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.

On This Day: 04 Apr

Doctor Who: The Malignant Truth (Titan Comics; 2017)

Tottering-by-Gently: Tottering Hall Recipe Organiser (Frances Lincoln Stationery; 2013) ISBN-13: 978-0711234147.

Births:

Will Nickless (1902); Brian White (1902); Ronald Niebour (NEB; 1903)

Deaths:

Anthony Masters (2003); Dave Lamb (2011)

Notable Events:

The first series of Stan Lee's Lucky Man was released on DVD in 2016.

On This Day: 31 Mar

Tiger and Jag (Fleetway) #[] (1969).

On Comedy; The Beano and Ideology by Leo Baxendale (Reaper Books; 1989)
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection (Titan Comics) vol.3 (2015) ISBN-10: 1782762043

First Appearances:

Luke Jarvis (The Mindstealers) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #12 (07 Apr 1979).

Births:

Bill McCail (1902); Bill Humphries (1911); Frank Humphris (1911); Jack Kirkbride (1923); Pablo Marcos (1937); Ian Gray (1938); Simon Henwood (1965)

Deaths:

Leonard Raven–Hill (1942); Dennis M. Reader (1995); Barry Took (2002); Massimo Belardinelli (2007)

Notable Events:

Roscoe Moscow in "Who Killed Rock 'N' Roll?" by Alan Moore, using the pen–name Curt Vile, began in Sounds magazine in 1979.
Douglas Bader was the subject of BBC television's This is Your Life in 1982.
Millie newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1990.
The Glasgow Comic Art Convention began in City Chambers, George Square in 1990.
Songs from the stage show Andy Capp: The Musical released on CD in 2014.

On This Day: 29 Mar

World War Tank Girl (Titan) #01 (2017)

Kick-Ass: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)

Births:

Christopher Chancellor (1904); David Austin (1935)

Notable Events:

2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 729 (04 May 1991) published the Future Shock Marksman, written by 12 year old Westley Smith, the creation of which was recorded for posterity by the BBC for their School Programmes Unit program Comics One.
Gorillaz: Live in Manchester television special broadcast in 2006.

On This Day: 26 Mar

Psycho Gran (Titan) #01 (2014) digital edition

First Appearances:

Davock of Grey Woods in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #58 (31 Mar 1962).
Roy Fane (Return from Mars) in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #58 (31 Mar 1962).
Smasher (robot) in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #58 (31 Mar 1962).
Nina Coltrane (Shadows) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 672 (31 Mar 1990).

Births:

Tony Crawley (1938); Brian Bolland (1951)

Notable Events:

The Eagle Sportsman of the Year trophy was awarded to Peter May, at the Royal Albert Hall, in 1956.
Grimbledown Down cartoon strip began in New Scientist in 1970, and ended on this day in 1994.
The Disney Mirror 8–page giveaway ended in 1994 with the 160^th issue.
Gorillaz, the band's eponymously–titled debut album, released in the UK in 2001.
Kick-Ass feature film, based on the comic by Mark Millar and John Romita, Jr., released in 2010.
Bryan Talbot signed copies of his books at Forbidden Planet, 40-41 Southbridge Street, Edinburgh, in 2011. Later in the day he did a presentation at Plan B Books, 5 Osborne St, Glasgow.
Revolutionary War: Omega (Marvel) #01 (Mar 2014) released in the US in 2014.
Nigel Parkinson was featured in The Guardian's 'Work & Careers' section on this day in 2015.

On This Day: 25 Mar

TV Action + Countdown (Polystyle) #59 (01 Apr 1972)

Doctor Who: After Life (Titan Comics; 2015)

First Appearances:

Hotfoot Harry in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #110 (30 Mar 1962).


Births:

Carlo Pellegrini (Ape; 1839); Jeffrey M. Boatfield (1924)

Deaths:

Ken Barr (2016)

Notable Events:

Leslie Gilbert Illingworth was a guest on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 1963.
Paper by Barry Gurbutt published by Franklin Watts Ltd in 1976.
D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd. became the owners of the Friends Reunited website in 2009.

On This Day: 17 Mar

Superman (London Editions Magazines) #20 (Apr 1989) first monthly issue
Adventure Time Comic (Titan) #01 (2017)

Births:

Paddy Nevin (1912); Ken Barr (1933); Yishan Li (1981)

Deaths:

Thomas Dalziel (1906); Harold Earnshaw (1937); Allan Aldous (2000)

Notable Events:

Neptune Comic Distributors Limited incorporated in 1987.
V for Vendetta feature film, based on the Warrior strip by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, released in 2006.
The New European, a pro-EU newspaper, gave over its' front cover to a comic strip by Tim Bradford, explaining Brexit, in 2017.

On This Day: 05 Mar

Battle Picture Weekly (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (08 Mar 1975).
Dark Souls: Tales of Ember (Titan Comics) #01 (2017).
Doctor Who Ghost Stories (Titan Comics) #01 (2017).
Penny Dreadful (Titan Comics) #01 (2017).
World War Tank Girl (Titan Comics) #01 (2017).

First Appearances:

Red Star Roberts, Gang Buster in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #55 (10 Mar 1962).
Dave 'Lofty' Banks (Lofty's One-Man Luftwaffe) in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
Sergeant Bill Battle (The Monsters of No-Man's-Land) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #24 (08 Mar 1975).
Danny Budd (The Bootneck Boy) in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
Sgt. Steve Dawson (D-Day Dawson) in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
The Flight of the Golden Hinde in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
Mike Nelson (Day of the Eagle) in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
The Rat Pack in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
The Terror Behind the Bamboo Curtain in Battle Picture Weekly #01 (08 Mar 1975).
Luke Clegg (H.M.S. Smokey Joe) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #282 (16 Feb 1980).

Births:

Molly Brett (1902); Jose Rafael Fonteriz (1961)

Deaths:

Peter Fraser (1950); Eric Burgin (1966); Ruggero Giovannini (1983); Martin Edmond (2004); George Worsley Adamson (2005)

Notable Events:

Philip Zec's controversial cartoon depicting a seaman adrift after the sinking of his ship was published in 1942.

On This Day: 30 Nov

Sexton Blake Annual 1942 replica (Bear Alley Books; 2012) ISBN-13: 9781907081651.

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Blood Will Tell by James Swallow (Big Finish Productions; 2009)

First Appearances:

Brassneck in The Dandy (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #1202 (05 Dec 1964).
The Freedom Flyers in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #167 (03 Dec 1977).
Trask (Trash) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 760 (07 Dec 1991).

Births:

Mark Lemon (1809); Norman Yendell Ward (1906); Gary Lineker (1960)

Deaths:

Compton Mackenzie (1972)

Notable Events:

The Mekons' first album, The Quality of Mercy Is Not Strnen, released by Virgin Records in 1979.
Paul 'Gamma' Gamble's funeral and wake - at The Abbey Tavern - took place in 2010. Forbidden Planet and Titan Distributor staff were in attendance.
A restored version of The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp was shown in London in 2011.
Jim Barker won the Rotsler Award, sponsored by the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests, in 2012.
An article in The Independent outlined the history of the speech balloon in comics in 2013.

On This Day: 24 Nov

Hammer Horror Collector's Special (Marvel Comics UK Ltd.) #01 (1994).
The Flash: Rebirth (Titan) #01 (2016).

Births:

Dudley Pout (1908); Walter Goetz (1911); Horacio Altuna (1941); Vic Neill (1941); Ian Botham (1955)

Notable Events:

The Bystander magazine published Bruce Bairnsfather's original "Better 'Ole" cartoon in 1915.
Richard Ingrams married his first wife, Mary Morgan, in 1962.
A Michael Cummings cartoon attacking trade unions, published in The Daily Express in 1971, brought a complaint from the printing union.
Barry Humphries was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1973.

On This Day: 17 Nov

Battle-Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #142 (19 Nov 1977).
Roy of the Rovers Winter Special (Fleetway Publications; 1989].
DC Comics Showcase: Harley Quinn (Titan Comics) #01 (Nov 2016)

Judge Dredd: Silencer by David Bishop. (Virgin Publishing; 1994) ISBN-10: 0352329602.

First Appearances:

Sgt. Pete Coker (Coker's Commandos) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #426 (20 Nov 1982).

Births:

Benjamin Edwin Minns (1863); Hector Breeze (1928); Don Lawrence (1928); Peter Cook (1937); Jonathan Ross (1960)

Notable Events:

The Sun newspaper was redesigned in 1969, with Paul Rigby's cartoons appearing prominently.
Bear newspaper strip began in The Sun in 1969.
Punch 150th Anniversary Exhibition ended, at the Royal Festival Hall, London, in 1991.
The inaugural British Comic Awards took place during the Thought Bubble convention in 2012.
The first episode of Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show in B/W broadcast on Channel M in 2006.
A cartoon by Stanley McMurtry in The Daily Mail depicting immigrants, published in 2015, was criticised for its links to Nazi propaganda imagery. The newspaper denied any wrongdoing... Naturally.