On This Day: 15 Nov

Marshal Law: Kingdom of the Blind (Apocalypse) #01 (1990)
Treasury of British Comics Misty Book 2

British Comics: A Cultural History by James Chapman. (Reaktion Books; 2011)

Births:

Arthur Ferrier (1890); Patrick Nicolle (1907); Paul Raymond (1925)

Deaths:

Paul Rigby (2006); Paul 'Gamma' Gamble (2010)

Notable Events:

On this day in 1958 The Economist published a report entitled 'No Laughing Matter' regarding British comics, stating combined sales of titles to be in the region of £11 million.
Flook daily newspaper strip concluded in 1985. It continued in The Sunday Mirror thereafter.
Stan Lee continued his signing tour at Forbidden Planet, 3 Teviot Place, Edinburgh, in 1991. He also appeared at the store in Glasgow later in the day.
Thought Bubble One Day Comic Convention took place in Leeds in Saviles Hall in 2008.
The Illustrators: British Art of Illustration 1800-2008 exhibition began at the Chris Beetles Gallery, St James's, London, in 2008.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention began, as part of the Leeds Comic Art Festival, at Armouries Square, Leeds, in 2011.
Thought Bubble Comic Convention began, as part of the Leeds Comic Art Festival, at Armouries Square, Leeds, in 2014.
Bryan Talbot signing for the Grandville: Force Majeure exhibition launch, at Orbital Comics, London, in 2017.

On This Day: 30 Oct

Future Tense (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (05 Nov 1980).
Valour (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (05 Nov 1980).
Steed and Mrs. Peel (Acme Press/Eclipse) #01 (1990).

You Are Maggie Thatcher (Titan Books; 1987)

Births:

Stanley Franklin (1930)

Deaths:

Hilda Boswell (1976); Patrick Nicolle (1995)

Notable Events:

Real Life newspaper strip ended in 1996.
Spider-Man made a personal appearance at Collinson of Harrogate in 1984.
Em newspaper strip began in thelondonpaper in 2006.
Gorillaz: Phase Two - Slow Boat to Hades video released in 2006.