On This Day: 31 Dec

Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles - The Devil's Playground by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish Productions; 2009)

Births:

Alfred Taylor (1889); Patricia Lamburn (1925); Dave Westaway (1946); Tom Morton (1955)

Deaths:

Maurice Dodd (2005)

Notable Events:

The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1951. Eagle was represented by a Dan Dare Rifle Range, with the best shot of the day qualifying for a specially-made B.S.A. air rifle.
The Schoolboys' Own Exhibition began at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Westminster, London, in 1952. Eagle took a 40' stand (the largest in the exhibition) in order to show off all the products based on characters from the comic. For added effect, the stand was in the form of Dan Dare's spaceship. Brian Reece and Wilfred Pickles were there for the grand opening.
The AAARGH! comic exhibition, organised by Michael Kustow, began at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1971. It was the first serious exhibition of comic art in the UK.
Due to family ill-health, Mike Conroy was forced to close Maya Merchandising (an offshoot of The Edge of Forever), which ceased trading on this day in 1982. The Perfect Mailing Company took over existing orders
Happy Birthday Broons! was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2006.
Just Dandy, a celebration of The Dandy, was broadcast on BBC One Scotland in 2012.

On This Day: 25 Oct

Strontium Dog: A Fistful of Strontium by Jaspre Bark & Steve Lyons (Black Flame; Oct 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 270 2

Births:

Arthur William à Beckett (1844); Claude Allin Shepperson (1867); Maurice Dodd (1922); Paul Rigby (1924); Larry Lieber (1931)

Deaths:

Lewis Baumer (1963)

Notable Events:

Jack Dunkley's iconic image of a hand holding a firearm graced the front-cover of The Daily Mirror in 1951.
Peter O'Donnell's play Mr. Fothergill's Murder opened at The Duke Of York in 1982.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour began at The Sheffield Space Centre in 1990. Julie Hollings, Rian Hughes, Shaky Kane, Brendan McCarthy, Peter Milligan, Grant Morrison, Charles Shaar Murray, Paul Neary and Steve Parkhouse were in attendance.
The Cartoon Century: Modern Britain through the Eyes of its Cartoonists exhibition began in the Political Cartoon Gallery in 2007.