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

August 17, 2011

Amazing Spider-Man, Iron Man, Dazzler, The Flash, Air-Wave, Pinocchio, Trix Rabbit, Man From Atlantis, Galactica 1980, Alien Avenger, Automan.


Who did Popeye christen "Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom" in the 1933 comic strip? Guess you'll have to check out the events section.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

John Salvatore Romita, Jr., 1956, comic book artist best known for his extensive work for Marvel Comics from the 1970s to the 2000s. He began his career at Marvel UK, doing sketches for covers of reprints. His American debut was with a six page story entitled "Chaos at the Coffee Bean!" in Amazing Spider-Man Annual #11 (1977). Romita's early popularity began with his run on Iron Man with writer David Michelinie and artist Bob Layton which began in 1978. In the early 1980s, he had his first regular run on the Amazing Spider-Man series and also was the artist for the launch of the Dazzler series. he co created the character Hobgoblin and he drew an issue in which Spider-Man would encounter the Juggernaut where the villain would end up trapped in cement foundations. From 1983 to 1986 he had a run on the popular Uncanny X-Men with Dan Green and author Chris Claremont.
Alex Saviuk 1953, comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Saviuk's professional career began in 1977 at DC Comics, where he illustrated such titles as Green Lantern, The Flash and Superman. In the early 1980s, Saviuk was the regular backup feature artist on Action Comics, where he drew the exploits of characters like the Atom, Air-Wave, and Aquaman. In 1986, Saviuk moved to Marvel Comics, where he eventually established himself as a key Spider-Man artist with a seven-year run on Web of Spider-Man (issues #35-116). From 1994–1996, Saviuk worked on the series Spider-Man Adventures (later retitled The Adventures of Spider-Man).[4] Since 1997, Saviuk has drawn The Amazing Spider-Man Sunday newspaper comic strip,[4] written by Stan Lee; since 2003, he has inked the daily Spider-Man strip, written by Lee's brother Larry Lieber.
Charles Judels 1882, actor, Chicken Farmer - Porky's Garden (1937) (voice), Stromboli / The Coachman - Pinocchio (1940) (voice).
Mort Marshall 1918, voice actor, Charles Otis - Target Earth (1954), Mad Hatter - Alice in Wonderland (1955) (TV), Jules Manning - Gammera the Invincible (1966). He was the original voice for the "Trix" rabbit.
Michael Strong 1924, actor, Dr. Roger Korby - Star Trek (1 episode, "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", 1966), Dale Hyde - The Green Hornet (1 episode, "Hornet, Save Thyself", 1967), Jason Richards - The Immortal (1 episode, "My Brother's Keeper", 1971), Travin - The Planet of the Apes (1 episode, "The Surgeon", 1974), Herman Lower - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Carnival of Spies", 1977), Hugh Trevanian - Man From Atlantis (1 episode, "The Siren", 1978), Charles Robinson - Project U.F.O. (1 episode, "Sighting 4022: The Camouflage Incident", 1978), Resistance Leader/The Old Man - Galactica 1980 (2 episodes, 1980).
Julianna McCarthy 1929, actress, Mrs. Sarah Loomis Johnson - Dark Shadows (1990) (TV), Abigail Collins/Mrs. Johnson - Dark Shadows (12 episodes, 1991), Interviewee - Alien Avengers (1996) (TV), Expert - Starship Troopers (1997), Mila - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (3 episodes, 1995-1999).
Glenn Corbett 1933, actor, Zefram Cochrane - Star Trek (1 episode, "Metamorphosis", 1967), David Hiller - The Immortal (1 episode, "Sylvia", 1970), Sloan - Manimal (1 episode, "Night of the Scorpion", 1983), Jarrett Powers - Automan (1 episode, "Unreasonable Facsimile", 1984).
Gary Armagnac 1952, actor, Lt. McNary - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Big Goodbye", 1988).
Kate McNeil 1959, actress, Patty O'Neil - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1 episode, "Blue Man Down", 1987), Olivia Barrett Covington - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "The Leap Between the States - September 20, 1862", 1993), Janice Rosen - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "The Quality of Mercy", 1994), Nan Wieder - The X-Files (1 episode, "Theef", 2000), Female Astronaut #1 - Space Cowboys (2000), Commander Collins - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Affliction", 2005).
Joshua Andrew Koenig 1968, actor, Tumak - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Sanctuary", 1993), The Joker - Batman: Dead End (2003), Emil - InAlienable (2008). Son of Walter Koenig.


Events

1933, Popeye christens Swee'Pea as "Scooner Seawell Georgia Washenting Christiffer Columbia Daniel Boom", in some strips later he is sometimes called Scooner by Popeye and others.
1951, Lost Continent is released.
1967, Scenes at Harry Mudd's entrance hall are filmed for TOS: "I, Mudd".
1994, Babylon 5 Episode 21 - "The Quality of Mercy" first aired

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