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Thursday, January 31, 2019

On This Day: 31 Jan

The Man Who Searched For Fear by Bill Lacey. (Bear Alley Books) GN (2014) ISBN-13: 9781907081736

V For Vendetta novelisation by Steve Moore, based on the screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers. (Pocket Books; 2006) ISBN-13: 978-1416516996
Durham Red: Manticore Reborn by Peter J. Evans. (Black Flame; Jan 2006) ISBN-10: 1 84416 323 7

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - Double Zero by James Swallow. (Big Finish Productions; 2010)

Births:

Clive Hudson (1926); Grant Morrison (1960).

Deaths:

Morley Adams (1954)

Notable Events:

The Marvel Family #89 became the last Captain Marvel related title to be published by L. Miller & Son, Ltd. in 1954.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

On This Day: 30 Jan

Misty (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Hotspur and Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (02 Feb 1980).

First Appearances:

Moonchild in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Miss T in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
Misty in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).
The Sentinels in Misty #01 (04 Feb 1978).

Births:

George Denholm Armour (1864); Giorgio De Gaspari (1927)

Deaths:

Basil Blackaller (1958)

Notable Events:

Win, Lose or Draw began on ITV in 1990, with Malky McCormick as the resident cartoonist.
Knockabout Comics were cleared of all obscenity charges at Ubridge Magistrates Court in 1996, and awarded legal costs of £6,000. My Trouble With Women by Robert Crumb, Twisted Sisters II and Zap Comix #07 and #01 were declared "not obscene" by three magistrates after an eight hour hearing.
The first episode of original television series My Hero broadcast on BBC One in 2000.
Here's Johnny, a documentary about John Hicklenton's battle with MS, began screening at the Science Museum in 2008.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019

On This Day: 29 Jan

Beeb (Polystyle) #01 (29 Jan 1985-04 Feb 1985)

First Appearances:

Dumpy Dan, the Sauce Pan Man in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #50 (03 Feb 1962).
Sub-Lieutenant Ken Kennedy (Convoy Pilot) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #19 (01 Feb 1975).

Births:

Ted Holmes (1916)

Deaths:

Joshua Charles Armitage (Ionicus; 1998)

Notable Events:

Bruce Bairnsfather gave a lecture entitled "Old Bill and Me," at the Queen's Hall, London, in 1919.
Wes Slade newspaper strip began in The Sunday Express in 1961.
Steve Bell appeared on The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4 in 2013.
Revolutionary War: Knights of Pendragon (Marvel) #01 (Jan 2014) released in the US in 2014.
Kingsman: The Secret Service feature film released in the UK in 2015.

Monday, January 28, 2019

On This Day: 28 Jan

The Loner (Fleetway Publications) #01 (1991)

First Appearances:

Judge Anderson in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 150 (02 Feb 1980)

Births:

Mary Tourtel (1874); Hunt Emerson (1952)

Deaths:

Jerry Siegel (1996)

Notable Events:

Rupert Murdoch tweeted an apology, for the Gerald Scarfe cartoon published the previous day, in 2013.

Sunday, January 27, 2019

On This Day: 27 Jan

Jester (1912)
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Adventures (Fleetway Publications) #01 (1990)

Births:

Flo Lancaster (1881); Pete Williams (1937); Steven Appleby (1956); Richard Starkings (1958); Sean Phillips (1965); Lee Carter

Deaths:

Arthur Marshall (1989)

Notable Events:

The final appearance of Captain Marvel and Captain Marvel, Jr, in their own titles – #24 of each – published by L. Miller & Son, Ltd. (1954).
Marvelman #335 became the last weekly issue of the title, and the last regular comic to feature original adventures of Marvelman, in 1960.
Woolworths Group plc entered administration in 2008, bringing an end to their presence on the high street. The Sign of the Scarlet Ladybird obviously didn't help the company...
A Gerald Scarfe cartoon in The Sunday Times in 2013, depicting Benjamin Netanyahu trapping Palestinians in a wall with blood for mortar, was criticised for supposed anti-Semitic content by Board of Deputies of British Jews.

Saturday, January 26, 2019

On This Day: 26 Jan

Births:

Flora Klickmann (1867); Kaye Webb (1914); Oliver Passingham (1925); Jules Feiffer (1929); Michael Turner (1929); Bryan Berry (1930); Murray Ball (1939)

Deaths:

John Byam Liston Shaw (1919); Margaret Constance Belsky (1989); Jon Peaty (1991); Bernard Cookson (2016)

Notable Events:

The Fink Brothers appeared on Central Television in 1985, with predictable results.
Judge Dredd newspaper strip began in Metro (free newspaper) in 2004.
Striker newspaper strip resumed in Nuts magazine in 2010.
The Untitled Project uploaded part of a television pilot, based on LogoRobotComics and Brain Damage, in 2010.
The Sunday Post included a free comic examining The Broons family tree in 2014.

Friday, January 25, 2019

On This Day: 25 Jan

Eagle and Battle (Fleetway Publications) #306 (30 Jan 1988).
The Complete Judge Dredd (Fleetway Publications) #1 (Feb 1992).

Nikolai Dante: The Strangelove Gambit by David Bishop. (Black Flame; Jan 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 139 0

Births:

John Dudman (1925)

Deaths:

Guido Buzzelli (1992); Arthur Horner (1997); Bill Ritchie (2010); Mike Peyton (2017)

Thursday, January 24, 2019

On This Day: 24 Jan

Magic Comic (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #1 (31 Jan 1976).
Zoids insert in Indiana Jones (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #5 (Feb 1985).

First Appearances:

Cuddly and Dudley in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Dizzy Wizzy in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Flying Flapears in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Magic Wanda - Superwitch in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Peter Poppin in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Ring for Rosie in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Spaceship Lollipop in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).
Tommy Trix in Magic Comic #01 (31 Jan 1976).

Births:

Steve McGarry (1953); Josep 'Tello' Gonzalez (1940); James Harvey (1983)

Notable Events:

A Trip into the Future newspaper strip concluded in 1925.
Lobey Dosser newspaper strip began in Glasgow Evening News in 1949.
Century 21 Productions closed its' doors in 1969 after filming wrapped on The Secret Service, the company's final puppet series.
Neil Gaiman sued Todd McFarlane in 2002, claiming copyright violation, fraud, and non-payment of royalties.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

On This Day: 23 Jan

World of Knowledge (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (1980)

Births:

Gerald Swan (1902)

Deaths:

Robert Peacock (2009)

Notable Events:

The InnerCity 125 locomotive named David Austin - Cartoonist was unveiled in 2007.
The funeral for Peter Weston was held in 2017.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

On This Day: 22 Jan

First Appearances:

Drake of E-Boat Alley in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #18 (25 Jan 1975).
The Stuarts of Stalingrad in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #18 (25 Jan 1975).
Gunner Kite The Soldier and the Samurai! in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #179 (25 Jan 1978).
Lieutenant Moto The Soldier and the Samurai! in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #179 (25 Jan 1978).
Storm Force in Battle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #?? (?? Jan 1987).
Bix Barton, Master of the Rum and Uncanny in 2000 A.D Prog 663 (27 Jan 1990).

Births:

Walter Bell (1893); Kimon Evan Marengo (KEM; 1904)

Deaths:

Carlo Pellegrini (Ape; 1889); Patten Wilson (1934)

Notable Events:

Romeo Brown newspaper strip ended in 1962.
The first episode of the original television series Stan Lee's Lucky Man broadcast on Sky 1 in 2016.

Monday, January 21, 2019

On This Day: 21 Jan

Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection (Hachette Partworks Ltd.) #01 (2015) GN

First Appearances:

Judge Death in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 149 (26 Jan 1980)

Births:

Ernest Shaw (1891); Albert Lock (1893); Martin Sharp (1942)

Deaths:

Martin Honeysett (2015); Alessandro Biffignandi (2017)

Notable Events:

Notorious highwayman Claude Duval was executed at Tyburn in 1670.
Alan Coren was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1978.
John Freeman's thoughts on the future of Marvel UK, published in 1993, is available online.
A special talk about Oor Wullie's Bucket Trail began Dundee University's Saturday Evening Lecture series in 2017. David Cunningham, chief executive of the ARCHIE Foundation, and Suzanne Scott, artistic coordinator of the trail, were present at the talk, which was chaired by Ellis Watson, CEO of DC Thomson.

Sunday, January 20, 2019

On This Day: 20 Jan

Music Star (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (1973) *magazine*

Judge Dredd: The Medusa Seed by David Stone. (Virgin Publishing; Jan 1994) ISBN-10: 0 35232 895 9

First Appearances:

Det. Joe Clancy (Clancy and the Man) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #02 (27 Jan 1979).
D.A.D.D. - Dial A Dawn Destructor in Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #201 (25 Jan 1986).

Births:

Mike Peyton (1921); John McLusky (1923); Selim Jehan "Eddy" Shah (1944)

Deaths:

Mike Dickinson (2017); John Watkiss (2017); Bob Wakelin (2018)

Notable Events:

The first episode of Supergran, based on the books by Forrest Wilson, was broadcast on ITV in 1985.
A DVD of the Captain Pugwash animated series was presented with copies of The Sunday Times in 2008.

Saturday, January 19, 2019

On This Day: 19 Jan

TV Century 21 (City Magazines Ltd. / AP Films) #01 (23 Jan 1965)

First Appearances:

Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in TV Century 21 (City Magazines Ltd. / AP Films) #01 (23 Jan 1965).
Sgt. Jim Garnet (Sergeant "Heavy") in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #435 (22 Jan 1983).

Births:

Tom Hood (1835)

Deaths:

Herbert Allingham (1936); Sir Robert Leicester Harmsworth, 1st Baronet (1937); Harry Hanan (1982); Richard E. Jennings (1997); Mike Docherty (2016)

Notable Events:

Lady Penelope made her debut in TV Century 21 in 1965. She wouldn't appear on television until 30 Sep that year, in the Thunderbirds episode Trapped in the Sky.
Neverwhere stage play began a run at Progress Theatre, Reading, in 2012.
The Sunday Post gave away a free comic celebrating Robert Burns in 2014, featuring The Broons.

Friday, January 18, 2019

On This Day: 18 Jan

Lady Penelope (City Magazines Ltd.) #01 (22 Jan 1966).
Scoop (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (21 Jan 1978).

Lion King of Picture Story Papers compiled by Steve Holland. (Bear Alley Books; 2013) ISBN-13: 9781907081675.

First Appearances:

Dinky Driver in Lady Penelope #01 (22 Jan 1966).
Fatman and Sparrow in Lady Penelope #01 (22 Jan 1966).

Births:

Raymond Briggs (1934); Eddie Jones (1935); John Freeman (1943); Frank Quitely (1968)

Deaths:

George Morrow (1955); Gavin Tudor Lyall (2003); Derek Birnage (2004); John Stewart (2006); Tony Hart (2009)

Notable Events:

Pip, Squeak and Wilfred newspaper strip revived in 1947 for a second series.
The second episode of Signals, titled The Day Comics Grew Up, broadcast on Channel 4 in 1989.

Thursday, January 17, 2019

On This Day: 17 Jan

Marvel Comic (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #?? ().
Spider-Man Comic (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #311 (24 Jan 1979).
All-Action Monthly (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (Feb 1987).

Births:

Compton Mackenzie (1883); David Thomas (Tom Cain; 1959)

Deaths:

Percy Cocking (1964); Malcolm Judge (1989)

Notable Events:

The Marvel Revolution PHASE 2 (overseen by Dez Skinn) began in 1979; restructuring of the weeklies was undertaken, new names for the Spider-Man series and The Mighty World of Marvel, plus the use of photographs on Star Wars Weekly was implemented.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

On This Day: 16 Jan

Fleetway Super Library: Fantastic Series (Fleetway) #01 (1967).
Fleetway Super Library: Fantastic Series (Fleetway) #02 (1967).
Fleetway Super Library: Front Line Series (Fleetway) #01 (1967).
Fleetway Super Library: Front Line Series (Fleetway) #02 (1967).
Fleetway Super Library: Secret Agent Series (Fleetway) #01 (1967).
Fleetway Super Library: Secret Agent Series (Fleetway) #02 (1967).
June and Pixie (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[???] (20 Jan 1973).
Star Wars Weekly (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #100 (23 Jan 1980).

First Appearances:

Maddock's Marauders in Fleetway Super Library: Front Line Series
Johnny Nero in Fleetway Super Library: Secret Agent Series
Top-Sergeant Ironside in Fleetway Super Library: Front Line Series

Births:

Albert Edgar Beard (1902); George Thomson (1921); Michael Attwell (Zoke; 1943); Al Davison (1960); Garth Ennis (1970)

Deaths:

Kaye Webb (1996); Kenneth McDonough (2002); Barbara Wace (2003); Alan Hemus (2009)

Notable Events:

The final Bruce Bairnsfather cartoon was published in both Birmingham Weekly Post and Midland Pictorial in 1959.
The Marvel Revolution PHASE 8 (overseen by Dez Skinn) began in 1980: Star Wars celebrated 100 issues, while Incredible Hulk Weekly saw the Beast solo-strip reprints begin, as well as new features added to fill the eight new pages the title acquired.
Fleetway Editions were formally taken over by the Danish publisher Gutenberghus Press in 1992.
Thelwell exhibition began at Mottisfont Abbey in Hampshire in 2016. The first large exhibition near his former home, the exhibition ran until April.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

On This Day: 15 Jan

Bunty (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (1958).
Sparky (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (1965).
Joe 90 (City Magazines) #01 (18 Jan 1969).
Look and Learn (Fleetway Publications Ltd.) #01.
Blue Jeans (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01.
The Astonishing Spider-Man (Panini UK) vol.5 #01 (28 Jan 2015)

Greatest Hits #01 (1981)
LM (Newsfield) #01 (1987)

Births:

Ian Dickson (1905); Robert Geary (1931); Michael Daley (1944)

Deaths:

Alfred Edmeades Bestall (1986); Andrew Hutton (2015)

Notable Events:

A cutting of a Ronald Niebour Daily Mail cartoon, published in 1944, was found in the ruins of Hitler's Chancellery.
Look and Learn went on sale in 1961, amid the most thorough promotional launch given to such a title.
The Beano–Dandy Story, the third episode of the 11th season of documentary series Arena, was broadcast in 1988.
The lawsuit between Fox and Warner Bros. was resolved in 2009, allowing the Watchmen film adaptation to be released.
The first episode of original television series Utopia broadcast on Channel 4 in 2013. The series owed a great deal to comics in both its' narrative and visual style.
Revolutionary War: Dark Angel (Marvel) #01 (Jan 2014) released in the US in 2014.

Monday, January 14, 2019

On This Day: 14 Jan

Treasure #01 (19 Jan 1963).
Pow! (Odhams) #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Spike (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (22 Jan 1983)

Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier & P.J. Holden. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760047.
Solid State Tank Girl by Alan Martin & Warwick Johnson-Cadwell. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760030.

First Appearances:

Dare-a-Day Davy in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
The Dolls of St. Dominics in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Wee Willie Haggis, the Spy from Skye in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Sergeant Pilot Nick Ryder, Jungle Pilot in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #69 (17 Jan 1976).
The Bleak Street Bunch in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Squadron Leader 'Lucky' Layton in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Ticker Tait in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).

Births:

Anton Lock (1893); Ken Bulmer (1921); Mario Cubbino (1930); Colin Wyatt (1939); Frazer Irving

Deaths:

Arthur William à Beckett (1909)

Notable Events:

Leslie Illingworth's Daily Mail cartoon, published in 1944, attained immortality when found in the ruins of Hitler's
Chancellery.
Gerard Hoffnung was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1957.
Television adverts promoting the launch of Look and Learn were broadcast on British television in 1961.
Michael Moorcock underwent emergency exploratory surgery in 2002 to remove blood clots.
Brett Ewins received a serious head injury from police officers during an altercation at his home in 2012.
Colin Wyatt's The Jet–Set books had an official launch at the Just Imagine Bookshop in Chelmsford in 2012. Profits from the books raise money for the Born Free Foundation animal charity.
The première of Kingsman: The Secret Service took place in London in 2015.

Saturday, January 12, 2019

On This Day: 12 Jan

The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (20 Jan 1979).

Cadet Anderson: Teenage Kyx by Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Patrick Goddard & Steve Yeowell. (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08539-4.
The Complete Scarlet Traces volume 1 by Ian Edginton & D'Israeli (Rebellion; Jan 2017) ISBN 978-1781-08501-1

Judge Dredd: Psykogeddon by Dave Stone. (Black Flame; Jan 2006) ISBN-13: 9781849971003.

First Appearances:

Ross Harper (Who Killed Cassidy?) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Bearpaw Jay, The Mantracker in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Doctor Kyser (The Kyser Experiment) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mike Preston (The Walking Bombs) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Mark Sabor (Arena) in The Crunch #01 (20 Jan 1979).
Durham Red in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 505 (17 Jan 1987).

Births:

Jack Greenall (1905); Angus Scott (1909); Juan Jesús García Alvarez (Xuasus; 1968)

Deaths:

Florence Anderson (1972); Richard Hook (2010); Tony Harding (2014)

Notable Events:

The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, ended in 1952. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle. The best of these was awarded the Eagle Marksman of the Year trophy by Marcus Morris.
Ronald Searle was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1959.

Friday, January 11, 2019

On This Day: 11 Jan

Cracker (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Hardware - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Simon Boswell (1990).

Strontium Dog: Prophet Margin by Simon Spurrier. (Black Flame; Jan 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 134 X

First Appearances:

Big-Head Branny, the Strong-Arm Janny in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Billy the Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Cracker in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Curly's Commandos in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Dunder Ed in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Hector the Collector in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Iron Hand in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Joe Soap in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
The Nutters in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Scrapper in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Simple Spyman in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Spookie Cookie in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
John Wheeler (Castaways on Planet Doom) in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Young Foo, the Kung Fu Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Births:

Neville Duke (1922); Guglielmo Letteri (1926)

Deaths:

John Cassell (Jack) Morrow (1926); Patrick Williams (2006); Harry Turner (2009); Frank Whitford (2014)

Notable Events:

FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson stamps released by the Post Office in 2011.

Thursday, January 10, 2019

On This Day: 10 Jan

Births:

Mike Butterworth (1924); Patrick Blower (1959)

Deaths:

Annette Mills (1955); William Augustus Sillince (Silenus; 1974); John Buscema (2002)

Notable Events:

William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody died in 1917.
The pilot episode of Frank Sidebottom's Fantastic Shed Show broadcast in 1992.
Richard Horne (Harry Horse) and his wife Mandy were found dead in their remote bungalow on Burra, in 2007, in an apparent suicide pact.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

On This Day: 09 Jan

Batman/Judge Dredd: Judgement on Gotham (Fleetway Editions) Newsstand Edition (1992).
Look and Learn - The Best of the Classic Children's Magazine (Look and Learn Magazine Ltd.) #01 (2006).

First Appearances:

Frank Hart, The Visible Man in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 47 (14 Jan 1978).
Sugarman in Amstrad Action (Future Publishing) #05 (Feb 1986).

Births:

Gilbert Abbott à Beckett (1811); George Machin (1893); John Barradale Melhuish (Mel; 1893); Tony Harding (1942); Gary James (1978)

Deaths:

Warwick Reynolds, Sr. (1896); Peter Cook (1995); Ed "Stewpot" Stewart (2016)

Notable Events:

Ian Hislop was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1994.
Pip, Squeak and Wilfred newspaper strip reprints ended in 1999.
Escape Books Limited incorporate in 2009, becoming company #06787433.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

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.

Monday, January 7, 2019

On This Day: 07 Jan

Doctor Who Monthly (Marvel) #61 (1982). Peter Davison era begins
The Phoenix (David Fickling) #01 (2012).

Births:

Eric Roberts (1910); J.G. Raw (1913); Susan Butcher (1959)

Deaths:

Arthur Thomas Pask (1936); Basil Hone (2003)

Notable Events:

George Cansdale was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1957.
Stan McMurtry's first cartoon appeared in Today in 1961.
Musical Swan Esther premièred at the Young Vic in 1984. Lyrics by Jack Edward Oliver.
On Eagle's Wings: British Adventure Comics, 1950-1969 exhibition began at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, in 2012.
An eight-page preview of The Phoenix was given away with The Times in 2012.
Striker newspaper strip resumed in The Sun in 2013.
Trog, Flook - and Humph too! exhibition began, at the Cartoon Museum, London, in 2013.
The stage adaptation of The Giant Beard That Was Evil began a run at Bristol Old Vic Studio in 2015.
Charlie Brooker was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2018.

Sunday, January 6, 2019

On This Day: 06 Jan

Draw the Marvel Way (Hachette Partworks) #01 (2016)

Births:

Ivy Russell (1909); Gerard Jerome Melling (Ged; 1934)

Deaths:

Arthur Catherall (1980)

Notable Events:

Randolph Turpin was presented with the Eagle Sportsman of the Year trophy by Marcus Morris at the Schoolboys' Own Exhibition in 1952.
Mandy Capp newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1997.

Saturday, January 5, 2019

On This Day: 05 Jan

Avengers Assemble (Panini Publications) vol.? #01 (01 Feb 2012).

Births:

John Bernard "J.B." Handelsman (1922); Kev Crossley

Deaths:

Eric W. Pasold (1978); Peter Weston (2017)

Notable Events:

Jimpy newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1946.
The first episode of A Whole Scene Going On, presented by Barry Fantoni, broadcast on the BBC in 1966.
Miracle Comics' American Eagle original stage show began at The Old Red Lion, St. John Street, London in 1988.
The Dan Dare exhibition at Bourne Hall, in Ewell, ended in 2002.
The Ballad of Halo Jones returned to the stage for a brief run of the play, as part of Thought Bubble, in 2012.

Friday, January 4, 2019

On This Day: 04 Jan

First Appearances:

Sgt. Blane (The Hunted) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #172 (07 Jan 1978).
Charley Bourne (Charley's War) in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).
Glory Rider in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).
H.M.S. Nightshade in Battle Action (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #200 (1979).

Births:

Edward Linley Sambourne (1844); Eduardo Teixeira Coelho (1919); Eric Bradbury (1921); Ramsey Campbell (1946); Chris Bullivant Sr. (1947); David Roach (1965); Chris Weston (1969)

Deaths:

Charles Keene (1891); Grenfell 'Gren' Jones (2007)

Notable Events:

The first David Low cartoon appeared in print in the UK in The Manchester Guardian in 1915, a reprint of a cartoon from The Sydney Bulletin printed the previous year.
A creditor's meeting for Dark They Were & Golden Eyed was held in 1982. Malcolm Edwards, one of the expert valuers, cited £100,000 in unsecured debts.
Dez Skinn's Quality Communications, Limited was registered in 1982.
The final issue of Buster (cover dated 04 Jan 2000) in 2000 marked the end of Fleetway's humor titles.
David Fickling Comics Limited incorporated in 2011, becoming company no. 07481057.

Thursday, January 3, 2019

On This Day: 03 Jan

Births:

Carlo Cossio (1907); Bernard Cookson (1937)

Deaths:

Terence Tenison Cuneo (1996)

Notable Events:

The Wilfredian League of Gugnuncs (WLOG) established in 1927.
The first of Sir Osbert Lancaster's pocket cartoons appeared in The Daily Express in 1939.
Neil Gaiman married Amanda Palmer in 2011.

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

On This Day: 02 Jan

Batman: Arkham (Titan Comics) #01 (2014)

Births:

Salvatore Deidda (1953)

Deaths:

H.O. Batho (1932); Edmund George Valpy Knox (Evoe; 1971); Charles Chilton (2013)

Notable Events:

Patsy... newspaper strip ended in 1953.
Sir Osbert Lancaster married Anne Scott-James in 1967.
Studs newspaper strip ended in 1982.
Bryan and Mary Talbot won the Costa Biography Award for Dotter of Her Father's Eyes in 2013, the first graphic novel to win the award.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

On This Day: 01 Jan

Invasion (Rebellion; 2014)
Savage: Taking Liberties (Rebellion; 2014)

Judge Dredd - Solo by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish Productions; 2005)

Births:

Tony Weare (1912); Walt Howarth (1928); Steve Way (1959); Lionel Hale (1977)

Notable Events:

Osbert Lancaster's 'pocket cartoon' appeared in The Daily Express in 1939 for the first time, accompanying Tom Driberg's "William Hickey" gossip column.
Ron Smith was in a car crash, which involved a highland bull, in Scotland in 1953.
Frank Brown (Eccles) became a full-time cartoonist with The Daily Worker in 1959.
The Fat Slags animated television series began on Channel 4 in 1992.