After some rather unkind words with regards the new look to Desperate Dan strips (although it's been drawn by Jamie Smart since 2008, so it's hardly new). I have to say that personally these strips are probably the best thing about this annual and indeed my children's favourite strip in the Dandy comic. While a couple of years ago, Desperate Dan would have been the last strip they would have read, it is now probably the best thing about the Dandy. Far from having the look of being 'Drawn by a chimp' Jamie Smart's simplistic style is technically brilliant and, more importantly, it's incredibly funny. Just the shot in the arm Desperate Dan needed to bring him up to date for the new generation of children.