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Showing posts with label Simon Donald. Show all posts
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Friday, April 19, 2019

On This Day: 19 Apr

The Tenth Doctor Archives (Titan Comics) #01 (2016)
Power Rangers: Samurai (Panini Magazines) #01 (19 Apr 2012-16 May 2012)

Tottering Hall: Family Life at Tottering-By-Gently (Orion Media; 2001) ISBN-13: 978-0752841076.

Him off the Viz: The Comic Stripped Bare by Simon Donald (Go Faster Stripe; 2015)

First Appearances:

Private Tom Green (Green's Grudge War) in Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[11] (24 Apr 1976).

Births:

Mervyn Suart (1908); Camillo Zuffi (1912); Trevor Francis (1954); Phil Hall

Notable Events:

Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future radio adaptation began on BBC Radio Four in 1990.
The May un Mar Lady Dave Follows exhibition began in The Potteries Museum in 2008.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

On This Day: 19 Mar

Tornado (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Eagle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Scream (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (24 Mar 1984).

First Appearances:

The Angry Planet in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Captain Klep in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Victor Drago in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
The Mind of Wolfie Smith in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
Wagner's Walk in Tornado #01 (24 Mar 1979).
The Collector in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Doomlord in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Ernie in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Sgt. Streetwise in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Mick Tempest (The Tower King) in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
Thunderbolt and Smokey! in Eagle vol.21 #01 (27 Mar 1982).
The Dracula File in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Library of Death in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Monster in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Max (The Thirteenth Floor) in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Tales from the Grave in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
The Terror of the Cats in Scream #01 (24 Mar 1984).
Frank Weitz (Armoured Gideon) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 671 (24 Mar 1990).

Births:

Achille Beltrame (1871); Sep E. Scott (1879); William Blain (1903); Keith Waite (1927); Richard Williams (1933); Pasqual Ferry (1961); Simon Donald (1964)

Deaths:

Steve Dowling (1986); Johnny Hicklenton (2010)

Notable Events:

Jim Barker took voluntary redundancy to become a freelance artist in 1982.
The Sun published an attack on St. Swithin's Day in 1990. Failed politician Teddy "dial-a-quote" Taylor was on hand to offer his opinion on the comic, though it later transpired he hadn't even read the story.
Revolutionary War: Warheads (Marvel) #01 (Mar 2014) released in the US in 2014.
Cursed Edge – Prog 5 fan film released on YouTube in 2016.

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.