Daily Birthdays and Events in Sci-Fi, Comics and related areas

May 7, 2010

Grass Green, Michael T. Gilbert, Darkwing Duck, Quark.

Birthdays

Grass Green 1939, comic artist, notable for being the first black participant in both the 1960s fan art movement and the 1970s underground comics movement.[2] Popular creations included Xal-Kor the Human Cat and Wildman and Rubberroy. In 1967, Green broke into the professional comics world, collaborating with Roy Thomas on "The Shape" in Charlton Premiere #1. In the late 1960s, Green drew several more humorous strips for Charlton Comics, mostly in Go-Go Comics.
Michael T. Gilbert 1951, He worked on the celebrated Elric series with P. Craig Russell, and is best known as the creator of Mr. Monster, which has been published by Pacific Comics, Eclipse Comics and Dark Horse Comics since 1984. He has also worked on Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor, Heavy Metal, Legends of the Dark Knight, Marvel Double-shot (starring Dr. Strange) and in 2000 wrote and illustrated a Superman graphic novel, “Mann & Superman." In recent years he's written or drawn characters as diverse as Superman, Batman, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse. He has been a scriptwriter for Disney comics since 1990, as has his wife Janet Gilbert. He has written and drawn Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight,
S. Scott Bullock 1956, actor/voice actor, best known for his role as Eddie the Jersey Cow in the film Barnyard, Mr. Elliot in Invader Zim, Thunder in Teen Titans, Captain Bones and Lens McCracken in Crashbox, Lamont in Gargoyles, Argos Bleak in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Jacques Tojoure in TaleSpin, Flapper in Dink, the Little Dinosaur, F.T. in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series, Dharman in Afro Samurai, Charles Quibble and Mr. Big in Bonkers, Tom Lockjaw in Darkwing Duck, Dr. Randall in As Told by Ginger, Bill in Catscratch and King Goobot in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius.


Events

1977, Quark, a science fiction situation comedy airs on NBC.
2005, Dr. Who, "The Long Game" airs.

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