The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (25 Feb 1961).
First Appearances:
Sgt. George Bourne (strip; I Flew with Braddock) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sgt.-Pilot Matt Braddock, VC and Bar (strip; I Flew with Braddock) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Boss Danskin (The Gaunt Hounds are Out) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Joe Jagger (prose; Jungle Joe) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sid Rollins, Snapshot Sid - the Camera Kid (prose) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Gunner Wild (Jimmy the Dodger) in The Victor #01 (25 Feb 1961).
Sgt. Pilot Jimmy Kells (The Bonzo Express) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #544 (23 Feb 1985).
Captain Tom Kerr (The Bonzo Express) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #544 (23 Feb 1985).
Births:
Cecil Harmsworth King (1901); Reg Beaumont (1919); Mario Capaldi (1935)
Deaths:
Ken Petts (1992)
Notable Events:
The installation of Rowland Emett's Aqua Horological Tintinnabulator, at the Victoria Centre, Nottingham, was completed in 1973.
Rogue Trooper computer game for Wii released in 2009.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Thursday, November 8, 2018
On This Day: 08 Nov
Rogue Trooper: Tales of Nu-Earth Vol.3 (2012) ISBN-13: 978-1-78108-068-9.
First Appearances:
Rupert Bear in newspaper strip
Births:
Franco Bignotti (1929); Richard Curtis (1956)
Deaths:
Edward Ardizzone (1979); Chad Varah (2007)
Notable Events:
Rupert Bear appeared for the first time in the story entitled "The Adventures of a Little Lost Bear" in The Daily Express in 1920.
Nelson newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1924.
In 1930 the Laurel and Hardy strip started a 27 year run in Film Fun, drawn initially by George Wakefield.
A Festival of Girls' Choirs, organised by Girl, was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1952. Glyn Jones, BBC choral conductor, and the Girls' Choirs of Eastbourne, Hastings, Ilford, and Manchester sang their most popular songs, and George Melachrino conducted his Grand Concert Orchestra.
An Earful of Zit audio-cassette released on the Funny Business label in 1993.
Bryan Talbot presented a free talk and slide-show, at the Wheatsheaf Lending Library, Rochdale, in 2002.
The lacklustre CGI animated series Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic... began broadcast on Five in 2006.
Comica Presents Kevin O'Neill: An Extraordinary Century, with the artist discussing his collaboration with Alan Moore, took place in 2012.
Roger Perry, while living in Tacloban City, was caught in typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
First Appearances:
Rupert Bear in newspaper strip
Births:
Franco Bignotti (1929); Richard Curtis (1956)
Deaths:
Edward Ardizzone (1979); Chad Varah (2007)
Notable Events:
Rupert Bear appeared for the first time in the story entitled "The Adventures of a Little Lost Bear" in The Daily Express in 1920.
Nelson newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1924.
In 1930 the Laurel and Hardy strip started a 27 year run in Film Fun, drawn initially by George Wakefield.
A Festival of Girls' Choirs, organised by Girl, was held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1952. Glyn Jones, BBC choral conductor, and the Girls' Choirs of Eastbourne, Hastings, Ilford, and Manchester sang their most popular songs, and George Melachrino conducted his Grand Concert Orchestra.
An Earful of Zit audio-cassette released on the Funny Business label in 1993.
Bryan Talbot presented a free talk and slide-show, at the Wheatsheaf Lending Library, Rochdale, in 2002.
The lacklustre CGI animated series Rupert Bear, Follow The Magic... began broadcast on Five in 2006.
Comica Presents Kevin O'Neill: An Extraordinary Century, with the artist discussing his collaboration with Alan Moore, took place in 2012.
Roger Perry, while living in Tacloban City, was caught in typhoon Haiyan in 2013.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
On This Day: 23 Oct
2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989) *new look*
Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.2 #1 (Nov 1992).
My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1 by Michael Moorcock. (2014)
First Appearances:
Fr1day (Rogue Trooper) in 2000 A.D. Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989).
Births:
Manny Curtis (1924); Gary Erskine (1968); Aaron M. Fitzwater (1978)
Deaths:
Antonio Canale (1991)
Notable Events:
The Sacred Armour of Antiriad computer game, packaged with accompanying mini-comic, released in 1986.
2000 A.D. began running multiple full-color strips, with Prog 650, in 1989.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Eccleston Library, Lancashire, in 2008.
The "Supper With Supermac" evening in 2011, at The Apple Inn, Lucker, with former Newcastle United and England soccer star Malcolm Macdonald raising money for charity, was the venue for Simon Donald's stand-up routine. The event raised £1,100, with money going to purchase sports equipment for St Mary’s Church of England Middle School.
Mark Gatiss was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2011.
Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.2 #1 (Nov 1992).
My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1 by Michael Moorcock. (2014)
First Appearances:
Fr1day (Rogue Trooper) in 2000 A.D. Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989).
Births:
Manny Curtis (1924); Gary Erskine (1968); Aaron M. Fitzwater (1978)
Deaths:
Antonio Canale (1991)
Notable Events:
The Sacred Armour of Antiriad computer game, packaged with accompanying mini-comic, released in 1986.
2000 A.D. began running multiple full-color strips, with Prog 650, in 1989.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Eccleston Library, Lancashire, in 2008.
The "Supper With Supermac" evening in 2011, at The Apple Inn, Lucker, with former Newcastle United and England soccer star Malcolm Macdonald raising money for charity, was the venue for Simon Donald's stand-up routine. The event raised £1,100, with money going to purchase sports equipment for St Mary’s Church of England Middle School.
Mark Gatiss was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2011.
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