DC Thomson have begun taking orders for this year’s Beano and Dandy Summer Specials, both on sale next month – and you can buy both as a bundle from their web shop for just £10.
Beano Summer Special 2020
The Beano Summer Special 2020, with a cover by Nigel Parkinson, comes packed full of comics featuring all your favourite characters, jokes and puzzles. It’s perfect for Beano fans of all ages!
Dandy Summer Special 2020
Steve Bright has provided a terrific cover for this year’s Dandy Summer Special, which includes new strips by Lew Stringer and others, alongside some reprint material.
Postman Prat, back in action in the Dandy Summer Special 2020. Art by Lew Stringer
Rain or shine, indoors or outdoors, the Dandy‘s favourite characters will keep you entertained and this Special offers loads of awesome activities too.
(All the new material in both was commissioned well before the Coronavirus Pandemic and Lockdown).
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.