On This Day: 12 Nov

Doctor Who Classic Comics (Marvel Comics UK Ltd.) #01 (1992)

First Appearances:

Inspector Jellicoe's Case-Book in The Hornet (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (16 Nov 1963).

Births:

Fred Holmes (1908); Chad Varah (1911); Carlos Ezquerra (1947)

Deaths:

Harry Hargreaves (2004)

Notable Events:

Paul Coppin, former Virgin Megastore and Fantastic Store owner, was arrested in Greece for spying in 2001.
The first episode of original superhero drama Misfits broadcast on E4 in 2009.

On This Day: 08 Nov

Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Vol.3 (2012) ISBN-13: 978-1-78108-068-9.

First Appearances:

Rupert Bear in newspaper strip

Births:

Franco Bignotti (1929); Richard Curtis (1956)

Deaths:

Edward Ardizzone (1979); Chad Varah (2007)

Notable Events:

Rupert Bear appeared for the first time in the story entitled "The Adventures of a Little Lost Bear" in The Daily Express in 1920.
Nelson newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1924.
In 1930 the Laurel and Hardy strip started a 27 year run in Film Fun, drawn initially by George Wakefield.
A Festival of Girls' Choirs, organised by Girl, was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1952. Glyn Jones, BBC choral conductor, and the Girls' Choirs of Eastbourne, Hastings, Ilford, and Manchester sang their most popular songs, and George Melachrino conducted his Grand Concert Orchestra.
An Earful of Zit audio-cassette released on the Funny Business label in 1993.
Bryan Talbot presented a free talk and slide-show, at the Wheatsheaf Lending Library, Rochdale, in 2002.
The lacklustre CGI animated series Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic... began broadcast on Five in 2006.
Comica Presents Kevin O'Neill: An Extraordinary Century, with the artist discussing his collaboration with Alan Moore, took place in 2012.
Roger Perry, while living in Tacloban City, was caught in typhoon Haiyan in 2013.

On This Day: 02 Nov

Girl (Hulton Press Ltd.) Vol.1 #01 (1951).

Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2017 edited by Tim Benson. (Random House Books; 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1847948076.

Births:

Colin McLoughlin (1925)

Deaths:

Walter Bell (1979); chairman of the Eagle Society Howard Corn (2016)

Notable Events:

Chad Varah launched the Samaritans hotline in 1953.
Beau Peep newspaper strip began in first issue of The Daily Star in 1978.
Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, a documentary about Ralph Steadman, broadcast, as part of Omnibus, in 1978.
If... newspaper strip began in The Guardian in 1981.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour descended on Nostalgia & Comics, 14-16 Smallbrook, Queensway, Birmingham, in 1990.
A blue plaque was unveiled on 488 Audenshaw Road, Manchester, commemorating Frank Hampson in 2001.
Wallace & Grommit X–mas stamps were released by the Post Office in 2010.
Comica, the London International Comics Festival, began in 2012, running at multiple locations until the end of the month.
Cursed Edge – Prog 1 fan film released on YouTube in 2013.

On This Day: 04 Oct

Victor and Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #1338 (11 Oct 1986).

Births:

Sidney Edward Paget (1860); Basil Hone (1926)

Deaths:

Dino Battaglia (1983); Mike Butterworth (1986); Josè Maria Jorge (2010); Brian Williams (2010)

Notable Events:

Camille and her Boss newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1937.
The Crisis tour ended in SF Bookshop in Edinburgh in 1988, with Jim Baikie, Carlos Ezquerra, Igor Goldkind, Steve MacManus, Pat Mills and John Smith signing autographs.
Birmingham International Comics Show began in Birmingham in 2008.
Locomotive 57302, owned by Direct Rail Services, was renamed Chad Varah in 2012.