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Thursday, March 28, 2019

On This Day: 28 Mar

Batman (London Editions Magazines) #20 (1990) new look

Tank Girl - Original Soundtrack from the Motion Film (1995)
Nikolai Dante: Honour Be Damned! by David Bishop (Black Flame; Mar 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 324 5

First Appearances:

Combat Colin in Action Force (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #5 (04 Apr 1987).

Births:

Dan Lloyd (1931); John Royle (1968)

Deaths:

Jack Butler Yeats (1957); Albert Bernard Hollowood (Hod; Mammon; 1981)

Notable Events:

The Cartoon Museum announced that it was to relocate to 55 Wells Street, due to a rent increase, at the launch of the 50 Glorious Shows exhibition, in 2018. 50 Glorious Shows, running until the second of September, showcases the best of the exhibitions which have taken place at the Museum thus far.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

On This Day: 27 Mar

Masters of the Universe (London Editions Magazines) #01 [1986]

Caballistics, Inc.: Better the Devil by Mike Wild (Black Flame; Mar 2007) ISBN-10: 1 84416 432 2
From Russia with Lust: The Nikolai Dante Omnibus by David Bishop (Black Flame; 2007) ISBN-10: 1 84416 454 3

Births:

Edward Tennyson Reed (1860); Graham High (1957)

Deaths:

Kate J. Fricero (1923); Thomas Maybank (1929)

Notable Events:

D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd. incorporated in Scotland in 1905.
Old Bill newspaper strip ended in 1934.
Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie by Jon Ronson published in 2014.
Mark-Anthony Turnage's two-act opera Coraline, based on Neil Gaiman's novella, premièred at the Barbican Centre, London, in 2018.

Thursday, February 28, 2019

On This Day: 28 Feb

Anderson, PSI Division: Fear the Darkness by Mitchel Scanlon. (Black Library; Feb 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 326 1.
Thrill Power Overload by David Bishop. (2007)

The Adventures of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot. (Big Finish Productions Ltd.; 2005)

First Appearances:

Moses Rayker (Sergeant Rayker) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #232 (03 Mar 1979).

Births:

Sir John Tenniel (1820); Thomas Maybank (1869); Jim Baikie (1940); Barry Fantoni (1940); Philip Reeve (1966)

Deaths:

Salomon van Abbé (1955); Charles Edmund Brock (1938)

Notable Events:

The funeral of Charles William Shirley Brooks took place, at Kensal Green Cemetary, London, in 1876.
Donald and Mickey was set to be launched by IPC in 1972, though its' actual appearance was delayed by power cuts crippling the country.
An exhibition of 1800s comic art began at the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1974.
The first episode of Spitting Image broadcast on ITV in 1984. Co-created by Roger Law and Peter Fluck, it would launch multiple spin-off media.
The Fosdyke Saga newspaper strip ended in 1985.
The Larks newspaper strip ended in 1985.
2000 A.D. held a 25th Anniversary Party at Ministry of Sound in London in 2002.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

On This Day: 17 Nov

Battle-Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #142 (19 Nov 1977).
Roy of the Rovers Winter Special (Fleetway Publications; 1989].
DC Comics Showcase: Harley Quinn (Titan Comics) #01 (Nov 2016)

Judge Dredd: Silencer by David Bishop. (Virgin Publishing; 1994) ISBN-10: 0352329602.

First Appearances:

Sgt. Pete Coker (Coker's Commandos) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #426 (20 Nov 1982).

Births:

Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863); Hector Breeze (1928); Don Lawrence (1928); Peter Cook (1937); Jonathan Ross (1960)

Notable Events:

The Sun newspaper was redesigned in 1969, with Paul Rigby's cartoons appearing prominently.
Bear newspaper strip began in The Sun in 1969.
Punch 150th Anniversary Exhibition ended, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1991.
The inaugural British Comic Awards took place during the Thought Bubble convention in 2012.
The first episode of Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show in B/W broadcast on Channel M in 2006.
A cartoon by Stanley McMurtry in The Daily Mail depicting immigrants, published in 2015, was criticised for its links to Nazi propaganda imagery. The newspaper denied any wrongdoing... Naturally.