On This Day: 26 Feb

Doctor Who Comic (Titan Comics) #01 (2015)

First Appearances:

Judge Dredd in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 2 (05 Mar 1977).

Births:

John Cassell (Jack) Morrow (1872); F.H. Townsend (1868); Steve Bell (1951); Enrique Alcatena (1957)

Deaths:

Charles Folkard (1963)

Notable Events:

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody born in 1846. Tales of his adventures (both real and imagined) would continue long after his death.
The Greens newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1987.
Cardiff International Comic Expo began, at Mercure Cardiff Holland House Hotel, in 2011.
Alice's Adventures in Comics-Land panel took place at the British Library, London, in 2016, with Paul Gravett, Chie Kutsuwada and Bryan Talbot in attendance.

On This Day: 11 Jan

Cracker (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Hardware - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Simon Boswell (1990).

Strontium Dog: Prophet Margin by Simon Spurrier. (Black Flame; Jan 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 134 X

First Appearances:

Big-Head Branny, the Strong-Arm Janny in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Billy the Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Cracker in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Curly's Commandos in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Dunder Ed in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Hector the Collector in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Iron Hand in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Joe Soap in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
The Nutters in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Scrapper in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Simple Spyman in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Spookie Cookie in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
John Wheeler (Castaways on Planet Doom) in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Young Foo, the Kung Fu Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Births:

Neville Duke (1922); Guglielmo Letteri (1926)

Deaths:

John Cassell (Jack) Morrow (1926); Patrick Williams (2006); Harry Turner (2009); Frank Whitford (2014)

Notable Events:

FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson stamps released by the Post Office in 2011.