Dandy Annual 2016

by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

Stretch those laughter muscles as The Dandy Annual returns for another side-splitting serving of jolly japes, crafty schemes and wizard wheezes! Catch up with Desperate Dan, Winker Watson, Corporal Clott, Keyhole Kate, The Jocks and the Geordies and more! Loved by the young and the young-at-heart alike, The Dandy Annual is a book for the whole family to enjoy!

Genres: Graphic Novels

112 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1835

About the author

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics. It also owns Friends Reunited, Parragon, and the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal, the Evening Express, the Aberdeen Citizen and the North Scotland edition of ScotAds.

The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Co., publishers of Dundee Courier and Daily Argus. In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and for refusing to employ Catholics.

Reviews

[BookWorm5674]

Picked up a bargain in a charity shop. It was amazing. I love Dandy and Beano. This is a must read for 4-20 year olds!!!😀

[Richie Brown]

Everyone's favourites are back in what is sadly now literally an annual appearance in newsagents. The artists may have changed (Winker Watson and Jack Silver both look especially angular) and the references modernised (check the Strictly homage on the cover) but the fun is still there in spades.

Not quite as funny as last year's (where Corporal Clott had me helpless with laughter) but still a welcome stocking filler to unwrap each Christmas.

[Kirsty]

The Dandy at its usual best. Bring back the weekly comic!

[Wes]

Two points to make firstly I'm reading this to make the point to my youngest daughter that all reading counts, it's listed on Goodreads so it counts. Secondly I prefer the Beano.