Brick Bradford, Doctor Who, Blondie, Tales of Tomorrow, Turok, Gunsmoke, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project.

Great day for comic strip artists and people who played Doctor Who.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Clarence Gray 1911, comic strip artist, best known for his long run drawing Brick Bradford for more than two decades.

Paul McGann 1959, actor, portrayed the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie and subsequent tie-in media.

John Marshall 1955, cartoonist, best known as the artist of the Blondie comic strip since 2005. He works closely with scripter Dean Young, son of the strip's creator, Chic Young. In 1982, Marshall created the comic strip, Buford, distributed through Syndicated News Services, Inc. From 1994 to 2000, he worked with Mark Cullum on the King Features strip Walnut Cove. Marshall's editorial cartoons regularly appeared in the Press & Sun-Bulletin (Binghamton, New York) from 1989 to 2003. In the summer of 2002, he lettered and inked Hagar the Horrible. From February 2001 to January 2003, his daily panel, The U.S. of Play, appeared on United Features Syndicate's website. "I floundered for a couple of years," said Marshall, but he found a new direction in 2002 when he got a phone call from King Features to work on Blondie.

Brian Keith 1921, actor, Peters / Jack - Tales of Tomorrow (3 episodes, 1952), Maj. Gen. John M. Vanneman - Moon Pilot (1962), Dr. Alexei Dubov - Meteor (1979), Mullibok - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Progress", 1993), Duckman's Father - Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1 episode, "Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts", 1997)(voice), Uncle Ben Parker - Spider-Man (3 episodes, 1995-1998)(voice).

Alberto Giolitti 1923, comic book artist, became a mainstay of Western/Dell Publishing, for which he pencilled numerous characters, including Indian Chief, Tonto, Cisco Kid, Turok, Gunsmoke. In the 1960's he worked on Gold Key Comics' Star Trek. For the same company he drew a King Kong adaptation. In 1986 he realized a long science-fiction story, "Cinque anni dopo" ("Five Years Later"), and from the late 1980s he finished several stories of the main Italian comics western character, Tex Willer.

Ted Sorel 1936, actor, Kaval - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, 1993).

Annette Helde 1956, actress, Security Crewwoman #1 - Star Trek: First Contact (1996), Takar - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Scientific Method", 1997), Karina / Lt. Nadia Larkin - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1995-1998).

Chris Demetral 1976, actor, Jean-Luc Riker / Ethan - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Future Imperfect", 1990), Jack - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (4 episodes, 1994), Mato - The Wild Thornberrys (1 episode, "Pack of Thornberrys", 2000), Corey Cavalieri - Batman Beyond (1 episode, "Sentries of the Last Cosmos", 2000), Jules Verne - The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne (22 episodes, 2000), Bret - The Zeta Project (1 episode, "Quality Time", 2002).

Events

1992, Star Trek:TNG, "The Quality of Life" airs.

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Necessary Evil" airs.

1994, Star Trek:DS9, "Meridian" airs.

2001, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Civilization" airs.