On This Day: 01 Apr

April Fool's Day!

Vulcan Holiday Special (IPC Magazines Ltd.) nn (1976).
Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[159] (06 Apr 1985).
Eagle and Wildcat (Fleetway Publications) #[368] (08 Apr 1989).
Crazy Comics! #01 in Toxic (Egmont) #137 (01 Apr 2009-21 Apr 2009).

Tottering-by-Gently: Out and Out and About with the Totterings (Frances Lincoln; 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0711230842

Judge Dredd - War Crimes by David Bishop (Big Finish Productions; 2004)

First Appearances:

Hereward the Wake in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #111 (06 Apr 1963).
Lieutenant Oskar Ritter (Blitzkrieg Bomber) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #341 (04 Apr 1981).
Bobby Patterson (The Ultimate Warrior) in Eagle and Tiger #[159] (06 Apr 1985).

Births:

C.H. Chapman (1897); Peter Maddocks (1928); James Robinson (1963)

Notable Events:

Cecil Aldin, Tom Browne, Walter Churcher, Dudley Hardy and Phil May founded the Sketch Club in 1898, located in Dilke Street in London.
Clock Summer in with Horrabin television show, devised by (and starring) Dot And Carrie creator J.F. Horrabin, broadcast in 1938.
The first meeting of the Cartoonist Club of Great Britain took place in 1960.
John Brown Media founded in 1987 in order to publish HotAir and Viz - both previously published by Virgin.
Willie Rushton was the subject of the BBC television show This is Your Life in 1987.
The Deadline Signing Tour began at Ace, in Colchester, Essex, in 1989, before moving on to the Acme Comic Shop in Brixton.
Frank Quitely exhibition began at Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow in 2017.

On This Day: 04 Mar

Whoopee! (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #01 (09 Mar 1974).

First Appearances:

Ad Lad in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
The Bumpkin Billionaires in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Daisy Jones' Locket in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Ernie Learner in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Little Miss Muffit in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Lunchin' Vulture in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Snap Happy in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Stoker-Ship's Cat in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
Toy Boy in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).
The Wolf Pack in Whoopee! #01 (09 Mar 1974).

Births:

Thomas Tegg (1776); John Ryan (1921); Peter Jackson (1922); Glen Baxter (1944); Simon Bisley (1962)

Deaths:

Sidney Conrad Strube (1956); Salvatore Deidda (1990); Camillo Zuffi (2002)

Notable Events:

The Universe and Eye: of Man and New Science by Timothy Ferris & Ingram Pinn published by Pavilion Books in 1993.
Dennis the Menace paid a visit to The One Show, to celebrate Comic Relief, in 2011.
An episode of What Do Artists Do All Day?, featuring Frank Quitely, was broadcast on BBC2 in 2014.

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.

On This Day: 11 Dec

First Appearances:

Keepers of the Sun Stone in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #43 (16 Dec 1961).
The Secret Quest of Tiger Shaw in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #43 (16 Dec 1961).

Births:

René Bull (1872); John Buscema (1927); Peter Firmin (1928); David William Boutland (1938)

Deaths:

F.H. Townsend (1920); Willie Rushton (1996)

Notable Events:

The Daily Mirror demonstrated their fact-checking skills by calling Judge Dredd an American comic-book character in a 1991 article.
The first episode of Black Mirror, co-written by Charlie Brooker, was broadcast on Channel 4 in 2011.
The short film Nothing to Declare, written by Frank Quitely, was funded through IndieGoGo in 2016.