On This Day: 18 Oct

Hoot (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (26 Oct 1985)

Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.1 #1 (Nov 1991).

First Appearances:

Harry Thompson (Harry Twenty on the High Rock) in 2000 A.D. Prog 287 (23 Oct 1982).

Births:

Reg Perrott (1914); Kev F. Sutherland (1961); Alexander Williams (1967)

Deaths:

Brian Davis (Michael ffolkes; 1988); Les Lilley (1998); Alan Coren (2007)

Notable Events:

Dot and Carrie newspaper strip began in the London Evening News in 1960.
The Marvel Art Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, featuring original comic artwork, began in 1975.
Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.1 #?? (23 Oct 1976) was meant to appear on this day, but the majority of the run was pulped - the remaining copies are now highly collectible.
Marvel Comics Film & Fantasy Convention began at Royal Horticultural New Hall in 1980.
The Alex theatrical adaptation began in the Arts Theatre, London in 2007.
Private Eye: The First 50 Years exhibition began, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2011.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival began, in Kendal, Cumbria, in 2013.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival began, in Kendal, Cumbria, in 2014.