The Question, Swamp Thing, Heavy Metal, Within the Rat, Batman and Robin, Buck Rogers, Seven Days, Enterprise, Brenda Starr, Out of this World.

Lots of great people and events today.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Denys Cowan 1960, comic book artist and television producer. He gained prominence as the primary artist on The Question, an acclaimed comic book series published by DC Comics for 36 issues from 1987 on.

Shawn McManus 1958, comic book artist, worked for Heavy Metal and DC Comics. He illustrated two 1980s issues of Swamp Thing written by Alan Moore. He has also drawn issues of Omega Men, Batman, Doctor Fate and a pair of limited series about the witch Thessaly written by Bill Willingham.

Stefan Salinas 1972, painter and illustrator, Within the Rat, his first graphic novel (which won him a Xeric Grant) is due to be published in 2010.

Michael Whalen 1902, actor, Private Investigator Dunne - Batman and Robin (1949)[Chs. 2, 9, 12], Prof. King - The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955), Dirk Green - Missile to the Moon (1958).

John Harmon 1905, actor, Hidden City Air Controller - Buck Rogers (1939), Lefty Bates - The Green Hornet (1940)[Chs. 12-13], Phillips (Reporter) - Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950), J. Blackstone Springem - Dick Tracy (3 episodes, 1950), Tate - Terry and the Pirates (1 episode, "Boxer's Rebellion", 1951), Mousey / Skinny / Clicker - Adventures of Superman (3 episodes, 1953-1955), Georgie / Clark - Twilight Zone (2 episodes, 1962-1963), Cook - The Invaders (1 episode, "Nightmare", 1967), Rodent / Tepo - Star Trek (2 episodes, 1967-1968), Groom - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "The Inside Rail", 1969).

Harvey Vernon 1927, actor, Willoughby - The Twilight Zone (segment "Wish Bank") (1 episode, 1985), Yolad Belar - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Equilibrium", 1994).

Charlene Polite 1942, actress, Vanna - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Cloud Minders", 1969).

Nicolas Surovy 1944, actor, Greg - The Twilight Zone (segment "Little Boy Lost") (1 episode, 1985), Pe'Nar Makull - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Time and Again", 1995), Dr. William Crichton - SeaQuest 2032 (1 episode, "Something in the Air", 1995), Ben Proctor - The Visitor (1 episode, "The Blackbox", 1997), Luthor Gannon/'Curator' - Seven Days (1 episode, 1998), Dr. Daniel Waterston - The X-Files(1 episode, "All Things", 2000).

Ilram Choi 1974, actor, martial artist, stuntman, visual effects artist, and actor who served as main stunt double for John Cho in Star Trek, especially for Cho's fight scenes on the drilling rig. In addition he portrayed an Enterprise security officer in this film.

Events

1940, Brenda Starr, Reporter Sunday comic starts.

1962, Out Of This World premiers on ABC (UK). Boris Karloff was the host.

2007, Dr. Who, "Last of the Time Lords" airs.