On This Day: 14 Jan

Treasure #01 (19 Jan 1963).
Pow! (Odhams) #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Spike (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (22 Jan 1983)

Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier & P.J. Holden. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760047.
Solid State Tank Girl by Alan Martin & Warwick Johnson-Cadwell. (Titan Books; Jan 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1782760030.

First Appearances:

Dare-a-Day Davy in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
The Dolls of St. Dominics in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Wee Willie Haggis, the Spy from Skye in Pow! #01 (21 Jan 1967).
Sergeant Pilot Nick Ryder, Jungle Pilot in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #69 (17 Jan 1976).
The Bleak Street Bunch in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Squadron Leader 'Lucky' Layton in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).
Ticker Tait in Spike #01 (22 Jan 1983).

Births:

Anton Lock (1893); Ken Bulmer (1921); Mario Cubbino (1930); Colin Wyatt (1939); Frazer Irving

Deaths:

Arthur William à Beckett (1909)

Notable Events:

Leslie Illingworth's Daily Mail cartoon, published in 1944, attained immortality when found in the ruins of Hitler's
Chancellery.
Gerard Hoffnung was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1957.
Television adverts promoting the launch of Look and Learn were broadcast on British television in 1961.
Michael Moorcock underwent emergency exploratory surgery in 2002 to remove blood clots.
Brett Ewins received a serious head injury from police officers during an altercation at his home in 2012.
Colin Wyatt's The Jet–Set books had an official launch at the Just Imagine Bookshop in Chelmsford in 2012. Profits from the books raise money for the Born Free Foundation animal charity.
The première of Kingsman: The Secret Service took place in London in 2015.

On This Day: 18 Dec

First Appearances:

Ticker Turner in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #44 (23 Dec 1961).

Births:

Charles Robinson Sykes (Jacques d ‘Or; Rilette; 1875); Michael Moorcock (1939); Ken Reid (1919); Luke Walsh (1964)

Deaths:

Ewen Bain (1989); Geoff Campion (1997)

Notable Events:

Terror Keep newspaper strip began in The Daily Mirror in 1936.
A Christmas tea for Eagle readers, with Marcus Morris, Frank Hampson, and Charles Chilton, took place in Leeds in 1951.
Michael Moorcock's 60th birthday was celebrated by the publication of moorcock@60.com in 1999. The volume had sixty contributors, and was instigated by his 'Nomads of the Time Streams' fan club. The great man's birthday party was in Texas.
St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold feature film released in the UK in 2009.

On This Day: 23 Oct

2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989) *new look*

Game Zone (Dennis Publishing) vol.2 #1 (Nov 1992).

My Experiences in the Third World War and Other Stories: The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1 by Michael Moorcock. (2014)

First Appearances:

Fr1day (Rogue Trooper) in 2000 A.D. Prog 650 (28 Oct 1989).

Births:

Manny Curtis (1924); Gary Erskine (1968); Aaron M. Fitzwater (1978)

Deaths:

Antonio Canale (1991)

Notable Events:

The Sacred Armour of Antiriad computer game, packaged with accompanying mini-comic, released in 1986.
2000 A.D. began running multiple full-color strips, with Prog 650, in 1989.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Eccleston Library, Lancashire, in 2008.
The "Supper With Supermac" evening in 2011, at The Apple Inn, Lucker, with former Newcastle United and England soccer star Malcolm Macdonald raising money for charity, was the venue for Simon Donald's stand-up routine. The event raised £1,100, with money going to purchase sports equipment for St Mary’s Church of England Middle School.
Mark Gatiss was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2011.

On This Day: 14 Oct

Thunderbirds Are Go (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (2015)

Marshal Law: Origins by Pat Mills & Kevin O'Neill (Titan Books; 2008)

Doctor Who: The Coming of the Terraphles by Michael Moorcock. (BBC Books; 2010) ISBN-13: 978-1-84607-983-2.

Judge Dredd - Get Karter! by David Bishop (Big Finish Productions; 2002)

Births:

John Millar Watt (1895); Phillip Mendoza (Flam; Pip; Spike; 1898); Colin Merrett (1914)

Deaths:

Reginald Heade (1957); William Blain (1984); William John Hooper (Raff; 1996); Frank Benier (1998); Graham Coton (2003); Ray Lowry (2008)

Notable Events:

Neil Gaiman's radio adaptation of his graphic novel Signal to Noise was broadcast as part of Between the Ears in 1996. Dave McKean provided the music.
The Comica Company Ltd. incorporated in 2011, becoming company #07811409.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival began, in Kendal, Cumbria, in 2015.

On This Day: 08 Oct

Doctor Who: The Widow's Curse (Panini Books; 2009)
The Knights of Pendragon: Once and Future (Panini Books; 2009)
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection (Titan Comics) vol.1 (2013) ISBN-10: 1782760326

First Appearances:

Tommy Hawk and Mo Cassin in Valiant (Fleetway Publications Ltd.) #02 (13 Oct 1962).
Ebony (Ebony Jones) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #39 (13 Oct 1979).
Hell Trekkers in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 387 (13 Oct 1984).

Births:

Serge Drigin (1894); Hilda Boswell (1903); Rene Cloke (1904); Franco Cosimo Panini (1931); Alessandro Biffignandi (1935); Harvey Pekar (1939); Malcolm Douglas (1954); Tim Sanders (1957); Tony Luke (1966)

Deaths:

George du Maurier (George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier; 1896); Edward George Warris Hulton (1988)

Notable Events:

Larry Donovan jumped from Waterloo Bridge dressed as Ally Sloper, as part of a promotion, in 1887.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Murray Library Lecture Theatre, City Campus, University of Sunderland, in 2014.
Michael Moorcock's New Worlds online magazine announced its demise, in 2014, in a Facebook post. Despite the title of the e-magazine, Michael Moorcock had no involvement in the content.