Dandy & Company

2008-05-14T02:37:28Z

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{{Infobox webcomic
| title = Dandy & Company
| image = [[Image:Dandylogo.png|Dandy & Company Logo]]
| caption =
| author = [[Derrick Fish]]
| url = [http://www.dandyandcompany.com http://www.dandyandcompany.com]
| status = Active, Sun-Fri schedule with guest comics on Saturdays.
| began = October 11th, 2001 [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2001/10/11/]
| ended = Continuing
| genre = [[:Category:Humor|Humor]] / [[:Category:Action/adventure|Adventure]]
| rating = [[Image:Censor_PG_button.png]][[Category:Rated PG]]
}}
"Dandy & Company," is a [[webcomic]] created and produced by cartoonist [[Derrick Fish]], who has also produced the comic book "[[Scarred World: The Chronicles of Aegis]]" and currently co-produces the [[Half Moose Media]] title "[[Tails to Amaze]]" alongside writer [[Marc Hammond]]. [http://www.tailstoamaze.com/]

The webcomic has been updated on its own site consistently since October 11, 2001. It chronicles the lives and adventures of a cairn terrier named Dandy, his owner Bernard, and their family and friends in the suburban neighborhood of [[Wikipedia:Loudonville, Ohio|Loudonville, Ohio]]. Dandy usually spends most of his time with Bernard by pulling pranks on him, having watergun fights, and in the more fantastical storylines, dealing with extraterrestrials or evil dopplegangers. The humor is a mixture from the likes of [[Calvin and Hobbes]], [[Looney Tunes]], and general science-fiction and geek culture, all presented within the context of the irreverent stories and with a sarcastic tone. Readers of the strip often remark on its vibrant, high-energy artistic style which would lend itself well to becoming an animated feature, much like [[Wikipedia:PVP: The Series|PVP: The Series]].

Aside from the webcomic itself, Derrick has made an assortment of bonus material, including side stories, [[Wikipedia:guest comics|guest comics]], web accessories, printed collections, and even some short animations featuring the characters.

== History ==

The strip and its core characters (Dandy, his younger brother Mistake, Dandy's human owner Bernard and his father George) were originally created by Derrick in 1982 at the age of 8 as part of a grade school art project. He continued drawing new strips and growing the cast and universe on and off for years before starting the current web comic. The official continuity of the current strip began with strips Derrick created while attending the [[Wikipedia:Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art|Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art]] in 1994. These short stories and strips were collected in a series of 6 self-published "fanzine-style" comics under an earlier title of "Dandy and Friends".

In March 2005, Derrick was approached by a fan of the comic interested in helping to bring it into the 21st century with a brand-new website powered by the [[Wikipedia:Wordpress|Wordpress]] [[Wikipedia:content management system|content management system]] which would heavily automate the comic posting process. Until then, Derrick, together with his wife Melissa, had been manually editing and updating the website for each new comic every day. The new website went live on May 2, 2005 [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2005/05/02/] and was one of the first webcomics to use Wordpress as a comic publishing platform.

Dandy & Company experienced a moderate hiatus between December 5, 2005 [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2005/12/05/] and July 3, 2006 [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2006/07/03/] due to personal reasons, during which time Derrick re-ran strips from the beginning. On March 19, 2007, Derrick announced another hiatus [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/2007/03/19/], although this time much shorter than previously. Four months later, strips began reappearing on the site and Derrick made a statement that he would finish the current storyline beginning August 24th [http://www.dandyandcompany.com/forums/index.php?topic=713.0] after which the webcomic, and the site, would undergo a "rebranding" to bring all of his projects together under one roof.

On May 1st, nearly three years after first approaching Derrick, Dandy & Company's webmaster revealed a new version of the website with a more mature, colorful theme and new logo. The new design also featured a re-envisioned archives, [[Wikipedia:AJAX|AJAX]]-driven in-page strip navigation, and additional opportunity for advertising.

== Print versions ==

There are currently five, 128-page paperback print collections of the Dandy & Company strips being sold through Lulu:
#[http://www.lulu.com/content/1333723 Dandy & Company: Vol. 1, Out of the Doghouse]
#[http://www.lulu.com/content/1763076 Dandy & Company: Vol. 2, Running with the Big Dogs]
#[http://www.lulu.com/content/2104423 Dandy & Company: Vol. 3, Old Dogs & New Tricks]
#[http://www.lulu.com/content/2104706 Dandy & Company: Vol. 4, Destiny in Dog Years]
#[http://www.lulu.com/content/2105017 Dandy & Company: Vol. 5, Going to the Dogs]

...along with a [http://www.lulu.com/content/601778 full-color, 140-page anthology] of every Dandy & Company color strip entitled "Dandy & Company and the Amazing Technicolor Yawn," available from [[Wikipedia: Lulu.com|Lulu Press]].

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