The Best of Roy of the Rovers Monthly (Fleetway Publications) #01 (May 1988).
Doctor Who Magazine Special Edition: The Art of Doctor Who (Panini Magazines) #40 (2015).
La Squab: The Black Rose of Auschwitz by David Britton (Savoy Books; 2012) ISBN-10: 0 86130 125 0
First Appearances:
Tiger Tim in Mrs. Hippo’s Kindergarten newspaper strip (1904).
Sgt.-Major John Chard ("Kill, Kill for Kali!") in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #61 (21 Apr 1962).
Births:
Gianluigi Coppola (1928)
Notable Events:
Film and comic strip star Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889.
Tiger Tim made his first appearance in a one–off strip in The Daily Illustrated Mirror in 1904.
The Mulligans newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1938.
Little Joe newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1973.
Jane, Grand Daughter of Jane newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1985.
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Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
On This Day: 24 Mar
The A-Team Spring Special (Marvel) #02 (1986).
Fraggle Rock Spring Special (Marvel) #nn (1986).
Get Along Gang Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #02 (1986).
Secret Wars II Spring Special (Marvel) #01 (1986).
Transformers Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #3 (1986).
Zoids Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #01 (1986).
Team Toxic Classic Comic Collection in Toxic (Egmont) #159 (2010).
The Adventures of Meng and Ecker by David Britton. (Savoy Books; 1997)
Horror Panegyric by Keith Seward. (Savoy Books; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0861301188.
Births:
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903); Glenn Fabry (1961); Steve Pugh (1966)
Deaths:
Ernest Howard Shepard (1976)
Notable Events:
The Greens newspaper strip ended in 1990.
Alan Grant, Simon Jacob, David Roach and John Tomlinson took part in a 2000 A.D. signing session at Forbidden Planet, 5 Duke Street, Cardiff, in 1990.
Fraggle Rock Spring Special (Marvel) #nn (1986).
Get Along Gang Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #02 (1986).
Secret Wars II Spring Special (Marvel) #01 (1986).
Transformers Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #3 (1986).
Zoids Spring Special (Marvel) Collected Comics #01 (1986).
Team Toxic Classic Comic Collection in Toxic (Egmont) #159 (2010).
The Adventures of Meng and Ecker by David Britton. (Savoy Books; 1997)
Horror Panegyric by Keith Seward. (Savoy Books; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0861301188.
Births:
Malcolm Muggeridge (1903); Glenn Fabry (1961); Steve Pugh (1966)
Deaths:
Ernest Howard Shepard (1976)
Notable Events:
The Greens newspaper strip ended in 1990.
Alan Grant, Simon Jacob, David Roach and John Tomlinson took part in a 2000 A.D. signing session at Forbidden Planet, 5 Duke Street, Cardiff, in 1990.
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
On This Day: 06 Nov
The Best of Britain's Political Cartoons 2014 edited by Tim Benson. (Scribe UK; 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1922247643.
The Beano Interactive DVD (2006)
First Appearances:
Supermac in The Evening Standard (1958)
Births:
Peter Fraser (1888)
Notable Events:
Lord Horror by David Britton fetched £220, at the Index on Censorship Auction of Banned Books, in 1995 - bettering the final prices for Salman Rushdie and Graham Greene.
The first episode of Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! broadcast on CBBC in 2017.
The Beano Interactive DVD (2006)
First Appearances:
Supermac in The Evening Standard (1958)
Births:
Peter Fraser (1888)
Notable Events:
Lord Horror by David Britton fetched £220, at the Index on Censorship Auction of Banned Books, in 1995 - bettering the final prices for Salman Rushdie and Graham Greene.
The first episode of Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! broadcast on CBBC in 2017.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
On This Day: 17 Oct
Cheeky Weekly (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (22 Oct 1977).
Wildcat preview comic in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 597 (22 Oct 1988).
White Trash (Atomeka / Tundra UK) #01 (1992).
Treasury of British Comics Scream & Misty Special
First Appearances:
Mustapha Million in Cheeky Weekly #01 (22 Oct 1977).
Joe Alien in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Turbo Jones in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Loner in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Kitten Magee in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Births:
Harry Guy Bartholomew (1884); Jerry Siegel (1914); Thomas Williams (1940); Mark Gatiss (1966); Henry Flint
Deaths:
Dave Follows (2003)
Notable Events:
Nicolas Bentley married Barbara Hastings in 1934.
Belinda newspaper strip ended in 1959.
In 1971, Members of the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) objected so strongly to a cartoon in The Daily Express (Father O'Brezhnev, Missionary to Ulster) by Michael Cummings that they stopped the presses, losing 350,000 copies of the paper.
Space Family Robinson two-page strip began in in Cheeky Weekly #01 (22 Oct 1977).
David Britton and Michael Butterworth interviewed by Detective Inspector Malcolm Wood at Greater Manchester Police Headquarters in 1989.
Gollancz launched a line of graphic novels in 1991.
Rebellion's Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death computer game released in 2003.
Under Water Colours, a Jamie Hewlett exhibition sponsored by Oxfam, opened in Trueman Brewrey in East London in 2009.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival began in the town of Kendal in 2014.
Wildcat preview comic in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 597 (22 Oct 1988).
White Trash (Atomeka / Tundra UK) #01 (1992).
Treasury of British Comics Scream & Misty Special
First Appearances:
Mustapha Million in Cheeky Weekly #01 (22 Oct 1977).
Joe Alien in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Turbo Jones in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Loner in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Kitten Magee in Wildcat preview comic [1988].
Births:
Harry Guy Bartholomew (1884); Jerry Siegel (1914); Thomas Williams (1940); Mark Gatiss (1966); Henry Flint
Deaths:
Dave Follows (2003)
Notable Events:
Nicolas Bentley married Barbara Hastings in 1934.
Belinda newspaper strip ended in 1959.
In 1971, Members of the NUJ (National Union of Journalists) objected so strongly to a cartoon in The Daily Express (Father O'Brezhnev, Missionary to Ulster) by Michael Cummings that they stopped the presses, losing 350,000 copies of the paper.
Space Family Robinson two-page strip began in in Cheeky Weekly #01 (22 Oct 1977).
David Britton and Michael Butterworth interviewed by Detective Inspector Malcolm Wood at Greater Manchester Police Headquarters in 1989.
Gollancz launched a line of graphic novels in 1991.
Rebellion's Judge Dredd: Dredd Vs. Death computer game released in 2003.
Under Water Colours, a Jamie Hewlett exhibition sponsored by Oxfam, opened in Trueman Brewrey in East London in 2009.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival began in the town of Kendal in 2014.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
On This Day: 02 Oct
Blooming Books by Raymond Briggs. (Transworld Publishers; 2003) ISBN-13: 9780224064781.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster by James Knox. (Frances Lincoln; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-2938-9.
The Essential Alan Coren - Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Alan Coren; edited by Giles Coren & Victoria Coren Mitchell. (2008)
Razor King by David Britton, illustrated by Kris Guidio. (Savoy, 2017)
Births:
Colin Cotterill (1952); Anna Fitzpatrick
Notable Events:
BBC Radio 2 began broadcasting The Fosdyke Saga, based on the comic strip by Bill Tidy, in 1983.
Dreddcon 5 took place at the Oxford Union Society, St. Michael's Street, Oxford in 2004.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster exhibition opened at The Wallace Collection in 2008.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster by James Knox. (Frances Lincoln; 2008) ISBN-13: 978-0-7112-2938-9.
The Essential Alan Coren - Chocolate and Cuckoo Clocks by Alan Coren; edited by Giles Coren & Victoria Coren Mitchell. (2008)
Razor King by David Britton, illustrated by Kris Guidio. (Savoy, 2017)
Births:
Colin Cotterill (1952); Anna Fitzpatrick
Notable Events:
BBC Radio 2 began broadcasting The Fosdyke Saga, based on the comic strip by Bill Tidy, in 1983.
Dreddcon 5 took place at the Oxford Union Society, St. Michael's Street, Oxford in 2004.
Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert Lancaster exhibition opened at The Wallace Collection in 2008.
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