On This Day: 07 Feb

The Wizard (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) vol.2 #01 (14 Feb 1970).
Sandie (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (12 Feb 1972).

First Appearances:

Wilfred in Pip, Squeak newspaper strip (1920).
Brenda's Brownies in Sandie #01 (12 Feb 1972).

Births:

Bert Wymer (1891); George Worsley Adamson (1913); Fernando Fernández (1940); Alan Grant (1949)

Deaths:

Jack Le Grand (1986); Dennis Bardens (2004); Norman Thelwell (2004); Phil Meigh (2008)

Notable Events:

The AAARGH! comic exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, organised by Michael Kustow, ended in 1972. It was the first serious exhibition of comic art in the UK.