The Dandy Book 1988

by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited

The Dandy Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1938, to tie in with the children's comic The Dandy.

From 1938 to 1951 the annuals were called "The Dandy Monster Comic". The name changed to "The Dandy Book" in the following year and continued, the year changing for each different annual, until the release of the 2003 book in 2002 when it was renamed "Annual".

Genres: Humor, Comics, Childrens

142 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1964

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

[Neil Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed the 88 dandy book and although I don't love the characters as much as the Beano it still is a good read.

[Gareth Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nostalgic comic fun. funny how everything is full colour in my memory!

[David · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this many times as a kid. Not to say I've read a lot of Beano comics, but I liked it.