Marv Wolfman, Blade, Godzilla, Alien Nation, Connie, Rise of the Cybermen.

A big Happy Birthday to comic book artist and Facebook friend Marv Wolfman. Marv wowed me with his "Blade" creation when I was younger, and still find it the one and only vampire character I can consider cool. Happy Birthday Marv !!! Hope you can make it to the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo next April. We topped over the 20,000 mark for this year and look forward to even higher numbers next year.

Today is a shorter day for birthdays but the events make up for it.

Enjoy !!


Birthdays

Marv Wolfman 1946, comic book writer and editor, Marv got his start at DC Comics in 1968, and eventually moved onto Marvel Comics in 1974, where he became one of the editors. While at Marvel, he worked on "Tomb of Dracula" (where he created the character of Blade) "Spider-Man", and the "Fantastic Four". He returned to DC in 1980 and worked on their "Teen Titans" comic, relaunching it as the "New Teen Titans". During his time at DC, he was one of the main editors of the Star Trek line of comic books:

Andrew Pepoy 1969, artist, He has worked on a large variety of different comics, including Superman, Spider-Man, Batman, The X-Men, Scooby Doo, Sonic the Hedgehog, The Simpsons, Betty & Veronica, Godzilla, Ghost, Star Wars, G.I. Joe, and many more. In 2000, he redesigned the Little Orphan Annie newspaper strip, which he illustrated for the next year. His most recent major project is the Katy Keene character revival for Archie Comics.

Roger Joseph Zelazny 1937, sci-fi author, writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels. His first story to attract major attention was "A Rose for Ecclesiastes", published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Stephen R. Donaldson 1947, sci-fi author, Lord Foul's Bane.

Sam Anderson 1945, actor, Assistant Manager - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Royale", 1989), Thomas Edison - Alien Nation (1 episode, "The Game", 1989), Leamus - The X-Files (1 episode, "The Pine Bluff Variant", 1998), Bernard Nadler - Lost (20 episodes, 2005-2010).

Events

1929, Connie, the adventure comic strip, begins as a daily strip. Connie was a female aviator. Connie was the first female adventure hero in American comics.

1991, Star Trek:TNG, "The Host" airs.

1996, Star Trek:DS9, "To the Death" airs.

1996, Babylon 5 Episode 60 - "War Without End, Part 1" first aired

1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "Resolutions" airs.

1998, Star Trek:DS9, "Profit and Lace" airs.

1998, Star Trek:Voyager, "One" airs.

2005, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Terra Prime" airs.

2006, Dr. Who, "Rise of the Cybermen" airs.