On This Day: 08 Apr

Terrific (Odhams) #01 (15 Apr 1967)

Zenith: Phase Three (Rebellion; 2015)

Births:

James Herbert (1943)

Notable Events:

The funeral of Charles H. Bennett took place, at Brompton Cemetery, London, in 1867.
Patti newspaper strip ended in 1961.
The Deadline Signing Tour concluded at Forbidden Planet, at New Oxford Street, in London, in 1989.
Strip Search travelling exhibition opened at the Manchester Polytechnic, at the Righton Centre, Cavendish Street, Manchester, in 1991.

On This Day: 08 Jan

Look-In (Independent Television Publications Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (09 Jan 1971).
Topper and Buzz (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (1975).
Avengers Unconquered (Panini Publishing) #01 (04 Feb 2009).

First Appearances:

Major Eazy in Battle Picture Weekly (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[45] (10 Jan 1976).
Harry Angel (Angel) in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 95 (13 Jan 1979).

Births:

Lilli Ursula Barbara Victoria Davidson (Victoria; 1915)

Character Births:

Robert Neal Cassady McDowell (Zenith; 1968) according to press released by his agent.

Notable Events:

Smash Hits (EMAP National Publications Ltd.) Vol.3 #01 (08 Jan 1981 - 21 Jan 1981) brought The Nutty Boys comic to the attention of those who might have missed the title's presence.
ZZZap! The Television Comic began its first series in 1993.
Revolutionary War: Alpha (Marvel) #01 (Jan 2014) released in the US, heralding a (brief) return to print for Marvel UK characters.

On This Day: 02 Dec

Zenith: Phase Two (Rebellion; 2014)

Judge Dredd: Cursed Earth Asylum by David Bishop. (Virgin Publishing; Dec 1993) ISBN-10: 0 35232 893 2.

Births:

Francis Carruthers Gould (FCG; 1844); Thomas V. Boardman, Sr. (1904); Alex Watson (1929); David Macaulay (1946)

Deaths:

Mary Cathcart Borer (1994); Tony Weare (1994); Jim Cawthorn (2008)

Notable Events:

Dez Skinn resigned from his position of editor and publisher of Quality Comics in 1987. Much was made of the fact that quality control issues lay at the root of his dissatisfaction with the way the titles were being handled.
In 1994 Tony Weare jumped from the pier in Porthleven, Cornwall, to his death. The reason for his suicide was increasing difficulty in mobility.
Insomnia Publications Ltd. dissolved in 2011.
The ABC Show began at the Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, London, in 2012. The show used the imminent demise of The Dandy as an excuse to focus on the characters and creators from the title.

On This Day: 21 Oct

Battle Picture Weekly and Valiant (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[86] (23 Oct 1976)

Zenith: Phase One (Rebellion; 2014)
Private Eye Annual 2016 edited by Ian Hislop. (Private Eye Productions Ltd.; 2016) ISBN-13: 978-1901784640.

Judge Dredd: Dreddlocked by Stephen Marley. (Virgin Publishing; Oct 1993) ISBN-10: 0 35232 875 4.

Births:

Arthur Wallis Mills (1876); Geoffrey Boycott (1940); Janet Ahlberg (1944); Diego Jourdan (1977)

Deaths:

Jesús Blasco (1995); Dave Gibson (2015)

Notable Events:

The Elvis Presley Story newspaper strip ended in 1977.
Alf Omega Potter began work on his first comic, based on Marvel characters, in 1978, at the age of thirteen.
Artists Dave Gibbons and Lee Sullivan attended a Doctor Who Magazine tenth anniversary, signing held at The Cafe Munchen, St. Giles High Street, London, in 1989. Also in attendance was Target cover artist Alister Pearson.
Eddie Gorecki and Jonathan Stanesby scaled the Royal Courts of Justice dressed as Batman and Robin in 2003.