1956

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Publications

Ireland

• The Adventures of Sean Bunny by Marion King, The Irish Times
• Capuchin Annual by various
• The Doings of Larry O'Hooligan by W. H. Conn, Ireland's Saturday Night
• Dublin Opinion by various
• Our Boys by various

UK

• ""Big Beardie", drawn by Shamus O'Doherty, The Dandy, DC Thomson
• "Crackaway Jack", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Dandy, DC Thomson
• "General Jumbo", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Beano Book 1957, DC Thomson
• "Jack Flash", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Beano, DC Thomson
• "Jimmy's Mighty Midgets", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Topper, DC Thomson
• "The White Witch", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Topper, DC Thomson
• "The Wooden Horse", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Beano, DC Thomson
• "Young Davy Crockett", drawn by Paddy Brennan, The Beano, DC Thomson

Births

• Peter Morwood, writer, Lisburn, County Antrim
• David Sandlin, writer-artist, Belfast

Deaths

• 27 April: William Beckett ("Maskee"), cartoonist, Dublin