammal in a purple robe"
"to concentrate on new characters (specifically, a Dandy revival of his older strip Space Raoul). To date the last regular appearance of My Own Genie was in issue # 3378 (26 August 2006), although the characters did re-appear in the 2007 Dandy Summer Special, 2008 Dandy Annual and several random issues of the revamped ""Dandy Xtreme"" in 2007/2008. The strip sometimes breaks the fourth wall, as in the 2008 Dandy Annual, when Lula's pet gremlin ""Simon"" ate the title box, leading to a reprimand by Lula. As of issue # 3544, ""My Own Genie"" returned to ""The Dandy"" in reprints,"
"most notably Bananaman from Nutty and Cuddles from Hoot, who teamed up with a ""Dandy"" character to form a new strip entitled Cuddles and Dimples. Both have been quite long-running, having been in the ""Dandy"" since the 1980s and each having appeared on the front cover of both ""The Dandy"" and the comics from which they originated. After the closure of ""The Beezer"" and ""The Topper"", ""The Dandy"" inherited some of its strips as well, including Beryl the Peril, Puss 'n' Boots (who had been in ""Sparky"" before being moved to ""The Topper"") and Owen Goal (who appeared in ""Nutty"""
"Battle and Terry Farrell respectively. (Farrell's version was more outwardly catlike in appearance.) Cat (Red Dwarf) The Cat is a fictional character in the British science fiction sitcom ""Red Dwarf"". He is played by Danny John-Jules. He is a descendant of Dave Lister's pregnant pet house cat Frankenstein, whose descendants evolved into a humanoid form over three million years while Lister was in stasis (suspended animation). As a character he is vain and aloof, and loves to dress in extravagant clothing. He is simply referred to as ""the Cat"" in lieu of a real name. The ""Cat"" first appeared in"