Births:
Carlo Cossio (1907); Bernard Cookson (1937)
Deaths:
Terence Tenison Cuneo (1996)
Notable Events:
The Wilfredian League of Gugnuncs (WLOG) established in 1927.
The first of Sir Osbert Lancaster's pocket cartoons appeared in The Daily Express in 1939.
Neil Gaiman married Amanda Palmer in 2011.
Showing posts with label Osbert Lancaster. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Osbert Lancaster. Show all posts
Thursday, January 3, 2019
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
On This Day: 02 Jan
Batman: Arkham (Titan Comics) #01 (2014)
Births:
Salvatore Deidda (1953)
Deaths:
H.O. Batho (1932); Edmund George Valpy Knox (Evoe; 1971); Charles Chilton (2013)
Notable Events:
Patsy... newspaper strip ended in 1953.
Sir Osbert Lancaster married Anne Scott-James in 1967.
Studs newspaper strip ended in 1982.
Bryan and Mary Talbot won the Costa Biography Award for Dotter of Her Father's Eyes in 2013, the first graphic novel to win the award.
Births:
Salvatore Deidda (1953)
Deaths:
H.O. Batho (1932); Edmund George Valpy Knox (Evoe; 1971); Charles Chilton (2013)
Notable Events:
Patsy... newspaper strip ended in 1953.
Sir Osbert Lancaster married Anne Scott-James in 1967.
Studs newspaper strip ended in 1982.
Bryan and Mary Talbot won the Costa Biography Award for Dotter of Her Father's Eyes in 2013, the first graphic novel to win the award.
Tuesday, January 1, 2019
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.
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.
Saturday, December 22, 2018
On This Day: 22 Dec
Births:
Basil Reynolds (1916); Rafael Aura León (1939); Mike Molloy (1940); Noel Ford (1942); Tony Isabella (1951)
Deaths:
Louis Briault (1944); Willie Gall (2006)
Notable Events:
A Special Carol Service for Eagle readers took place at 2:30pm in St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1951, with Marcus Morris in attendance. Specially-printed sheets of carols were given to participants. Eagle readers Rupert Scott (16), Philip Hughes (14), and Philip Belgeonne (13) spoke for the congregation of over 3,000 people. The collection raised £59 8s 3d for charity.
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's feature film released in 1960.
Sir Osbert Lancaster was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1979.
Borders (UK) Limited closed in 2009, leaving Crikey! without high-street distribution.
Basil Reynolds (1916); Rafael Aura León (1939); Mike Molloy (1940); Noel Ford (1942); Tony Isabella (1951)
Deaths:
Louis Briault (1944); Willie Gall (2006)
Notable Events:
A Special Carol Service for Eagle readers took place at 2:30pm in St. Paul's Cathedral in London in 1951, with Marcus Morris in attendance. Specially-printed sheets of carols were given to participants. Eagle readers Rupert Scott (16), Philip Hughes (14), and Philip Belgeonne (13) spoke for the congregation of over 3,000 people. The collection raised £59 8s 3d for charity.
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's feature film released in 1960.
Sir Osbert Lancaster was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1979.
Borders (UK) Limited closed in 2009, leaving Crikey! without high-street distribution.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
On This Day: 02 Oct
Blooming Books by Raymond Briggs. (Transworld Publishers; 2003) ISBN-13: 9780224064781.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster by James Knox. (Frances Lincoln; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-2938-9.
The Essential Alan Coren - Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Alan Coren; edited by Giles Coren & Victoria Coren Mitchell. (2008)
Razor King by David Britton, illustrated by Kris Guidio. (Savoy, 2017)
Births:
Colin Cotterill (1952); Anna Fitzpatrick
Notable Events:
BBC Radio 2 began broadcasting The Fosdyke Saga, based on the comic strip by Bill Tidy, in 1983.
Dreddcon 5 took place at the Oxford Union Society, St. Michael's Street, Oxford in 2004.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster exhibition opened at The Wallace Collection in 2008.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster by James Knox. (Frances Lincoln; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-2938-9.
The Essential Alan Coren - Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Alan Coren; edited by Giles Coren & Victoria Coren Mitchell. (2008)
Razor King by David Britton, illustrated by Kris Guidio. (Savoy, 2017)
Births:
Colin Cotterill (1952); Anna Fitzpatrick
Notable Events:
BBC Radio 2 began broadcasting The Fosdyke Saga, based on the comic strip by Bill Tidy, in 1983.
Dreddcon 5 took place at the Oxford Union Society, St. Michael's Street, Oxford in 2004.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster exhibition opened at The Wallace Collection in 2008.
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