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

October 2, 2010

Avery Brooks, Alex Raymond, Flash Gordon, Jungle Jim, Secret Agent X-9, Dr. Cyclops, Sting, Dune, Charles Adler, Transformers, Project Moon Base.

Some of my first memories of comic strips was the work done by Alex Raymond. I'm sure if you read about his work then you'll agree with me that he was a master at his art.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Avery Brooks 1948, actor, Nokkar - Gargoyles (1 episode, "Sentinel", 1996), King Maximus - Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1 episode, "The Golden Goose", 1997), Captain Sisko - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (173 episodes, 1993-1999).
"Alex"ander Gillespie Raymond 1909, cartoonist, best known for creating Flash Gordon for King Features in 1934. Raymond's father encouraged his love of drawing from an early age, leading him to become an assistant illustrator in the early 1930s on strips such as Tillie the Toiler and Tim Tyler's Luck. Towards the end of 1933, Raymond created the Flash Gordon science-fiction epic comic strip to compete with the popular Buck Rogers comic strip and, before long, Flash was the more popular strip of the two. Raymond also worked on the jungle adventure saga Jungle Jim and spy adventure Secret Agent X-9 concurrently with Flash, though his increasing workload caused him to leave Secret Agent X-9 to another artist by 1935.
Frank Yaconelli 1898, actor, Pedro - Dr. Cyclops (1940).
"Sting" Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner 1951, singer/actor, Feyd Rautha- Dune (1984), Heroic Officer - The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), Zarm - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (4 episodes, 1990-1992), Narrator - Peter and the Wolf: A Prokofiev Fantasy (1993) (TV) (voice), Sting - Bee Movie (2007) (voice).
Charles Adler 1956, actor/voice actor, His most famous voice credits include The Smurfs, Tiny Toon Adventures, Cow and Chicken, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, I Am Weasel and Rocko's Modern Life. He has recently achieved fame for starring in Michael Bay's 2007 live-action film Transformers and its 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, providing the voice of Starscream, after having voiced the characters of Silverbolt and Triggerhappy in the 1980s Transformers animated series. Just as Chris Latta voiced both Starscream and Cobra Commander in the Sunbow/Marvel cartoons, Charlie Adler also was the voice of Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: Resolute.
James Craven 1892, actor, Norwood - Batman and Robin (1949)[Chs. 1, 3, 12-14], Prof. Millard - King of the Rocket Men (1949)[Chs. 1-7, 10], Dr. Bryant - Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950), Businessman - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Commdr. Carlson - Project Moon Base (1953), John Greer - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Riddle of the Chinese Jade", 1953).
Charles Drake 1917, actor, Mr. Dodd - Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Sheriff Matt Warren - It Came from Outer Space (1953), Dr. Ralph Harrison - Tobor the Great (1954), Robert Morrison - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Saucer", 1967), Commodore Stocker - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Deadly Years", 1967), Mr. Erdap - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "A Small War", 1970).
David "Dave" Somerville 1933, actor / singer, Larry Matson - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Conscience of the King", 1966).
Persis Khambatta 1950, actress, Princess Siri - The Man with the Power (1977) (TV), Lt. Ilia - Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), Nastasia - Warrior of the Lost World (1983), Chairperson - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Pilot", 1993).
Michelle Krusiec 1974, actress, Older Molly O'Brien - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Time's Orphan", 1998), Yumi - Spaced (2008) (TV), Random Girl/Sorority Girl/Hooker/Nurse - American Dad! (2 episodes, 2008).


Events

1950, Peanuts comic strip made its first appearance.
1950, Tom Corbett, Space Cadet airs on CBS.
1958, Felix the Cat airs on ABC.
1958, The Huckleberry Hound Show begins.
1958, "Yogi Bear's Big Break" airs on The Huckleberry Hound Show. First time Yogi appears on TV.
1959, CBS premieres The Twilight Zone 30-minute TV show.
1965, Atom Ant airs on NBC.
1976, Dr. Who, four-part serial "The Hand of Fear" airs.
1984, Design patent for the Ceti eel is issued.
1989, Star Trek:TNG, "The Ensigns of Command" airs.
1994, Portions of Kirk's death scene are re-shot on location for Star Trek Generations.
1995, Star Trek:DS9, "The Way of the Warrior" airs.
1995, Star Trek:Voyager, "Twisted" airs.
1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "False Profits" airs.
1999, Spider-Man Unlimited airs on FOX.
2000, Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda begins
2002, Filming of Enterprise "Vanishing Point" begins.
2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Minefield" airs.
2009, Stargate Universe airs Syfy.

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