I want to wish my oldest son Michael a Happy Birthday. Can't believe he is 20 today, guess that makes me older. :)
Also enjoy the other birthdays and events going on today.
Enjoy!!
Birthdays
| Christopher Moeller 1963, writer and painter, His professional debut was in 1991, writing and painting Innovation Comic's Rocketman: King of the Rocketmen. This was followed by a run on Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, also from Innovation, for which he provided artwork and a number of cover illustrations. He also did James Bond covers, a number of Star Wars covers, and a "pop-up" Star Wars book called Battle of the Bounty-Hunters. In 1998, Moeller wrote and painted his second Iron Empires graphic novel Sheva's War for the short-lived Science Fiction imprint of DC Comics, Helix. That was followed by a run of covers for DC's Batman monthly comic book Shadow of the Bat. In 2000, he wrote and painted the graphic novel JLA: A League of One. He did an extended run of covers for the Vertigo monthly comic book Lucifer. In 2005, he wrote and painted the graphic novel JLA Classified: Cold Steel. |
| Joel Rosenberg 1954, science fiction and fantasy author who is best known for his long-running "Guardians of the Flame" series. |
| Tim Sale 1956, comic book artist, He began doing art for the series Myth Adventures in 1983, and was soon working on Thieves' World. The body of Sale's comics work has been with collaborator Jeph Loeb. The duo, credited in their comics as 'storytellers', produced popular work such as Batman: The Long Halloween, Batman: Dark Victory, and the so-called 'color' books for Marvel Comics starring characters such as Spider-Man, Daredevil, and Hulk. Tim Sale is currently working on artwork for the television program Heroes.[3] His artwork appears in the show as the work of the precognitive artist Isaac Mendez as well as other artists on the show. Mendez's work in the 9th Wonders! comic book on the show is also the work of Sale. Additionally, the font used throughout the show in the various captions and credits was created by Sale and is based on his handwriting style. |
| Stephen Macht 1942, actor, Joe - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "The Ultimate Imposter", 1977), Sgt. Thor - Galaxina (1980), Alexei Voshin - Highlander (1 episode, "The Sea Witch", 1992), Krim - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, "The Circle", "The Siege", 1993), Na'Far - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "A Day in the Strife", 1995), Nikolas Rokoff - Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (2 episodes, 1997), Kromanus / Krislov - Sliders (2 episodes, 1998-1999). Had auditioned for, and was given very serious consideration for the role of Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987). |
| Boni Lynn Yanagisawa 1971, stuntwoman and stunt actress who served as regular stunt double for Jolene Blalock in several episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. |
| Darius McCrary 1976, actor, Jazz - Transformers (2007) (voice). |
| Julie Benz 1972, actress, Jenny Michener - Sliders (1 episode, "Electric Twister Acid Test", 1996), Kathleen Topolsky - Roswell (7 episodes, 1999-2000), Kate Keys - Taken (2 episodes, 2002), Ursula - George of the Jungle 2 (2003) (V), Angela - Punisher: War Zone (2008). |
| Dan O'Herlihy 1919, actor, Harry Walker - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "African Connection", 1977), Dr. Ravashol - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 2", 1978), Dr. Albrecht Von Drachenfels - Artemis 81 (1981) (TV), Grig - The Last Starfighter (1984), The Old Man - RoboCop (1987), Charles Braling - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "The Coffin", 1988), The Old Man - RoboCop 2 (1990), Additional Voices - The Pirates of Dark Water (9 episodes, 1991), Grant Walker - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Deep Freeze", 1994). |
| Glenn Ford 1916, actor, Charlie - Blondie Plays Cupid (1940), Pa Kent - Superman (1978). |
| Phil Foglio 1956, cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work. |
| Douglas Barr 1949, actor, Roscoe Williams - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Countdown to Nowhere", 1988), Sam - Spaced Invaders (1990). |
Events
| 1952, "Mr Potato Head" toy is introduced; first toy advertised on television. |
| 1976, Future Cop TV movie airs on ABC. |
| 1983, V: The Original Miniseries airs on NBC. |
| 1989, Star Trek:TNG, "Pen Pals" airs. |
| 1994, Star Trek:DS9, "The Maquis, Part II" airs. |
| 1995, Star Trek:DS9, "The Die is Cast" airs. |
| 1995, Star Trek:Voyager, "Cathexis" airs. |
| 2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Vox Sola" airs. |
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