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

June 4, 2011

Elquest, Wendy Pini, Out of the Unknown, Blakes 7, Space Patrol, Automan, The Romance of Betty Boop, Lara Croft, Enterprise, The Lost Planet.

The construction of NASA's Enterprise began today in 1974. How time flies.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Maximo V. Lorenzo 1982, comic book artist, worked with Tokyopop, Image comics and DC.
Wendy Pini 1951, part of the husband-and-wife team responsible for creating the well-known Elfquest series of comics, graphic novels and prose works. Wendy contributed several covers and illustrations to Galaxy Science Fiction and Galileo magazines in the mid-1970s, before launching Elfquest in 1978. Richard Pini, who had been a professional astronomer, is credited as co-writer and editor on Elfquest, as well as handling all of the publishing and business aspects of Warp Graphics. Prior to the widespread publication of Elfquest, Wendy was also known for dressing up at fan conventions as Red Sonja. Wendy Pini also created two graphic novels based on the TV series Beauty and the Beast and has illustrated occasional stories for both Marvel Comics and DC Comics. Trivia :They are also known as WaRP (as in Warp Graphics).
Josef "Joe" Rubinstein 1958, comic book artist and inker, most associated with inking Marvel Comics' The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe.
Steven Weissman 1968, cartoonist, best known for his offbeat and bizarre explorations of childhood friendships (not to mention competitiveness and mutual enmity). He has been published by Alternative Comics and Fantagraphics, and has had his work translated into French and Japanese. Weissman made his name with the Harvey and Ignatz award-nominated 1997 series Yikes (volume II), published by Alternative Comics. It features the light-hearted adventures of a gang of kids, very much in the Little Rascals mold, who just happen to be "monsters" — vampires, zombies, and the like. Yikes ran for two issues, and has since been collected, with previous self-published Yikes comics, in Don't Call Me Stupid and Mean, both put out by Fantagraphics.
David Collings 1940, actor, X117 / R. Daneel Olivaw - Out of the Unknown (2 episodes, 1966-1969), Daniel Clark - UFO (1 episode, "The Psychobombs", 1970), Silver - Sapphire & Steel (8 episodes, 1981-1982) Deva - Blakes 7 (1 episode, "Blake", 1981), Poul / Mawdryn - Doctor Who (11 episodes, 1975-1983). He appeared in the final episodes of two 1970s/1980s cult classic science fiction series: "Blakes 7" (1978) and "Sapphire & Steel" (1979).
Howard Culver 1918, actor, Bit - Space Patrol (1 episode, "Collapse of the Spider's Web", 1955), Jury Foreman - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Shadow Play", 1961), Voice - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "Reign of Terror", 1966), Drunk - Star Trek (1 episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever", 1967), Reporter - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "Man of Many Faces", 1967), Curator - Land of the Giants (1 episode, 1968), Dr. Vogel / Dr. Bensinger Project U.F.O. (2 episodes, 1978), Mailman - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "The Guardians", 1981). His chief claim to fame is his role as the hotel clerk for the entire run of Gunsmoke from 1955-1974.
Michelle Phillips 1944, actress, Veronica Everly - Automan (1 episode, "Murder, Take One", 1984), Jenice Manheim - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "We'll Always Have Paris", 1988), First became known as a member of the pop group, The Mamas and the Papas.
Derek McGrath 1951, actor, Prince Notfunnyenuf - Intergalactic Thanksgiving (1979) (TV) (voice), unknown role - The Romance of Betty Boop (1985) (TV) (voice), Secretary Culkin - Hologram Man (1995), Crewman Chell - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Learning Curve", "Repression", 1995-2000), Pax - Earth: Final Conflict (1 episode, "Entombed", 2001).
Angelina Jolie 1974, actress, Casella 'Cash' Reese - Cyborg 2 (1993), Lara Croft - Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Lara Croft - Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003), Franky - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004), Grendel's Mother - Beowulf (2007), Tigress - Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice). Is left-handed and therefore had to have guns specially made so that she could reload them easily for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).
Jimmy O'Gatty 1900, actor, Jasper Vale - Parolee - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)[Ch. 13] , Grady - Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950).


Events

1953, The Lost Planet is released.
1974, Construction begins on the NASA space shuttle Enterprise (OV-101).
1982, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is released in the US.
1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Transfigurations" airs.
2005, Dr. Who, "Boom Town" airs.

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