Pages

For other material of interest to chroniclers of British publications, please see BCD Extended. Normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
Showing posts with label Tony Weare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tony Weare. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 1, 2019

On This Day: 01 Jan

Invasion (Rebellion; 2014)
Savage: Taking Liberties (Rebellion; 2014)

Judge Dredd - Solo by Jonathan Clements. (Big Finish Productions; 2005)

Births:

Tony Weare (1912); Walt Howarth (1928); Steve Way (1959); Lionel Hale (1977)

Notable Events:

Osbert Lancaster's 'pocket cartoon' appeared in The Daily Express in 1939 for the first time, accompanying Tom Driberg's "William Hickey" gossip column.
Ron Smith was in a car crash, which involved a highland bull, in Scotland in 1953.
Frank Brown (Eccles) became a full-time cartoonist with The Daily Worker in 1959.
The Fat Slags animated television series began on Channel 4 in 1992.

Sunday, December 2, 2018

On This Day: 02 Dec

Zenith: Phase Two (Rebellion; 2014)

Judge Dredd: Cursed Earth Asylum by David Bishop. (Virgin Publishing; Dec 1993) ISBN-10: 0 35232 893 2.

Births:

Francis Carruthers Gould (FCG; 1844); Thomas V. Boardman, Sr. (1904); Alex Watson (1929); David Macaulay (1946)

Deaths:

Mary Cathcart Borer (1994); Tony Weare (1994); Jim Cawthorn (2008)

Notable Events:

Dez Skinn resigned from his position of editor and publisher of Quality Comics in 1987. Much was made of the fact that quality control issues lay at the root of his dissatisfaction with the way the titles were being handled.
In 1994 Tony Weare jumped from the pier in Porthleven, Cornwall, to his death. The reason for his suicide was increasing difficulty in mobility.
Insomnia Publications Ltd. dissolved in 2011.
The ABC Show began at the Royal National Hotel, Bedford Way, London, in 2012. The show used the imminent demise of The Dandy as an excuse to focus on the characters and creators from the title.