Birthdays
| Jerry Grandenetti 1925, comic book artist and advertising art director, best known for his work with writer-artist Will Eisner on the celebrated comics feature "The Spirit", and for his decade-and-a-half run on many DC Comics war series. |
| Anna Torv 1979, actress, Agent Olivia Dunham - Fringe (35 episodes, 2008-2010). Nariko (voice) - Heavenly Sword (2007) (Video Game). |
| Tom Sutton 1937, comic book artist, was an American comic book artist who sometimes used the pseudonym Sean Todd. He is best known for his contributions to work Marvel Comics and Warren Publishing's line of black-and-white horror-comics magazines, particularly as the first story-artist of the popular character Vampirella. Though well-suited to horror stories, Sutton was also admired for his work on such science fiction series as Marvel's Planet of the Apes magazine and First Comics' GrimJack and Squalor, and for the humor title Not Brand Ecch, on which he appeared in nearly every issue with parodies of Marvel's own characters. Sutton stayed mostly on Marvel's supernatural heroes: Werewolf by Night, Ghost Rider, Doctor Strange (in the 1970s series, plus Baron Mordo backup stories in the 1980s Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme). With writer Steve Englehart, penciler Sutton introduced the new furrily transformed X-Men character the Beast, who starred in a superhero/horror feature in Amazing Adventures #11-15 (March-Sept. 1972). He wrote and drew horror stories for such Charlton Comics titles as Ghost Manor, Midnight Tales, Monster Hunters and The Many Ghosts of Doctor Graves in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, and he produced painted covers for the company. In the mid-1980s, Sutton drew suspense stories for DC Comics' House of Mystery and House of Secrets, and he penciled virtually all 56 issues of DC's licensed series Star Trek. He also penciled the Harlan Ellison-scripted "Croatoan" in Heavy Metal volume two, #5 (Sept. 1978).Near the end of his life, Sutton did commercial art for New England ad agencies, and, under the pseudonym "Dementia", he drew for Fantagraphics' Eros Comix line of pornographic comics. |
| Billy DeBeck 1890, cartoonist, He created some of the memorable comic strip characters of the 1920s and 1930s, including Barney Google, Bunky, Snuffy Smith and the racehorse Spark Plug. DeBeck’s style of drawing is considered to be in the classic "big-foot" tradition quite prominent in American comic strips. In 1910 he took a job as a staff artist with a local weekly theater publication, Show World. From 1912 to 1916 he was an illustrator and political cartoonist with the Youngstown Chronicle Telegraph and the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. He launched a correspondence school that included cartoon instruction, and in 1916, back in Chicago, he started the comic strip, Finn an' Haddie, for the Adams Syndicate. At the Chicago Herald he created Married Life, a panel that eventually became a strip. He taught at the Chicago Academy and experimented with another panel, Olie Moses and Mara, Inc. He introduced Barney Google in 1919 in a strip titled Take Barney Google, F'rinstance. As Barney Google found an increasing readership, he moved to New York and lived on Riverside Drive. In 1921, he began the gag panel Bughouse Fables, which he signed Barney Google. Above Barney Google, he later added Bughouse Fables as a topper strip, which he eventually turned over to his assistant, Paul Fung. On May 16, 1926, he replaced Bughouse Fables with another topper, Parlor Bedroom and Sink, which evolved into Bunky. The National Cartoonists Society's annual award was originally named the Billy DeBeck Memorial Award. Created by Mary DeBeck in 1946, these were known as the Barney Awards. She also made the annual presentation of engraved silver cigarette cases (with DeBeck's characters etched on the cover to the winners (Milton Caniff, Al Capp, Chic Young, Alex Raymond, Roy Crane, Walt Kelly, Hank Ketcham and Mort Walker). |
| Michael Ansara 1922, actor, Pyzon - Terry and the Pirates (1 episode, "Chinese Legacy", 1951), Moki - The Sad Sack (1957), Miguel Alvarez - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961), Quarlo - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Soldier", 1964), Maniloff / Capt. Tomas Ruiz - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (2 episodes, 1964-1966), The Ruler - Lost In Space (1 episode, "The Challenge", 1966), Col. Hruda / Curator - The Time Tunnel (2 episodes, 1966-1967), Count Mario Romano - The Destructors (1968), Regis - Tarzan (1 episode, "Trek To Terror", 1968), Kang - Star Trek (1 episode, "Day of the Dove",1968), Murtrah - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "On a Clear Night You Can See Earth", 1969), The Ancient One - Dr. Strange (1978) (TV) (voice), Kane - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (4 episodes, 1979-1980), Vashtar - Thundarr the Barbarian (1 episode, "Prophecy of Peril", 1981), Hiawatha Smith - Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1 episode, "Quest of the Red Skull", 1981), Elric - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "The Geometry of Shadows", 1994), Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - Batman: The Animated Series (2 episodes, 1992-1994), Kang / Jeyal - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, "Blood Oath", "The Muse",1994-1996), Kang - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Flashback",1996), Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - The New Batman Adventures (1 episode, 1997), Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - SubZero (1998) (V) (voice), Mr. Freeze / Victor Fries - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Meltdown", 1999), Dr. Victor Fries / Mr. Freeze - Batman Beyond: The Movie (1999) (TV) (voice). Along with Jonathan Frakes, Marina Sirtis, Armin Shimerman, John de Lancie and Richard Poe, he is one of only six actors to play the same character on three different 'Star Trek' series. He played Kang in "Star Trek" (1966), "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993) and "Star Trek: Voyager" (1995). He has played the same character, Dr. Victor Fries/Mr. Freeze, in four different series: "Batman" (1992), "The New Batman Adventures" (1997), _"New Batman Superman Adventures, The" (1997)_ and "Batman Beyond" (1999). |
| Robert Walker, Jr. 1940, actor, Charlie Evans - Star Trek (1 episode, "Charlie X", 1966), Billy the Kid - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "Billy The Kid",1967), Nick Baxter - The Invaders (1 episode, "Panic", 1967), Bobby Hartford - Beware! The Blob (1972), Cloche/Bell - The Six Million Dollar Man (2 episodes, "Date With Danger, part 1 & 2",1978). |
| Kenneth Messeroll 1952, actor, Derek Wildstar - Starblazers (52 episodes)(voice), Ensign McDowell - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Next Phase",1992), Owen Harris - The X-Files (1 episode, "Salvage", 2001). |
| Darin Lynn Cooper 1966, actor, Cardassian Officer - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Sacrifice of Angels", 1997), Deputy Ray Hoese - The X Files (1 episode, "Requiem", 2000), General's Aide - The Tick (1 episode, "The Funeral", 2001). |
| Douglas Spain 1947, actor, Young Chakotay - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Tattoo", 1995). |
Events
| 1940, Jimmy Olsen first appeared in the radio show, The Adv. Of Superman. He then appeared in comics in 1941. |
| 1946, Mark Trail comic strip by Ed Dodd begins. |
| 1950, first version of Buck Rogers to appear on television, debuted on ABC and ran until January 30, 1951 |
| 1983, Rock and Rule was released |
| 1996, Babylon 5 Episode 56 - "Sic Transit Vir" first aired |
| 1996, Star Trek:DS9, "Hard Time" airs. |
| 1998, Star Trek:DS9, "In the Pale Moonlight" airs. |
| 1998, Star Trek:Voyager, "The Omega Directive" airs. |
| 1998, Babylon 5 Episode 101 - "The Corps is Mother, the Corps is Father" first aired |
| 2005, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Bound" airs. |
| 2006, Dr. Who, "New Earth" airs. |
| 2007, Zachary Quinto meets with the producers of Star Trek for the first time to discuss a role in the film. |
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