On This Day: 07 Jan

Doctor Who Monthly (Marvel) #61 (1982). Peter Davison era begins
The Phoenix (David Fickling) #01 (2012).

Births:

Eric Roberts (1910); J.G. Raw (1913); Susan Butcher (1959)

Deaths:

Arthur Thomas Pask (1936); Basil Hone (2003)

Notable Events:

George Cansdale was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1957.
Stan McMurtry's first cartoon appeared in Today in 1961.
Musical Swan Esther premièred at the Young Vic in 1984. Lyrics by Jack Edward Oliver.
On Eagle's Wings: British Adventure Comics, 1950-1969 exhibition began at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2012.
An eight-page preview of The Phoenix was given away with The Times in 2012.
Striker newspaper strip resumed in The Sun in 2013.
Trog, Flook - and Humph too! exhibition began, at the Cartoon Museum, London, in 2013.
The stage adaptation of The Giant Beard That Was Evil began a run at Bristol Old Vic Studio in 2015.
Charlie Brooker was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2018.

On This Day: 19 Nov

In the Heat of the Scribble: Political Cartoons of Tim by Tim Sanders. (Bookmarks; 1995)

First Appearances:

The V.C.s in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 140 (24 Nov 1979).

Jim Corrigan (Silo) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 706 (24 Nov 1990).

Births:

Geoff Campion (1916); Terence Parkes (Larry; 1927); Mel Croucher (1948)

Deaths:

David Bogue (1856); David Austin (2005); Bill Swinton (2006); John Piggott (2012)

Notable Events:

Paul Temple newspaper strip began in the London Evening News in 1951.
Flook newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror (after a run in The Daily Mail) in 1984.
Pat Mills and Simon Bisley signed copies of the Sláine: The Horned God graphic novel at Mega City Comics, 18 Inverness Street, Camden in 1989.
The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards took place at The Mall Galleries, London, in 2008.
Raymond Briggs received a lifetime achievement award, at the 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards, in 2008.
The Leeds Sequential Art Festival began, in association with Thought Bubble, in 2009.
John Ryan: A Retrospective exhibition began at the Rye Art Gallery in 2011.

On This Day: 15 Nov

Marshal Law: Kingdom of the Blind (Apocalypse) #01 (1990)
Treasury of British Comics Misty Book 2

British Comics: A Cultural History by James Chapman. (Reaktion Books; 2011)

Births:

Arthur Ferrier (1890); Patrick Nicolle (1907); Paul Raymond (1925)

Deaths:

Paul Rigby (2006); Paul 'Gamma' Gamble (2010)

Notable Events:

On this day in 1958 The Economist published a report entitled 'No Laughing Matter' regarding British comics, stating combined sales of titles to be in the region of £11 million.
Flook daily newspaper strip concluded in 1985. It continued in The Sunday Mirror thereafter.
Stan Lee continued his signing tour at Forbidden Planet, 3 Teviot Place, Edinburgh, in 1991. He also appeared at the store in Glasgow later in the day.
Thought Bubble One Day Comic Convention took place in Leeds in Saviles Hall in 2008.
The Illustrators: British Art of Illustration 1800-2008 exhibition began at the Chris Beetles Gallery, St James's, London, in 2008.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention began, as part of the Leeds Comic Art Festival, at Armouries Square, Leeds, in 2011.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention began, as part of the Leeds Comic Art Festival, at Armouries Square, Leeds, in 2014.
Bryan Talbot signing for the Grandville: Force Majeure exhibition launch, at Orbital Comics, London, in 2017.