Well... That took forever to finally come out...
This issue was intended to come out last year to follow on from the first 1945 edition. However, it appeared as if last year had other plans. It wasn't that I didn't have time to male it, it was actually because I just simply didn't really know HOW, to go about this one.
I'll be honest with you all, making a DGmag from the 1940s was great fun! Really, it was. But realistically, when you are trying to set a comic from the modern era to look like it came from the past...well, that can be a real struggle. Mainly because as I wasn't even around in the 40s, I have no idea really on how people back then spoke or even sometimes acted. The only real reference material I had on me were old Beano and Dandy comics from that era. Even then, they are all replicas. And you can believe me, the majority of material which was allowed then is now outdated. And indeed rightly a good thing too!! So, as you can guess, recent replicas are removing any offending material. Which is no bad thing.
The real answer here, is that these editions are indeed harder to make than your normal DGmag. Quite simply because I am having to try my best to write and draw in the old fashioned style, while staying with an issue which won't offend anyone. And even my old fashioned drawing style cannot beat the brilliance of the late Dudley D. Watkins. He was a true Beano and Dandy legend in the making!
So, will I make another DGmag in the old style? Well sadly, probably not! This has been too hard a challenge. And although a really fun one, it has been a bit too difficult at times to even force myself to think in that era. Yes, I did enjoy English at school, but to write in an old style is harder if you weren't even born from that time period!
Still, these two editions were a fun idea to try for the 2020 revamp onwards, but I think that I'll be better suited to sticking with the regular style of DGmags set in the current eras and onwards.
I hope you've enjoyed the last 1945 issue anyway and likewise, enjoy this one too!
