On This Day: 23 Oct

2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989) *new look*

Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.2 #1 (Nov 1992).

My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1 by Michael Moorcock. (2014)

First Appearances:

Fr1day (Rogue Trooper) in 2000 A.D. Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989).

Births:

Manny Curtis (1924); Gary Erskine (1968); Aaron M. Fitzwater (1978)

Deaths:

Antonio Canale (1991)

Notable Events:

The Sacred Armour of Antiriad computer game, packaged with accompanying mini-comic, released in 1986.
2000 A.D. began running multiple full-color strips, with Prog 650, in 1989.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Eccleston Library, Lancashire, in 2008.
The "Supper With Supermac" evening in 2011, at The Apple Inn, Lucker, with former Newcastle United and England soccer star Malcolm Macdonald raising money for charity, was the venue for Simon Donald's stand-up routine. The event raised £1,100, with money going to purchase sports equipment for St Mary’s Church of England Middle School.
Mark Gatiss was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2011.