. . . "1227634" . . "2000-05-18Z"^^ . . . "1927-12-26Z"^^ . . "Comic historian" . . . . "Denis Gifford"@en . "1927Z"^^ . "2000Z"^^ . "Gifford, Denis"@en . "Denis Gifford (26 December 1927 \u2013 18 May 2000) was a British writer, broadcaster, journalist, comic artist and historian of film, comics, television and radio. In his lengthy career, he wrote and drew for British comics; wrote more than fifty books on the creators, performers, characters and history of popular media; devised, compiled and contributed to popular programmes for radio and television; and directed several short films."@en .