Finally completed the old DGmag just in time for VE Day 2020. So, let's discuss this issue shall we.
I did plan to have more hand drawn strips than I've ended up with but as it's been about ten or so months working on this issue I decided to finish it here. It's only eight pages now of course but that's better than none at all. I hope to have more hand drawn strips if I make another old DGmag.
I've also doctored the Jon the Bouncy Ball strip as old fourpenny bits were more or less a thing of the past then. Definitely in 1945. So I changed the coin to a halfpenny bit.
Mr. Screacher was also originally due to give John Addam the cane as seen being foreshadowed in the image for that story, but as that felt too much like a punishment we're all glad to forget, I changed it to lines. Just as bad for some but probably more relatable in today's era. Ie, in The Simpsons intro.
The design too, was meant to harken to the old Beano and Dandy covers with a mascot or character by the logo. Here Ginger is drawn similar to Korky the Cat and in a pose similar to The Dandy's original character seen by the logo from issue 1 forwards for many years.
Also, it was meant to be an issue from 1938, but as today is a special day celebrating VE Day, I thought that having the issue set then would feel better as if it was made after we won the war.
Overall I really enjoyed making this issue but perhaps my grammar in writing here is still quite modern in areas. I know, I tried to write the stories as if they were written in 1945, but it's harder than what I'm used to. Ie, being contemporary.
But what do you lot think? Should I choose another decade for another old DGmag? Maybe more modern such as the early naughties? Who knows?
