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

October 18, 2010

Gold Key Comics, The Blue Fairy, King Kong Lives, Species, The Yellow Kid, Hi & Lois, Battlestar Galactica.

If you're partial to comic strips like myself then the events portion will interest you. Also, if you've always wondered who the voice of the Blue Fairy was then look below.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays


Charles "Sandy" Plunkett 1955, artist and comics writer. He made his debut in the comic book world in the late 1970s, with several works for Marvel, DC and Gold Key comics. In the 1980s and 1990s he worked mostly for Marvel, occasionally writing some stories as well as drawing — mainly for covers.
Evelyn Venable 1913, actress, The Blue Fairy - Pinocchio (1940) (voice)
Herschel Sparber 1943, actor, Hunter - King Kong Lives (1986), Security Guard - A Goofy Movie (1995) (voice), President Jaresh-Inyo - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (2 episodes, 1996).
Katherine Irene Kurtz 1944, sci-fi writer / fantasy writer, author of numerous fantasy novels, most notably the Deryni novels. She is known to be friends with Anne McCaffrey. She was a member of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a loose-knit group of Heroic Fantasy authors founded in the 1960s, some of whose works were anthologized in Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! anthologies. She appeared as an Enterprise crewmember in the recreation deck scenes in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
Mark La Mura 1948, actor, John Doe - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Transfigurations", 1990).
Anthony Guidera 1964, actor, Cardassian - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Circle", 1993), Robbie, Guy Picking Up Sil - Species (1995), Carson Napier - Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1 episode, "Tarzan and the Amtorans", 1997), Co-Pilot Tucker - Armageddon (1998/I).


Events

1896, McFadden’s Row of Flats comic strip featuring the Yellow Kid begins.
1954, Hi & Lois comic strip begins. Created by Mort Walker and drawn by Dik Browne.
1968, Star Trek:TOS, "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" airs.
1995, Babylon 5 Episode 42 - "Divided Loyalties" first aired
2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Drive" airs.
2004, Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series) begins.

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