April Fool's Day!
Vulcan Holiday Special (IPC Magazines Ltd.) nn (1976).
Eagle and Tiger (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[159] (06 Apr 1985).
Eagle and Wildcat (Fleetway Publications) #[368] (08 Apr 1989).
Crazy Comics! #01 in Toxic (Egmont) #137 (01 Apr 2009-21 Apr 2009).
Tottering-by-Gently: Out and Out and About with the Totterings (Frances Lincoln; 2010) ISBN-13: 978-0711230842
Judge Dredd - War Crimes by David Bishop (Big Finish Productions; 2004)
First Appearances:
Hereward the Wake in The Victor (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #111 (06 Apr 1963).
Lieutenant Oskar Ritter (Blitzkrieg Bomber) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #341 (04 Apr 1981).
Bobby Patterson (The Ultimate Warrior) in Eagle and Tiger #[159] (06 Apr 1985).
Births:
C.H. Chapman (1897); Peter Maddocks (1928); James Robinson (1963)
Notable Events:
Cecil Aldin, Tom Browne, Walter Churcher, Dudley Hardy and Phil May founded the Sketch Club in 1898, located in Dilke Street in London.
Clock Summer in with Horrabin television show, devised by (and starring) Dot And Carrie creator J.F. Horrabin, broadcast in 1938.
The first meeting of the Cartoonist Club of Great Britain took place in 1960.
John Brown Media founded in 1987 in order to publish HotAir and Viz - both previously published by Virgin.
Willie Rushton was the subject of the BBC television show This is Your Life in 1987.
The Deadline Signing Tour began at Ace, in Colchester, Essex, in 1989, before moving on to the Acme Comic Shop in Brixton.
Frank Quitely exhibition began at Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow in 2017.
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Monday, April 1, 2019
Saturday, March 16, 2019
On This Day: 16 Mar
Fury (Marvel) #01
Thundercats (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (21 Mar 1987)
Total Carnage (Dark Horse Comics International) #01 (Apr 1993)
Now! (Fleetway) #01 (1994)
The Batman Movie Sticker Album (Merlin Publishing Limited; 1990)
First Appearances:
Tao de Moto in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 723 (23 Mar 1991).
Births:
Roy Ullyett (Berryman; 1914); G. Freeman Allen (1922); Gino D'Antonio (1927); Chris Foss (1946)
Deaths:
H.G. Hine (1895); Tom Browne (1910); Ian Chisholm (1981); Marcus Morris (1989); Terry Maloney (2008); Steve Moore (2014)
Notable Events:
The Gambols newspaper strip began in The Daily Express in 1950.
Bryan Talbot signed copies of Luther Arkwright and Nemesis Book 6 as part of his Luther Arkwright UK Tour '88 at Exeter University Comics Group, Devonshire House in 1988. Signing appearances continued over the next few weeks at locations across the Britain.
The Comic Relief Charity Pool Championship took place in the Edinburgh Castle public house, in Camden, in 1991. Creators and representatives from Fleetway Publications, Marvel Comics and Stateside Comics PLC took part, with Fleetway winning 12 games and the Championship, raising over £600 in sponsorship for Comic Relief. The teams for Deadline, John Brown Publishing and Titan bowed out in the face of such strong opposition.
Now! replaced Look-In as IPC's teen title in 1994, though it was a title which never quite worked...
Striker newspaper strip became the first newspaper strip to use 3D software in its creation in 1998.
BBC Radio broadcast the first of the six–part Neverwhere adaptation in 2013.
Thundercats (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (21 Mar 1987)
Total Carnage (Dark Horse Comics International) #01 (Apr 1993)
Now! (Fleetway) #01 (1994)
The Batman Movie Sticker Album (Merlin Publishing Limited; 1990)
First Appearances:
Tao de Moto in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 723 (23 Mar 1991).
Births:
Roy Ullyett (Berryman; 1914); G. Freeman Allen (1922); Gino D'Antonio (1927); Chris Foss (1946)
Deaths:
H.G. Hine (1895); Tom Browne (1910); Ian Chisholm (1981); Marcus Morris (1989); Terry Maloney (2008); Steve Moore (2014)
Notable Events:
The Gambols newspaper strip began in The Daily Express in 1950.
Bryan Talbot signed copies of Luther Arkwright and Nemesis Book 6 as part of his Luther Arkwright UK Tour '88 at Exeter University Comics Group, Devonshire House in 1988. Signing appearances continued over the next few weeks at locations across the Britain.
The Comic Relief Charity Pool Championship took place in the Edinburgh Castle public house, in Camden, in 1991. Creators and representatives from Fleetway Publications, Marvel Comics and Stateside Comics PLC took part, with Fleetway winning 12 games and the Championship, raising over £600 in sponsorship for Comic Relief. The teams for Deadline, John Brown Publishing and Titan bowed out in the face of such strong opposition.
Now! replaced Look-In as IPC's teen title in 1994, though it was a title which never quite worked...
Striker newspaper strip became the first newspaper strip to use 3D software in its creation in 1998.
BBC Radio broadcast the first of the six–part Neverwhere adaptation in 2013.
Saturday, December 8, 2018
On This Day: 08 Dec
Frontline UK (Bear Alley Books) GN (Dec 2014) ISBN-13: 9781907081767
First Appearances:
Lt. Dave Wilson (The Bombhunters) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #116 (11 Dec 1976).
Mike Hobson (Hobson's Quest) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #429 (11 Dec 1982).
Bad Company in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 500 (13 Dec 1986).
Births:
Tom Browne (1870); George William Smith (Gus; 1915); Les Barton (1923); David Myers (1925); Brett Ewins (1955)
Deaths:
Richard Newton (1798); Oliver Postgate (2008)
Notable Events:
Opening night of Any Old Thing, at the London Pavillion, in 1918. Written by Bruce Bairnsfather.
The feature film Press for Time released in the UK in 1966, based on the novel by Angus McGill.
Derek Fullarton was found dead at his home in Smart's Lane, Epping Forest, Essex, in 1968.
The Sunday Times featured a retrospective of Judge Dredd in the weekend section in 1991.
First Appearances:
Lt. Dave Wilson (The Bombhunters) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #116 (11 Dec 1976).
Mike Hobson (Hobson's Quest) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #429 (11 Dec 1982).
Bad Company in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 500 (13 Dec 1986).
Births:
Tom Browne (1870); George William Smith (Gus; 1915); Les Barton (1923); David Myers (1925); Brett Ewins (1955)
Deaths:
Richard Newton (1798); Oliver Postgate (2008)
Notable Events:
Opening night of Any Old Thing, at the London Pavillion, in 1918. Written by Bruce Bairnsfather.
The feature film Press for Time released in the UK in 1966, based on the novel by Angus McGill.
Derek Fullarton was found dead at his home in Smart's Lane, Epping Forest, Essex, in 1968.
The Sunday Times featured a retrospective of Judge Dredd in the weekend section in 1991.
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