On This Day: 07 Apr

The Eagle (Hulton Press Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950)
Civil War (Panini UK) #01 (2016)

The Rime of the Modern Mariner by Nick Hayes (Jonathan Cape; 2011) ISBN-10: 0 22409 025 9
Sooner or Later by Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy & Jamie Hewlett (Rebellion; 2016)

First Appearances:

Fudge the Elf in newspaper strip (1938).
The Adventures of P.C.49 in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Professor Brittain in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Rob Conway in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Dan Dare [1] in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Captain Pugwash in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Skippy the Kangaroo in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
Tommy Walls in The Eagle vol.1 #01 (14 Apr 1950).
It Happened on D-Day in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #81 (10 Apr 1976).
Fink Angel in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 160 (12 Apr 1980).
Legend of the Linkits in Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #212 (12 Apr 1986).

Births:

Gilbert Arthur à Beckett (1837); David Low (1891); David Ghilchik (1892); Primrose Cumming (1915); Peter Fluck (1941); Frank Wynne (1962)

Deaths:

William Heath (1840); Neville Duke (2007); Dora Jessie Saint (Miss Read; 2012)

Notable Events:

Fudge The Elf newspaper strip began in the Manchester Evening News in 1938.
A Raymond Briggs interview, in The Independent in 2004, revealed he is unhappy discussing The Snowman.
Clara Casian's short film House on the Borderland was screened, as part of La Modiva, in 2017.

On This Day: 11 Jan

Cracker (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Hardware - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Simon Boswell (1990).

Strontium Dog: Prophet Margin by Simon Spurrier. (Black Flame; Jan 2005) ISBN-10: 1 84416 134 X

First Appearances:

Big-Head Branny, the Strong-Arm Janny in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Billy the Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Cracker in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Curly's Commandos in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Dunder Ed in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Hector the Collector in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Iron Hand in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Joe Soap in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
The Nutters in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Scrapper in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Simple Spyman in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Spookie Cookie in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
John Wheeler (Castaways on Planet Doom) in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).
Young Foo, the Kung Fu Kid in Cracker #01 (18 Jan 1975).

Births:

Neville Duke (1922); Guglielmo Letteri (1926)

Deaths:

John Cassell (Jack) Morrow (1926); Patrick Williams (2006); Harry Turner (2009); Frank Whitford (2014)

Notable Events:

FAB: The Genius of Gerry Anderson stamps released by the Post Office in 2011.