On This Day: 11 Apr

Overkill (Marvel Comics UK Ltd.) #01 (24 Apr 1992)

The Last American by John Wagner & Alan Grant, Mick McMahon, Phil Felix. (Rebellion; Apr 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08544-8

Births:

George Gordon Fraser (1859); Jane star Christabel Leighton–Porter (1913); Peter O'Donnell (1920)

Deaths:

John Brosnan (2005)

Notable Events:

The first episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue broadcast on in 1972, with Humphrey Lyttleton as chair.
Harry Harrison underwent a quadruple bypass operation in 2000, after visiting hospital for an angiogram.
The Beano Room exhibition, focusing on Leo Baxendale artwork, began at the Mills Gallery in 2005.

On This Day: 25 Oct

Strontium Dog: A Fistful of Strontium by Jaspre Bark & Steve Lyons (Black Flame; Oct 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 270 2

Births:

Arthur William à Beckett (1844); Claude Allin Shepperson (1867); Maurice Dodd (1922); Paul Rigby (1924); Larry Lieber (1931)

Deaths:

Lewis Baumer (1963)

Notable Events:

Jack Dunkley's iconic image of a hand holding a firearm graced the front-cover of The Daily Mirror in 1951.
Peter O'Donnell's play Mr. Fothergill's Murder opened at The Duke Of York in 1982.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour began at The Sheffield Space Centre in 1990. Julie Hollings, Rian Hughes, Shaky Kane, Brendan McCarthy, Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Charles Shaar Murray, Paul Neary and Steve Parkhouse were in attendance.
The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of its Cartoonists exhibition began in the Political Cartoon Gallery in 2007.