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| Vic Carrabotta 1929, Drawing primarily horror stories, Carrabotta did work for early issues of such Atlas anthologies as Adventures into Terror, Journey into Mystery (including issue #1), and Strange Tales prior to the imposition of the industry's self-censorship Comics Code, and science-fiction/fantasy suspense stories afterward for titles including some of those as well as Journey into Unknown Worlds, Marvel Tales, Mystic, Uncanny Tales, and others. Carrabotta was one of the few Atlas artists to regularly sign his work |
| Jim McDermott 1960, artist who has illustrated for animation, magazines and comic books. His work for comic books has appeared in GrimJack, Omega Men and Heavy Metal. Video Games & Computer Entertainment and TurboPlay featured his cover paintings and interior illustrations of video game characters. |
| Kevin VanHook 1965, comic book artist, writer, In comics, VanHook is best known for his work on Bloodshot from Valiant Comics. He also wrote the Flash Gordon comic strip in the 1990s. In 2002, VanHook Studios merged with Film Roman, the animation company best known for animating The Simpsons TV series. During his stint as a visual effects artist and supervisor, VanHook has worked on such films as Miss Congeniality, Hart's War, Daredevil, I, Robot and many others. VanHook also returned to comics in 2008 to write Superman and Batman vs. Vampires and Werewolves at DC Comics, as well as the Oracle mini-series that forms a part of the Battle for the Cowl storyline which deals with the aftermath of Batman R.I.P.. |
| Michael Lance "Mike" Wieringo 1963, comic book artist, best known for his work on DC Comics' The Flash and Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four. Wieringo gained prominence working with writer Mark Waid on DC Comics' super-speedster series The Flash vol. 2, penciling all but two issues from #80–92 (Early Sept. 1993 – July 1994), plus #0 (Oct. 1994); he additionally penciled covers through #100, #118–124, and 128–129, and for Flash 80-Page Giant #2 (April 1999). Wieringo co-created, with Waid, the young speedster Bart Allen, a.k.a. Impulse, in The Flash vol. 2, #91 (cameo) and #92 (first full appearance). Wieringo followed this with a short run on Robin, another DC title, with writer Chuck Dixon, while concurrently penciling Marvel Comics' Rogue #1–4 (Jan.–April 1995), a miniseries starring that X-Men superheroine. During this period, he also penciled occasional Marvel covers and small miscellaneous jobs for that company. After having penciled the Spider-Boy #1 (April 1996) one-shot, which combined Spider-Man and Superboy as part of the Marvel Comics-DC Comics intercompany crossover series of one-shots Amalgam Comics, Wieringo became the regular artist on Marvel's The Sensational Spider-Man, beginning with issue #8 (Sept. 1996). Wieringo's next major project was at Image Comics, where he reteamed with Dezago on their creator-owned fantasy series Tellos. The comic, a coming-of-age adventure sent in a magical, piratical world, ran 10 issues (May 1999 – Nov. 2000). Wieringo returned to DC Comics for all but one issue of Adventures of Superman #592–600 (July 2001 – March 2002), with writer Joe Casey. He then returned to Marvel and reunited with writer Mark Waid on Fantastic Four. Beginning with #51 (March 2002), Wieringo eventually drew 27 issues of Waid's 36 issues, wrapping up their run with #524, by which time the previously relaunched series had returned to its original numbering. |
| Robert Goodman 1955, actor, Crew member / Loader/Hyperion III Officer - Doctor Who (9 episodes, 1979-1986), Valet - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003). |
| Carol Byron 1937, actress, Carol Chase - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Ninety Years Without Slumbering", 1963), Big Sister - Dimension 5 (1966). |
| Scott Marlowe 1932, actor, Mario - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "The Gift", 1961), Jory Peters / Andre - The Outer Limits (2 episodes, 1963-1964), Jeremiah Gebhardt - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "The Death Trap", 1966), Angie - The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (1 episode, "The Deadly Sting", 1978), Robert Sawyer - Automan (1 episode, "Ships in the Night", 1984), Keeve Falor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Ensign Ro", 1991). |
| Peter Frederick Weller 1947, actor, Buckaroo Banzai - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Officer Alex J. Murphy / RoboCop - RoboCop (1987), Steven Beck - Leviathan (1989), Robocop - RoboCop 2 (1990), Joe Hendricksson - Screamers (1995), Chuck Taggart - Odyssey 5 (19 episodes, 2002-2003), John Frederick Paxton - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2005), Alistair Peck - Fringe (1 episode, "White Tulips", 2010). |
| Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. 1958, actor, John Henry - Hard Time on Planet Earth (1 episode, "The Hot Dog Man", 1989), GR55 - Universal Soldier (1992), Digit - The Meteor Man (1993), Eightball - Hologram Man (1995), Bouncer - Barb Wire (1996), President Lindberg - The Fifth Element (1997), Klaang - Star Trek: Enterprise (2 episodes, 2001), Tattooed Prisoner - The Dark Knight (2008). |
Events
| 1949, Joe Palooka marries Ann Howe in comic strip. |
| 2006, Dr. Who, "Fear Her" airs. |
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