On This Day: 21 Jan

Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (Hachette Partworks Ltd.) #01 (2015) GN

First Appearances:

Judge Death in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 149 (26 Jan 1980)

Births:

Ernest Shaw (1891); Albert Lock (1893); Martin Sharp (1942)

Deaths:

Martin Honeysett (2015); Alessandro Biffignandi (2017)

Notable Events:

Notorious highwayman Claude Duval was executed at Tyburn in 1670.
Alan Coren was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1978.
John Freeman's thoughts on the future of Marvel UK, published in 1993, is available online.
A special talk about Oor Wullie's Bucket Trail began Dundee University's Saturday Evening Lecture series in 2017. David Cunningham, chief executive of the ARCHIE Foundation, and Suzanne Scott, artistic coordinator of the trail, were present at the talk, which was chaired by Ellis Watson, CEO of DC Thomson.

On This Day: 01 Dec

Fink Angel: Legacy by John Wagner, Alan Grant, Mick McMahon, Peter Doherty, Carlos Ezquerra & Tiernen Trevallion. (Rebellion; Dec 2016) ISBN-13: 978-1781-08497-7.
Judge Dredd: The Complete Case Files 28 (Rebellion; Dec 2016) ISBN-13: 978-1781-08433-5.

Births:

George Dalziel (1815); Bert Hill (1901); Harry Winslade (1901); Ricardo Garijo (1953)

Deaths:

David Nixon (1978); Mathew Abraham (Abu; 2002); Martin Sharp (2013)

Notable Events:

The Pater newspaper strip ended in 1931.
Ronald Niebour retired from cartooning for The Daily Mail in 1960.
The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Axis: Bold as Love record released in 1967, with a cover by Roger Law. It would go on to be a best-selling poster.
The Mr. Men newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1976.
Modesty Blaise newspaper strip reprints began in The Evening Standard in 2008.