One of my golden age favorites for the covers was alway Lady Luck. That 40's good girl art was always great to look at and Klaus Nordling was the guy to make it. Take a look at the history that goes into this artists life.
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Birthdays
| Aaron McGruder 1974, cartoonist best known for writing and drawing The Boondocks. |
| Larry Marder 1951, best-known as the creator of comic book Tales of the Beanworld. |
| Klaus Nordling 1910, writer-artist for comic books. He is best-known for his work on the 1940s masked-crimefighter feature "Lady Luck", and as co-creator of the Marvel Comics superhero the Thin Man. Also circa 1939, he wrote and drew a short-lived syndicated Sunday-newspaper comic strip or panel titled Baron Munchauson. His first confirmed credit is as penciler-inker of the six-page feature "Lt. Drake of Naval Intelligence" in Fox's Mystery Men Comics #1 (Aug. 1939). Nordling, who is confirmably credited as the "Spark Stevens" writer-artist in Wonderworld Comics #5-#15 (Sept. 1939 - July 1940), also wrote and drew the humor features "Strut Warren" (in Fiction House's Fight Comics), "Bob Swab" (Quality Comics' Hit Comics), "Shorty Shortcake" in Wonderworld Comics, and "The Barker" (Quality's National Comics), plus the aviation feature "Shot and Shell" (Quality's Military Comics), among others. Nordling created the feature "The Three Aces", also known as "Crash, Cork, and the Baron", in Harvey Comics' Speed Comics #1 (Oct. 1939), and the detective feature "Pen Miller" in National Comics #1 (July 1940). |
| Vivi Janiss 1911, actress, Ethel Hall, Dr. King's Secretary - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Flora Gibbs / Edna Castle - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1960). |
| Janice Logan 1915, actress, Dr. Mary Robinson - Dr. Cyclops (1940). |
| Kevin Conway 1942, actor, Kahless - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Rightful Heir", 1993), Jonathan Walker - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), SG Leader - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "Message in a Bottle", 1998), The Control Voice - The Outer Limits (145 episodes, 1995-2002). |
| Julie Cobb 1947, actress, Yeoman - Star Trek (1 episode, "By Any Other Name", 1968), Adrea - The Fantastic Journey (1 episode, "Turnabout", 1977), Jill Norton - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Stop the Presses", 1978), Joanna Daniels Kendall - Starman (1 episode, "Fathers and Sons", 1987), Sally Reynolds - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Forget Me Not", 1996). |
| Scott Anthony Leva 1958, actor / Stuntman - Marine Officer - Invaders from Mars (1986), Ortakin - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Soldiers of the Empire", 1997), Waterboy #2 - X-Men (2000). Was The actor dressed in a Spider-Man suit that confronted the actors on set of X-Men as a joke. Realizing that he's in the wrong movie, Spidey backs off saying, "I'm so Sorry! I'm in the wrong movie." (this can be seen as an "Easter Egg" on the DVD edition of the movie). |
| Diana Lee Inosanto 1966, actress / stuntwoman, Customs Agent #2 - Barb Wire (1996), Eloi - The Time Machine (2002). |
| Melissa Young 1967, actress, Caprice - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Our Man Bashir", 1995). |
| Anthony Bonaventura 1978, actor, Riot Motorist - 2012 (2009/I), dock worker - Star Trek 2009. |
| Richard Lee Jackson 1979, actor, Jeremy - Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers (1 episode, "The Rockstar", 1993), Danny - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, "Past Tense: Part 1 & 2", 1995). |
| Beatrice Lillie 1894, actress, Revivalist - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). |
| Sebastian Shaw 1905, actor, Anakin Skywalker - Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). |
| Neil R. Jones 1909, sci-fi author, Space War, Twin Worlds. |
| Louise Cooper 1952, sci-fi author, Nemesis, Inferno, Infanta, Nocturne |
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