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.