On This Day: 12 Apr

First Appearances:

Paco - Trained to Kill in Valiant and Vulcan (IPC Magazines Ltd.)

Births:

Dick Ericson (1916); Oliver Postgate (1925); Víctor de la Fuente (1927); Bambos Georgiou (1959); Frazer Diamond (Toonhound; 1968); Fehed Said (1979); Peter Cooper (1985)

Deaths:

Robert Bateman (1973); Leslie Bell (1995)

Notable Events:

Rowland Emett married Elsie May "Mary" Evans in 1941.
The Tiffany Jones feature film, based on the newspaper strip, released in 1973.
Eaglecon, a convention dedicated to the Eagle comic, began in 1980.
Sid's Snake appeared on the cover of Dave Gorman vs. the Rest of the World, an Ebury Press paperback re-release.
Dekko Comics hosted an event in Glasgow, in association with Dyslexia Scotland, to celebrate the launch of monthly subscriptions.

On This Day: 11 Nov

John Glashan's World by John Glashan. (Robinson; 1991) ISBN-13: 978-1854871046.

The Chronicle of the Black Sword by Hawkwind. (Flicknife Records; 1985)

Births:

Ian Miller (1946); John Reppion (1978)

Deaths:

Frederick Thomas Dalton (1927); Roy Davis (2004)

Notable Events:

Tiffany Jones newspaper strip began in The Daily Sketch in 1964.
Striker newspaper strip began in The Sun in 1985.
Mick Anglo, Ltd. struck off the register of companies and dissolved in 1986.
DreddCon:1 took place from mid–day to midnight, at the Posthouse Bloomsbury, London, in 2000.
Thought Bubble comic convention began, in Leeds at Saviles & Royal Armouries Hall, in 2012.
When the Wind Blows released on Blu–Ray by Twilight Time in 2014.