Enjoy !!!!
Birthdays
| Joe Kubert 1926, comic book artist who went on to found the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. |
| Shad Petosky 1974, comics author, designer, and television animator. He, Zander Cannon and Kevin Cannon formed the comic art studio Big Time Attic in the fall of 2004. They illustrated the graphic novel Bone Sharps, Cowboys, and Thunder Lizards for science writer Jim Ottaviani. They are currently working on a genetics graphic novel with writer Mark Schultz for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and Top 10. |
| William Stout 1949, fantasy artist and illustrator, Stout began his professional career as an illustrator for comic books and graphic novels, with his first job coming in 1968 with the cover for the first issue of the pulp magazine Coven 13. In 1971 he worked as Russ Manning's assistant on Manning's Tarzan of the Apes Sunday and daily newspaper comic strips. In 1972, Stout worked for Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder on Playboy's "Little Annie Fanny". In 1973 Stout began his relationship with the Firesign Theatre, where he gained international notoriety for his numerous bootleg record album covers. From 1976 to 1977 Stout worked as art director for the rock magazine Bomp! During this time, he became one of the first American contributors to Heavy Metal magazine. In 1977 Stout painted his first movie poster, for Ralph Bakshi's film Wizards. During his career, Stout has worked on the advertising for over 120 films. In 1978, with Buck Rogers, Stout began his film production design career. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Stout and fellow illustrator Richard Hescox ran a Los Angeles art studio, working on such projects as the storyboards for Raiders of the Lost Ark and pop singer Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. Fellow cartoonist Dave Stevens worked for a time in the same studio. Stout has worked on over thirty feature films, including both Conan films, First Blood, The Hitcher, and Invaders From Mars. In 1985, with Return of the Living Dead, Stout became the youngest production designer in film history. He also production designed the Masters of the Universe film. Stout wrote The Warrior and the Sorceress for Roger Corman, and a never-produced dinosaur feature for Jim Henson. For Industrial Light & Magic in 1996, he designed "Edgar" (the big bug in Men in Black). Stout was the key character designer for the computer-animated feature Dinosaur (released in 2000). Stout worked as the conceptual designer for The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, and key designer for Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. Recent film work includes Christopher Nolan's film The Prestige and creature design for Frank Darabont's & Stephen King's The Mist. He is slated to work on del Toro's At the Mountains of Madness as well as a proposed John Carter of Mars film. In 1981 Bantam Books published Stout's landmark masterwork The Dinosaurs: A Fantastic New View of a Lost Era (recently updated and re-published as The New Dinosaurs). In 1983, Stout was among those who illustrated Ray Bradbury's Dinosaur Tales. In 1984 he illustrated The Little Blue Brontosaurus, which was a 1984 Children's Choice Award recipient and the basis for the 1988 animated feature The Land Before Time. In 1986, as a result of his paleontological reconstruction work, eleven Stout paintings were selected for inclusion in the traveling exhibition "Dinosaurs Past and Present," an important group show depicting the history of paleoart. Author Michael Crichton acknowledged Stout's work as an inspiration for his 1990 book Jurassic Park. In 1993, Universal Cartoon Studios chose Stout to design a prime-time animated series of Jurassic Park. Also in 1993 Comic Images released William Stout's Lost Worlds, the first of three trading card sets. In January 1989, Stout traveled to Antarctica and Patagonia. His experiences there eventually resulted in the one-man show "Dinosaurs, Penguins and Whales — The Wildlife of Antarctica. In 2001, Stout illustrated Richard Matheson's first children's book, Abu & The 7 Marvels, which won many awards. The Stout-illustrated book The Emerald Wand of Oz was released in 2005, followed by Trouble Under Oz in 2006. Stout's own publishing company, Terra Nova Press, has published thirty-four books on art and the history of art. |
| Harry Townes 1914, actor, Wilkins / Dr. Platan - Tales of Tomorrow (2 episodes, 1951-1952), Brigadier General Towne - Steve Canyon (1 episode, "Operation Towline", 1958), Jim Benedict - Destination Space (1959) (TV), Dr. William Thyssen - Men Into Space (1 episode, "Lost Missile", 1959), Dr. Alexander Slawson / Gerald Simms - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (2 episodes, 1959-1960), Arch Hammer / Henry Ritchie - Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1960-1961), Dr. Clifford Scott - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "O.B.I.T.", 1963), Reger - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Return of the Archons", 1967), Will Hale - The Invaders (1 episode, "Valley of the Shadow", 1967), Captain Bates - Tarzan (2 episodes, 1967), Roy Adkins - The Immortal (1 episode, "The Return", 1970), Dr. Malthus - Planet of the Apes (1 episode, "The Interrogation", 1974), Marcus - Ark II (1 episode, "Omega", 1976), The Guardian - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "The Guardians", 1981), Professor Garth - Voyagers! (1 episode, "The Trial of Phineas Bogg", 1983). |
| Sarah Rayne 1987, actress, Hannah - Toy Story (1995) (voice), Elani - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Innocence", 1996), Young Kayley - The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot (1998) (voice). |
Events
| 1964, Jonny Quest airs on ABC. |
| 1967, Arena scenes are filmed for TOS: "Bread and Circuses". |
| 1982, The Flintstone Funnies airs on NBC. |
| 1987, A two-hour syndicated TV special DuckTales airs. This is the debut of the first daily animated series from the Walt Disney Studios. |
| 1989, Alien Nation TV series begins on Fox. |
| 1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Descent, Part II" airs. |
| 1995, Star Trek:Voyager, "Elogium" airs. |
| 1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "The Chute" airs. |
| 1999, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century airs. |
| 2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Shockwave, Part II" airs. |
No comments:
Post a Comment