On Thi Day: 09 Dec

Egmont Classic Comics: Buster (Egmont) #01 (2009)

Births:

Ralph David Sallon (1899); Frank William Huline-Dickens (1931); Ashleigh Brilliant (1933)

Deaths:

Xavier Musquera (2009)

Notable Events:

A Raymond Jackson cartoon in The Evening Standard in 1970, attacking power workers ("Homo-electrical-sapiens Britannicus"), resulted in the printers stopping the presses. Production was only resumed when the paper agreed to amend the cartoon with an accompanying letter which stated the printers' views.
The Rupert Bear Story, directed by Terry Jones, was broadcast on Channel 4 in 1982.
A Look and Learn giveaway was included in The Guardian in 2006 to promote a relaunch of the title.
The Birmingham International Comics Show began at the Custard Factory, Birmingham, in 2006.