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Wednesday, November 14, 2018

On This Day: 14 Nov

The Best of Britain’s Political Cartoons 2013 edited by Tim Benson. (Scribe UK; 2013) ISBN-13: 978-1922247049.

Births:

Alberto Giolitti (1923); Carlos Pacheco (1962)

Deaths:

Malcolm Muggeridge (1990)

Notable Events:

Alan Moore appeared on the music television show The Tube in 1986.
Signing event at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington for Dinosaurs: A Celebration in 1992. Dan Abnett, John Bolton, Doug Braithwaite, Phil Gascoine, John Higgins, Kev Hopgood, Andy Lanning, Dermot Power, Liam Sharp and Nick Vince were present to sign copies of the book.
Stan Lee continued his signing tour at Forbidden Planet, 59 Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, in 1991.
Simon Coleby, Gary Frank and Paul Neary signed copies of Marvel UK comics in a Forbidden Planet promotion at The Conservatory, St. Giles High Street, in 1992. Primarily an event to celebrate the launch of Death's Head II, the signing also served to highlight the success of Overkill.
The first episode of Bernard's Watch broadcast in 1997. Though not based on a comic, it shares many similarities to the Stan Still's Stopwatch strip originally published in Buster.
Beanotown Racing PC game released in 2003.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention began, in Leeds at Saviles & Royal Armouries Hall, in 2011.
An Evening with Jonathan Cape Graphic Novels took place at Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, in 2012.
Leeds Comic Con, part of Thought Bubble, the Leeds Comic Art Festival, began in 2015.

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