On This Day: 07 Apr

The Eagle (Hulton Press Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950)
Civil War (Panini UK) #01 (2016)

The Rime of the Modern Mariner by Nick Hayes (Jonathan Cape; 2011) ISBN-10: 0 22409 025 9
Sooner or Later by Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy & Jamie Hewlett (Rebellion; 2016)

First Appearances:

Fudge the Elf in newspaper strip (1938).
The Adventures of P.C.49 in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Professor Brittain in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Rob Conway in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Dan Dare [1] in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Captain Pugwash in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Skippy the Kangaroo in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Tommy Walls in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
It Happened on D-Day in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #81 (10 Apr 1976).
Fink Angel in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 160 (12 Apr 1980).
Legend of the Linkits in Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #212 (12 Apr 1986).

Births:

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837); David Low (1891); David Ghilchik (1892); Primrose Cumming (1915); Peter Fluck (1941); Frank Wynne (1962)

Deaths:

William Heath (1840); Neville Duke (2007); Dora Jessie Saint (Miss Read; 2012)

Notable Events:

Fudge The Elf newspaper strip began in the Manchester Evening News in 1938.
A Raymond Briggs interview, in The Independent in 2004, revealed he is unhappy discussing The Snowman.
Clara Casian's short film House on the Borderland was screened, as part of La Modiva, in 2017.

On This Day: 04 Jan

First Appearances:

Sgt. Blane (The Hunted) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #172 (07 Jan 1978).
Charley Bourne (Charley's War) in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).
Glory Rider in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).
H.M.S. Nightshade in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).

Births:

Edward Linley Sambourne (1844); Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919); Eric Bradbury (1921); Ramsey Campbell (1946); Chris Bullivant Sr. (1947); David Roach (1965); Chris Weston (1969)

Deaths:

Charles Keene (1891); Grenfell 'Gren' Jones (2007)

Notable Events:

The first David Low cartoon appeared in print in the UK in The Manchester Guardian in 1915, a reprint of a cartoon from The Sydney Bulletin printed the previous year.
A creditor's meeting for Dark They Were & Golden Eyed was held in 1982. Malcolm Edwards, one of the expert valuers, cited £100,000 in unsecured debts.
Dez Skinn's Quality Communications, Limited was registered in 1982.
The final issue of Buster (cover dated 04 Jan 2000) in 2000 marked the end of Fleetway's humor titles.
David Fickling Comics Limited incorporated in 2011, becoming company no. 07481057.