Video: The final edition of The Dandy rolls off the presses Britain's longest-running comic, The Dandy, has embraced the digital age by relaunching as an exclusively online publication. The last printed edition of the 75-year-old comic, which features the likes of cow-pie-eating hero Desperate Dan, has rolled off the presses. It features a cameo from Sir Paul McCartney, who said in 1963 it was his ambition to appear in the comic. The Dandy will now be available to download online and as a smartphone and tablet app. Dundee-based publisher DC Thompson announced in August that the weekly children's comic would make the transition into cyberspace following dwindling sales in recent years.