We got the bad news a couple of weeks ago:
“The DFC, a weekly comic (launched May 2008) for boys and girls is up for sale, following a decision by The Random House Group to cease publication.Philippa Dickinson, MD RHCB, said: “We are very proud of the DFC and the reaction it received from families, schools and especially the children who have enjoyed reading it. It is an innovative concept which we have been very happy to back. There can be no successes without taking risks, after all. Unfortunately, in the current economic climate, we have decided that the DFC is not commercially viable within our organisation.
“David Fickling, the staff at the DFC, and all the comic’s contributors have worked tirelessly to produce what is an amazing weekly publication and we would be delighted if a buyer could be found who would like to take the DFC on as a going concern”
If no buyer is found, the title will close on March 27th.”
Well, there’s no buyer been found yet as far as we know. There is talk of a subscriber based buyout at the Save The DFC blog, but again, no news on that yet. It looks like issue 43 will be the end of the DFC.
A terrible shame. It looks like tomorrow will see the last DFC come through the letterbox. Best summed up by these two pictures:
(Sarah McIntyre’s Vern & Lettuce)
March 26th, 2009 at 9:36 am
So sad!
Our team of creators at the DFC have set up a joint blog to keep all our talents together… more news on that when it launches tomorrow!