Wallace & Gromit Books

Paperbacks:

Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers by Nick Park. (BBC Children's Books; 1994) ISBN-10: 0563403853.

Wallace and Gromit's Activity Book by Nick Park. (BBC Books; 1995) ISBN-10: 0563404159.

Wallace and Gromit (BBC Children's Books; 1996) ISBN-10: 0563380101.

Wallace and Gromit in Nick Park's A Close Shave by Nick Park. (BBC Children's Books; 1996) ISBN-10: 056340406X.

Wallace and Gromit Cheese Lover's Yearbook by Geoff Tibballs. (BBC Children's Books; 1997) ISBN-10: 0563380470.

Wallace and Gromit The Lost Slipper and The Curse of the Ramsbottoms by Tristan Davies & Nick Newman. (Hodder & Stoughton; 1998) ISBN-10: 0340696567.

Wallace and Gromit: A Grand Day Out illustrated by Bill Kerwin. (BBC Children's Books; 1999) ISBN-10: 056338008X.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit novelization by Penny Worms. (Puffin; 2005) ISBN-10: 0141318864.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Puffin; 2005) ISBN-10: 0141318899.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit - the Monstrously Scary Joke Book by Amanda Li. (Puffin; 2005) ISBN-13: 9780141318875.

Wallace and Gromit The Dog Diaries by Richard Dungworth. (Puffin; 2005) ISBN-10: 0141318880.

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death novelization by Penny Worms, based on the screenplay by Nick Park & Bob Barker. (Egmont; 2008) ISBN-13: 9781405244466.

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death Joke Book by Penny Worms. (Egmont; 2008) ISBN-13: 9781405244473.

Hardbacks:

Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave Storyboard Collection edited by Brian Sibley. (BBC Books; 1997) ISBN-10: 0563380586.

Wallace and Gromit and the Lost Slipper by Tristan Davies; illustrated by Nick Newman. (Hodder & Stoughton; 1997) ISBN-10: 0340696559.

Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave Pop-Up Book (BBC Worldwide; 1998) ISBN-10: 0563380438.

Wallace and Gromit: Anoraknophobia by Tristan Davies & Nick Newman. (Hodder & Stoughton; 1999) ISBN-10: 0340728345.

Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers by Brian Sibley. (BBC Children's Books; 1998) ISBN-10: 0563380845.

Wallace and Gromit Crackers in Space by Tristan Davies & Nick Newman. (Hodder & Stoughton; 1999) ISBN-10: 0340712899.

Wallace and Gromit Catch of the Day by Ian Rimmer, from a story by Simon Furman & Katy Wild; illustrated by Jimmy Hansen. (Titan; 2002) ISBN-13: 1840234954.

Wallace and Gromit's Christmas Crackers (Boxtree; 2002) ISBN-10: 0752215116.

Wallace and Gromit's Wacky World of Knowledge by Neil Morris & Steve Parker. (Chrysalis Children's Books) ISBN-10: 1843470241.

Wallace and Gromit's Highway Code (Boxtree; 2003) ISBN-10: 075221571X.

Wallace and Gromit: Welcome to West Wallaby Street by Rona Selby. (Pocket Books; 2003) ISBN-10: 0743467833.

Wallace and Gromit The Whippet Vanishes by Ian Rimmer; illustrated by Jimmy Hansen. (Titan Books; 2004) ISBN-10: 1840234970.

Aardman Presents the World of Wallace & Gromit by Andy Lane. (Boxtree; 2004) ISBN-10: 0752215582.

Wallace and Gromit The Bootiful Game by Ian Rimmer. (Titan; 2005) ISBN-10: 1840239433.

The Art of Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit by Andy Lane. (Titan; 2005) ISBN-10: 1845761367.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit by Glenn Dakin. (Dorling Kindersley; 2005) ISBN-10: 1405310197.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Ladybird; 2005) ISBN-10: 1844227049.

Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit - Anti-Pesto Journal (Ladybird; 2005) ISBN-10: 1844227243.

Wallace and Gromit Gromit's Guide to Gardening (Ladybird; 2005) ISBN-10: 1844227227.

Wallace and Gromit A Pier Too Far by Dan Abnett. (Titan Books; 2005) ISBN-10: 1840239530.

Wallace and Gromit Weight Loss with Wallace (Ladybird; 2005) ISBN-10: 1844227219.

Wallace and Gromit Plots in Space by Dan Abnett & Jimmy Hansen. (Titan; 2007) ISBN-13: 9781845763626.

Wallace and Gromit Grand Adventures & Glorious Inventions: the Scrapbook of an Inventor and his Dog by Penny Worms. (Carlton Books; 2008) ISBN-13: 9781847322692.

Wallace and Gromit It Takes Two (Egmont; 2008) ISBN-13: 9781405238106.

Wallace and Gromit It's a Dog's Life (Egmont; 2008) ISBN: 13: 9781405238113.

The Art of Wallace and Gromit by Beth Harwood; foreword by Nick Park. (Egmont; 2009) ISBN-013: 9781405247894.

Wallace & Gromit in A Grand Day Out by Nick Park; illustrated by David Lopez. (Egmont; 2009) ISBN--13: 9781405245326.

Wallace and Gromit Baker's Dozen Cook Book: A Matter of Loaf and Death - 13 Ravishing Recipes (Egmont; 2009) ISBN-13: 9781405245821.

Wallace and Gromit: Cracking Contraptions Manual by Derek Smith, from designs by Lee Parsons; illustrated by Graham Bleathman. (Haynes; 2010) ISBN-13: 9781844259588.

Wallace and Gromit Grand Grub (Egmont; 2009) ISBN-13: 9781405244480.

Wallace and Gromit in The Wrong Trousers by Nick Park; illustrated by Bill Kerwin. (Egmont; 2010) ISBN-13: 9781405252386.

Wallace and Gromit's World of Invention by Penny Worms. (HarperCollins Children's; 2010) ISBN-13: 9780007382187.

Wallace and Gromit: Cracking Contraptions Manual 2 by Derek Smith, from designs by Lee Parsons; illustrated by Graham Bleathman. (Haynes; 2011) ISBN-13: 9780857331472.

My Little Wallace and Gromit books:

Furry Gromit (Simon & Schuster; 2004) ISBN-10: 0743489268.

Gromit's Busy Day (Simon & Schuster; 2004) ISBN-10: 0743489306.

Good Night Gromit (Simon & Schuster; 2005) ISBN-10: 0743489292.

On This Day: 05 Nov

Remember, remember, the fifth of November,
Gunpowder Treason and Plot.
I know of no reason why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!

Wallace & Gromit: Anoraknophobia by Tristan Davies & Nick Newman (Hodder &Stoughton; 1998).
Captain Britain vol.IV: The Siege of Camelot (Panini Books; 2009).
The Beatles Story (ROK Mobile Comics) #01 (2012).
Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2015 edited by Tim Benson. (Random House Books; 2015) ISBN-13: 978-1847947635

First Appearances:

Robo Machines in Eagle and Scream! (IPC Magazines Ltd.) vol.20? #138 (10 Nov 1984).

Births:

Edmund Xavier Kapp (1890); Bud Neill (1911)

Deaths:

Percy Fearon (Poy; 1948); Mabel Lucie Attwell (1964); René Goscinny (1977); Robert Maxwell (1991); Ron Bennett (2006)

Notable Events:

Robert Maxwell decided to go for a swim in the Atlantic in 1991.
Pedigree Books incorporated in 1996.
Spider-Man made a personal appearance at Nightingales in Chorley in 1984.
Ian Botham was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 1989.
Dan Dare: Pilot Of The Future CGI television series began in 2002.
Procon 1 took place at the Ramada Hotel, Bristol, in 2004.
Alan Moore's single The Decline of English Murder released in 2012.
Leeds Comic Con, part of Thought Bubble, the Leeds Comic Art Festival, began in 2016.

On This Day: 02 Nov

Girl (Hulton Press Ltd.) Vol.1 #01 (1951).

Britain's Best Political Cartoons 2017 edited by Tim Benson. (Random House Books; 2017) ISBN-13: 978-1847948076.

Births:

Colin McLoughlin (1925)

Deaths:

Walter Bell (1979); chairman of the Eagle Society Howard Corn (2016)

Notable Events:

Chad Varah launched the Samaritans hotline in 1953.
Beau Peep newspaper strip began in first issue of The Daily Star in 1978.
Fear and Loathing in Gonzovision, a documentary about Ralph Steadman, broadcast, as part of Omnibus, in 1978.
If... newspaper strip began in The Guardian in 1981.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour descended on Nostalgia & Comics, 14-16 Smallbrook, Queensway, Birmingham, in 1990.
A blue plaque was unveiled on 488 Audenshaw Road, Manchester, commemorating Frank Hampson in 2001.
Wallace & Grommit X–mas stamps were released by the Post Office in 2010.
Comica, the London International Comics Festival, began in 2012, running at multiple locations until the end of the month.
Cursed Edge – Prog 1 fan film released on YouTube in 2013.

On This Day: 27 Oct

Tiger and Speed (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[??] (01 Nov 1980).
Battle Action Force (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #[440] (29 Oct 1983).
The Dandy (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #3508 (30 Oct 2010).
The Thrill Electric (Channel 4) webcomic

It's Ghastly! (Hibernia; Oct 2016)

Births:

Florence Anderson (1893); Leo Baxendale (1930); Patrick Woodroffe (1940); Bernie Wrightson (1948)

Notable Events:

Spider-Man made a personal appearance on Central ITV's Saturday Starship magazine show in 1984. He also made personal appearances at Tesco in Gateshead and Birmingham, as well as Carrefour at Boroughbridge.
The Revolver Hallowe'en Tour descended on SF Bookshop, 42 West Crosscauseway, Edinburgh, in 1990, before making headway to Forbidden Planet, 168 Buchannon Street, Glasgow.
The Comic pull-out section began in The Guardian in 2007, with Robotgirl by John Aggs taking the front cover.
The first episode of Dead Set, written by former Oink! contributor Charlie Brooker, broadcast on Channel 4 in 2008.
The Dandy was relaunched in 2010, after the hybrid Dandy Xtreme experiment. Nigel Parkinson drew caricatures of the hosts of ITV chat show Loose Women, which appeared during that show's discussion of the news. With 18 new strips included in the line-up of the title, various other TV and radio shows made note of the developments, the most controversial of which was Harry Hill's prominent place on the cover.
Wallace and Gromit newspaper strip ended in 2013.
The official Beano YouTube channel launched in 2014 with the Dennis And Gnasher - Stink Bomb Prank short.

On This Day: 08 Oct

Doctor Who: The Widow's Curse (Panini Books; 2009)
The Knights of Pendragon: Once and Future (Panini Books; 2009)
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection (Titan Comics) vol.1 (2013) ISBN-10: 1782760326

First Appearances:

Tommy Hawk and Mo Cassin in Valiant (Fleetway Publications Ltd.) #02 (13 Oct 1962).
Ebony (Ebony Jones) in The Crunch (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #39 (13 Oct 1979).
Hell Trekkers in 2000 A.D. (IPC Magazines Ltd.) Prog 387 (13 Oct 1984).

Births:

Serge Drigin (1894); Hilda Boswell (1903); Rene Cloke (1904); Franco Cosimo Panini (1931); Alessandro Biffignandi (1935); Harvey Pekar (1939); Malcolm Douglas (1954); Tim Sanders (1957); Tony Luke (1966)

Deaths:

George du Maurier (George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier; 1896); Edward George Warris Hulton (1988)

Notable Events:

Larry Donovan jumped from Waterloo Bridge dressed as Ally Sloper, as part of a promotion, in 1887.
Bryan Talbot gave a talk at Murray Library Lecture Theatre, City Campus, University of Sunderland, in 2014.
Michael Moorcock's New Worlds online magazine announced its demise, in 2014, in a Facebook post. Despite the title of the e-magazine, Michael Moorcock had no involvement in the content.

On This Day: 07 Oct

Tops (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #01 (10 Oct 1981).
Care Bears (Marvel Comics Ltd.) #01 (Oct 1985).
Batman/Judge Dredd: Die Laughing (Egmont Fleetway Limited) Book One (1998).

Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection (Titan Comics) vol.2 (2014) ISBN-10: 1782760822

First Appearances:

Feldwebel Muller (Muller's Mob) in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #368 (10 Oct 1981).

Births:

Alfred Thompson (1831); John Brosnan (1947)

Deaths:

Philip Nutman (2013)

On This Day: 06 Oct

Captain Britain (Marvel Comics Ltd.) vol.1 #01 (13 Oct 1976).
The Ren & Stimpy Show (Marvel Comics) #01 (19 Oct 1994).

Doctor Who: The Age of Chaos (Marvel Comics; 1994)
Rick Random: Space Detective: 10 Classic Interplanetary Comic Book Adventures edited by Steve Holland. (Prion Books; 2008)
Arena (Bear Alley Books; Oct 2014) ISBN-13: 9781907081750
Wallace and Gromit: The Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection Vol.4 (Titan Comics; 2015) ISBN-10: 1782762051.
The Daily Dredds Vol.2: 1986-1989 by John Wagner & Alan Grant, Ian Gibson, Barry Kitson, Steve Dillon and Mike Collins. (Rebellion; Oct 2016) ISBN 978-1781-08459-5
Mega-City Undercover Vol.3 by Rob Williams, Andy Diggle, D'Israeli and Ben Willsher. (Rebellion; Oct 2016) ISBN 978-1781-08458-8

First Appearances:

Captain Britain (Brian Braddock) in Captain Britain vol.1 #01 (13 Oct 1976).
Harrier Squadron in Warlord (D.C. Thomson & Co., Ltd.) #419 (09 Oct 1982).
The Keeper (Timespell) in Eagle (IPC Magazines Ltd.) #238 (11 Oct 1986).
Hewligan's Haircut in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 700 (13 Oct 1990).
Bertie Sharp (Time Flies) in 2000 A.D. (Fleetway Publications) Prog 700 (13 Oct 1990).

Births:

Hugh Stanley White (1904); Clifford Meadway (1921); Ron Embleton (1930); Tony Greig (1946)

Deaths:

Leonard Cottrell (1974); James Austin Sillavan (JAS; 2013); Mike Tomkies (2016)

Notable Events:

Philip Pullman was a castaway on Desert Island Discs, on BBC Radio 4, in 2002.