On This Day: 28 Nov

First Appearances:

Bonjo from Beyond the Stars in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 41 (03 Dec 1977).
Sgt. Grogan (Grogan's Guns) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #271 (01 Dec 1979).
Pierre Lebec (Deathtrack!) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #525 (13 Oct 1984).

Births:

Jack Le Grand (1919)

Deaths:

Enid Blyton (1968); Bill Thacker (2006)

Notable Events:

The Hoffnung Astronautical Music Festival took place at the Royal Festival Hall, London in 1961, two years after the death of Gerard Hoffnung.
The première of Carry On Up The Khyber took place in 1968 – the title sequence was designed by Larry (Terence Parkes).
Chris Donald took the first issue of Viz to get printed at the Tyneside Free Press in 1979.
Douglas Bader was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1981.
Forbidden Planet 2 opened at 58 St. Giles High Street, London, in 1982. Despite claiming to focus on film and television memorabilia, it had a wide range of material - including copious SF novels.
The Gorillaz compilation album, The Singles Collection: 2001–2011, released in the UK in 2011.
Tom Gauld discussed Baking with Kafka with Paul Gravett at The British Library in 2017. After the talk he signed copies of his books and handed out badges.

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.