TTHEHE BB EANOEANO && DD ANDYANDY CC OLLECTORSOLLECTORS ’’ CC LUBLUB Founder Year 2006-7 July 2007 Issue 3 Contents 1-2 Editorial 2 Caption Competition 3-4 Letters to the Editor 4 Items For Sale 5-7 Jump, Froggy, Jump! 7-8 With a Roar, Out they Pour, Every afternoon at Four! EDITORIAL ... Dear Member cheque, postal order or PayPal. Full Interestingly, one of the Topper Books details on how to pay by PayPal can had a manufacturing fault in that a Welcome to the third and final news- be found on the website (www.phil- section of the pages had not been letter of the inaugural year of The comics.com). trimmed properly, giving an insight Beano & Dandy Collectors’ Club. It into the method of the book’s manu- was quite a challenge to initially set Bar a few spare issues, I intend to facture, previously unknown to me. up the club, but during the course of print an exact number of newsletters Pages are printed on both sides in a the first year it has proved a very to cater for the number of members long section, making up a ‘block’ of worthwhile experience and one that I subscribed when going to print. For pages, with a perforated line separat- am looking forward to taking further this reason, I would urge that if you ing each page. Upon folding them, in in the future. intend to re-subscribe to the club to a zigzag fashion, into a stack and do so sooner rather than later, to en- Throughout the year I have asked adding glue at the eventual spine end, sure you receive a copy of issue four myself “What do members really want the top and bottom edges are (Autumn 2007). from the Collectors’ Club?” After some trimmed, cutting out the perforated thought and collaboration with my I have no doubt that, much like your lines and creating individual pages trusty confidant, David Jones, I have beloved comics and annuals, many of that can be turned. In the anomaly concluded that collectors want infor- you will want to ‘collect’ your newslet- copy, the perforated top edge had not mation about their hobby and the op- ters in tip-top shape. Following a cou- been trimmed out properly, so the portunity to buy items for their collec- ple of suggestions from members who pages were still attached at the top tion. Both of these points are satisfied received a rather crumpled second edge. The West Yorkshire buyer was within the newsletters. Although the newsletter (apologies if this also hap- delighted with his unique book. incentives (membership card and pened to yourself), I have invested in My thanks go to member James badge, birthday and Christmas cards board-backed ‘Please Do Not Bend’ Tweed who kindly sent me a DVD and coaster) are appreciated, they envelopes and just hope your trusty copy of an old VHS recording of could be considered fringe benefits postman doesn’t inadvertently bend Arena: The Dandy-Beano Story . Pro- and not essential. it! duced by the BBC in 1988, as part of With this in mind, and in an attempt I am delighted to say that the 1958 the 50 th anniversary Beano & Dandy to establish a larger member base, Dandy and Topper unsold shop stock celebrations, the 50 minute documen- including younger collectors (there sold like hotcakes! After keeping one tary visits the DC Thomson HQ in are now three ‘Master’ members), I of each for myself, all four Topper Dundee. Amongst others, Euan Kerr have decided to reduce the new sub- Books and all but one of the thirteen (former Beano Editor), Morris Heggie scription cost by excluding most of Dandy Books sold within four days. (former Dandy Editor), George Moonie the incentives. Taking advantage of a Those who bought the books were (first Beano Editor) and Albert Barnes local digital print firm with excellent astounded at their condition…“Just a (first Dandy Editor) are interviewed. I rates, the new UK subscription is just quick note to say how thrilled I was mentioned Desperate Dan’s ‘Albert £9.95, covering a membership card with the Dandy I purchased off you. Barnes’ chin in the first newsletter… and the next three newsletters, which The condition is exceptional indeed” … Albert talks of the joint creation of I have pencilled in for Autumn and “The books arrived yesterday and the Dan with “Watty” (Dudley Watkins), Christmas 2007 and Spring 2008. condition is remarkable!” The single and describes his brief of creating “a lone Dandy Book that remained un- Founder Members will find a renewal cowboy caricature of himself, with a sold was listed on eBay and the bid- subscription form enclosed with this chin like a chest of drawers”. I could- ding soared to a highly impressive newsletter. Should you wish to re- n’t help raising a smile when Morris £206, so you could consider our origi- subscribe, payment can be made by Heggie said that first thing in the nal price a bargain! morning in the Dandy office, the DCT - - COLLECTORS ’ C LUB I NFORMATION The Beano & Dandy Collectors’ Club Articles for publication will be gratefully PO Box 3433 received and should be sent to the PO Box Brighton address as should any other correspon- BN50 9JA dence. United Kingdom Subscription costs (3 x newsletters) Tel 01273 673462 UK £9.95 (PayPal £10.60) Mob 07739 844703 Email [email protected] Europe £12.75 (PayPal £13.50) Web www.phil-comics.com Worldwide £14.50 (PayPal £15.50) The BEANO and The DANDY logos are ®© DC Thomson & Co. Ltd., 2007. All associated characters are © DC Thomson & Co. Ltd. Used By Kind Permission of DC Thomson & Co. Ltd. ... EDITORIAL tea ladies make “the worst cup of tea gramme to celebrate the forthcoming have and choose to re-subscribe to in the world” … “startling the script- 70 th birthday of the Beano and Dandy. the next three newsletters. writers into some kind of activity!” Finally, this newsletter concludes the Happy collecting! Worth a watch and, if enough of you Founder Member year of the club. were to write to the BBC, perhaps With 105 members to date, I think they would re-screen the show or, the club has been a success. I hope better still, produce another pro- you have enjoyed it as much as I Phil Shrimpton CAPTION C OMPETITION Several entries were John Cleese, as Basil Fawlty in Fawlty acter is highly amusing. This image of received for the Des- Towers, and Rowan Atkinson as Mr. a rather scrawny Dennis is a particu- perate Dan caption Bean, the image of a thin, lanky char- lar favourite of mine. In thinking up competition, and the captions it may help if you have a winning entry, as copy of this annual in your collection, judged by The Dandy as you can look closely at the facial Editor, Craig Graham, expressions of the poor, innocent by- was supplied by Jona- standers. If you do not have a copy I than Juleff, of Cornwall: “If this can supply a high resolution image of doesn't work, I'll try the lawn- the cover, by email. mower next” The funniest It is worth a mention here that you caption, as are welcome to submit as many cap- judged by DC tions as you wish – the eighteen cap- Thomson, will tions we received for the competition win a VG/Fine came from just three members, so example of the brain storm your ideas and bombard 25 th Birthday us with captions! Beano comic from 1963. Last time we asked for captions for Please submit the main man of The Dandy, Desper- your captions ate Dan, so this time we are seeking to us by August captions for the main ‘man’ of The 30 th , 2007. 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Seriously, I had to write to say how much I enjoyed them both. Keep up the interesting stories. My favourites so far are the trip to Dundee and also the horde of Dandy Books still in the wrappings fifty years on. Incredible! The article where you found the guy's dog draw- ing from pet's corner made me think of something my father told me years ago. I started collecting Beano in the early 70's and, as per comic stereotype, my father would always get first look at the comic. He'd head straight for Little Plum which was his favourite and had been since the first one. On one occasion, when he'd beaten me to the Beano once again and was busy laughing himself daft with Little Plum, he proceeded to tell me his favourite story.