On This Day: 01 Jan

Invasion (Rebellion; 2014)
Savage: Taking Liberties (Rebellion; 2014)

Judge Dredd - Solo by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish Productions; 2005)

Births:

Tony Weare (1912); Walt Howarth (1928); Steve Way (1959); Lionel Hale (1977)

Notable Events:

Osbert Lancaster's 'pocket cartoon' appeared in The Daily Express in 1939 for the first time, accompanying Tom Driberg's "William Hickey" gossip column.
Ron Smith was in a car crash, which involved a highland bull, in Scotland in 1953.
Frank Brown (Eccles) became a full-time cartoonist with The Daily Worker in 1959.
The Fat Slags animated television series began on Channel 4 in 1992.

On This Day: 26 Oct

Sláine: The Horned God (Fleetway Publications; 1989].
The Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad (Marvel) nn (1990).

Births:

Lionel Hale (1909); Francisco Solano López (1928); Les Gibbard (1945)

Deaths:

William Hogarth (1764); Albert George Morrow (1927); Lawson Wood (1957); C.L. Doughty (1985); Malcolm Douglas (2009)

Notable Events:

The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour descended on Odyssey 7, University Shopping Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, in 1990.
Private Eye at 45 exhibition began, at the Cartoon Museum, London, in 2006.
Charlie Peace: His Amazing Life and Astounding Legend stage show premiere, at the Belgrade Theatre, in 2013. Eddie Campbell had a hand in the stage design, though the production wasn't connected to the long-running Buster strip.