On This Day: 14 Feb

Valentine's Day

Shockwave (London Editions Magazines) #01 (1991)

Births:

Bernard Venables (1907); Anthony J. Bryant (1961); Roger Langridge (1967)

Deaths:

James Crighton (1962); Dennis Castle (1993)

Notable Events:

Tiger Tim made his first comic–book appearance in 1914 after starring in Victorian supplements.
Tik and Tok newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1925.
William Davis was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1988.
The Hi-Ex comics convention began, at Eden Court, Bishop's Road, Inverness, in 2009.

On This Day: 02 Feb

Batman Superman (Titan) vol.2 #01 (2017)

Births:

James Crighton (1892); Powys Evans (Quiz; 1899); Racey Helps (1913); Anthony Haden-Guest (1937)

Deaths:

Sir Owen Seaman, 1st Baronet (1936); Ken Reid (1987); Stanley Franklin (2002); Guglielmo Letteri (2006); Adrian Kermode (2009); Michael Fleisher (2018)

Notable Events:

Ken Reid suffered a stroke, while working on a Faceache strip, and died in 1987.
Rupert Bear stamps released by the Post Office in 1993.
Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse looked back at British comics in Sixpence for a Superman, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1999.
The first Hi-Ex comics convention began, at Eden Court, Bishop's Road, Inverness, in 2008.
Holy Mackerel - It’s My Life! broadcast on BBC Radio 4 to celebrate Frank Dickens in 2012.