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Showing posts with label David Austin. Show all posts
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Friday, March 29, 2019

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.

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.

Monday, November 19, 2018

On This Day: 19 Nov

In the Heat of the Scribble: Political Cartoons of Tim by Tim Sanders. (Bookmarks; 1995)

First Appearances:

The V.C.s in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 140 (24 Nov 1979).

Jim Corrigan (Silo) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 706 (24 Nov 1990).

Births:

Geoff Campion (1916); Terence Parkes (Larry; 1927); Mel Croucher (1948)

Deaths:

David Bogue (1856); David Austin (2005); Bill Swinton (2006); John Piggott (2012)

Notable Events:

Paul Temple newspaper strip began in the London Evening News in 1951.
Flook newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror (after a run in The Daily Mail) in 1984.
Pat Mills and Simon Bisley signed copies of the Sláine: The Horned God graphic novel at Mega City Comics, 18 Inverness Street, Camden in 1989.
The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards took place at The Mall Galleries, London, in 2008.
Raymond Briggs received a lifetime achievement award, at the 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards, in 2008.
The Leeds Sequential Art Festival began, in association with Thought Bubble, in 2009.
John Ryan: A Retrospective exhibition began at the Rye Art Gallery in 2011.

Sunday, October 28, 2018

On This Day: 28 Oct

Doctor Who: Conversion (Titan Comics; 2015)

The Life and Times of Death's Head (Marvel Comics Ltd.) tpb (1990)
Kids Alive! 125 (Shield Books; 2006) ISBN-13: 978-0854127535

Births:

Malcolm Douglas (1954); Joel Meadows (1972)

Deaths:

James Walker (1984); James Edward Anthony Tyler (Tony Tyler; 2006)

Notable Events:

"Ullo!" (also known as Carry on Sergeant) began a run at New Oxford Theatre in 1925.
Television animation The Adventures Of Rupert Bear premièred on ITV in 1969, with one of the catchiest theme tunes ever heard.
The book launch for The Viz Bumper Book Of Shite at Porchester Hall, London, a number of C–list celebrities in attendance, took place in 1993. It – predictably and hilariously – ended rather badly...
David Austin's last cartoon appeared in The Guardian in 2005.