Vulcan (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.1 #01
Topper 89 (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #?? (25 Feb 1989).
Births:
Harold McCready (1897); John Bertram Musgrave-Wood (Emmwood; 1915); Andy Diggle (1971)
Deaths:
James H. Thorpe (1949); Victor Weisz (Vicky; 1966); Ernest Shaw (1986); Steve Whitaker (2008); John Cooper (2015)
Notable Events:
Gwilym Lloyd George, the Home Secretary, appeared at the dispatch box for the second reading of the Children and Young Persons (Harmful Publications) Act 1955 with a copy of Tales From The Crypt he had borrowed for the occasion.
Andy Capp television series began broadcast of its first – and only – series on ITV in 1988.
Denis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse looked back at British comics in A Hundred Laughs for a Ha'penny, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in 1998.
The Perishers newspaper strip reprints began in The Daily Mirror in 2010.
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Friday, February 22, 2019
Sunday, February 10, 2019
On This Day: 10 Feb
Spider-Man Comics Weekly (Magazine Management London Ltd.) #01 (17 Feb 1973).
Births:
Bernard Greenbaum (1917); Scoular Anderson (1946)
Deaths:
Charlie Pease (1964); Walter Robertson (1983); Mel Calman (1994)
Notable Events:
The Perishers newspaper strip began in the Northern edition of The Daily Mirror in 1958.
The first episode of Grandpa in my Pocket broadcast on CBeebies in 2009. Although unrelated, it shared a premise with D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.'s Peter's Pocket Grandpa.
Births:
Bernard Greenbaum (1917); Scoular Anderson (1946)
Deaths:
Charlie Pease (1964); Walter Robertson (1983); Mel Calman (1994)
Notable Events:
The Perishers newspaper strip began in the Northern edition of The Daily Mirror in 1958.
The first episode of Grandpa in my Pocket broadcast on CBeebies in 2009. Although unrelated, it shared a premise with D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.'s Peter's Pocket Grandpa.
Friday, October 19, 2018
On This Day: 19 Oct
Victor and Champ (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #1288 (26 Oct 1985).
Doctor Who Magazine Tenth Anniversary Special (Marvel Comics Ltd.; 1989).
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: The Official Movie Magazine (Marvel Comics Ltd.; 1989).
Thunderbirds the Comic (Fleetway Publications) #01 (19 Oct 1991 - 01 Nov 1991).
Births:
Tom Taylor (1817); Tom Frame (1931); Peter Weston (1943); Philip Pullman (1946)
Deaths:
Alejandro Blasco (1988)
Notable Events:
The Perishers newspaper strip began in the London edition of The Daily Mirror in 1959.
Stan Lee began a series of British television radio and television appearances to promote Marvel UK in 1975.
Michael Ffolkes was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1984.
Preston Speculative Fiction Group’s Bash Street 40th Birthday Bash held in 1993. John Coulthart filmed the event.
Hannah Berry, Paul Grist, Paul Gravett and Bryan Talbot attended a comic panel at the Manchester Literature Festival, which took place at the Whitworth Art Gallery, in 2008.
Doctor Who Magazine Tenth Anniversary Special (Marvel Comics Ltd.; 1989).
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: The Official Movie Magazine (Marvel Comics Ltd.; 1989).
Thunderbirds the Comic (Fleetway Publications) #01 (19 Oct 1991 - 01 Nov 1991).
Births:
Tom Taylor (1817); Tom Frame (1931); Peter Weston (1943); Philip Pullman (1946)
Deaths:
Alejandro Blasco (1988)
Notable Events:
The Perishers newspaper strip began in the London edition of The Daily Mirror in 1959.
Stan Lee began a series of British television radio and television appearances to promote Marvel UK in 1975.
Michael Ffolkes was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1984.
Preston Speculative Fiction Group’s Bash Street 40th Birthday Bash held in 1993. John Coulthart filmed the event.
Hannah Berry, Paul Grist, Paul Gravett and Bryan Talbot attended a comic panel at the Manchester Literature Festival, which took place at the Whitworth Art Gallery, in 2008.
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