Tarzan, Flash Gordon, EC Comics, Creepy, Eerie, The Green Hornet, Babylon 5, Timemaster, The 4400.

Two great illustrators were born today. Dan Barry and Roy Krenkel both did beautiful work over the years. I especially loved the work Barry did in the Tarzan strip.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Dan Barry 1923, American cartoonist. Beginning in comic books during the 1940s. From 1947-48 he drew the Tarzan daily strip, then in 1951 revived the Flash Gordon daily strip

Roy Krenkel 1918, illustrator, Krenkel sometimes collaborated with Frazetta and Williamson on pages the trio drew for EC Comics, and his splash page contribution to Williamson's “Food for Thought” (Incredible Science Fiction 32, November-December 1955), a highly detailed alien landscape, is often regarded as a peak achievement in comic book illustration. Krenkel only drew one solo story for EC, the unsigned “Time to Leave” (Incredible Science Fiction 31, September-October, 1955), displaying a futuristic cityscape of architectural splendors. Notable are his 23 paperback book cover paintings as well as fronts pieces for Edgar Rice Burroughs or other fantasy writers published by Donald A. Wollheim at Ace Books & during the later part of the 1960s contributed cover paintings to DAW Books as well as Lancer Books who revived Robert E. Howard creator of Conan the Barbarian with revisions by L. Sprague de Camp in which Roy Krenkel was credited by cover artist Frank Frazetta as adviser. Krenkel also created preliminary roughs which Frank Frazetta modified and used to paint covers for Warren Publishing Creepy & Eerie magazines.

Greg Benedict 1934, actor, Two Bits - Batman (2 episodes, 1966), Carlo - The Green Hornet (1 episode, "The Secret of the Sally Bell", 1966).

Bruce McGill 1950, actor, Vernon Gage - The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987) (TV), Al the Bartender - Quantum Leap (2 episodes, 1989-1993), Commander Eugene Matuzak - Timecop (1994), Major Ed Ryan - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "Severed Dreams", 1996), Captain Braxton - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Relativity", 1999), Sam Dalton - Deep Core (2000), General McCormick - Justice League (2 episodes, 2003)(voice), Lloyd Waterman - The Cleveland Show (4 episodes, 2009-2010).

Alan Brooks 1950, actor, Naval Officer - Timemaster (1995), Annari Commander - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Nightingale", 2000).

Events

1967, Main engineering scenes are filmed for TOS: "The Changeling".

1987, Sixth of seven filming days on TNG: "The Naked Now", a rare Saturday shoot.

2004, The 4400 series begins