Austin Briggs had an amazing background in the fields of cartooning. I recommend looking further into his history.
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Birthdays
| Rick Leonardi 1957,comic book artist, His well-known works include various sporadic fill-in issues of The Uncanny X-Men and The New Mutants, as well as runs on Cloak and Dagger, Spider-Man 2099, Nightwing, Batgirl, and Green Lantern Versus Aliens. He is credited, along with fellow illustrator Mike Zeck, of designing the black-and-white costume to which Spider-Man switched during the 1984 Secret Wars miniseries, and later wore for a time. |
| Bob McLeod 1951, comic book artist, best known for co-creating the New Mutants with writer Chris Claremont. |
| Josh Neufeld 1967, alternative cartoonist known for his fact-based comics on subjects like Hurricane Katrina, international travel and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and David Greenberger. |
| Gene Luen Yang 1973, graphic novelist, artist who created the graphic novel American Born Chinese. American Born Chinese tells the story of Jin Wang, a son of Chinese immigrants, who struggles to assimilate at a predominately white school after moving from San Francisco's Chinatown to the suburbs. Jin's story is interwoven with the legend of the Chinese folk hero Monkey King, and a sitcom starring buck-toothed Chinese stereotype Cousin Chin-Kee. |
| Austin Briggs 1908, cartoonist, After working for a while at an advertising agency, he became an assistant to the cartoonist Alex Raymond on Flash Gordon and succeeded him on Secret Agent Corrigan. In 1940 he drew a Flash Gordon Daily strip which he stayed on until about 1944; he moved onto creating illustrations for books and magazines such as Readers Digest and The Saturday Evening Post. He was one of the founding faculty for the Famous Artists School. |
| James Lafazanos 1976, actor, Wraith - Stargate: Atlantis (15 episodes, 2004-2006), Civvie - Battlestar Galactica (1 episode, "The Woman King", 2007), Jeremy (Gallery Owner) - The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) |
| Tom Tyler 1903, actor, Captain Marvel - Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), The Phantom - The Phantom (1943), Coffeehead - Dick Tracy (1 episode, "The Payroll Robbery", 1950), Union Dispatch Rider - Mysterious Island (1951)[Ch. 1]. |
| Ron Gans 1931, actor, Sentry - Sgt. Powers - Killers from Space (1954), Frog Alien / Creature / Alien Leader - Lost in Space (3 episodes, 1966-1967), Ken - Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968), Kanga / Roo - Welcome to Pooh Corner" (1983 - 86) TV series (voice), Drag Strip - The Transformers (9 episodes, 1985-1986), Armus - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Skin of Evil", 1988), Radio Movie Spot Announcer - Not of This Earth (1988) (voice), Magneto / Additional Voices - Pryde of the X-Men (1989) (TV) (voice). |
| Amanda McBroom 1946, actress, Dana Eastland - The Powers of Matthew Star (1 episode, "Experiments", 1982), JAG Captain Phillipa Louvois - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Measure of a Man", 1989). |
| Adam Nimoy 1956, television director. Nimoy is the son of actor Leonard Nimoy. Nimoy worked as an entertainment attorney before he began directing. His credits include episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Babylon 5, Sliders, and The Outer Limits where he directed his father in the episode "I Robot". |
| Eric Bana 1968, actor, Anchor - Finding Nemo (2003) (voice), Bruce Banner - Hulk (2003), Nero - Star Trek (2009), Henry DeTamble - The Time Traveler's Wife (2009). |
| Ryan Bollman 1972, actor, Boy #2 - Starman (1 episode, "The Return", 1986), Donik - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, 2000). |
| Liz Vassey 1972, actress, Student - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Birdwoman of the Swamps", 1989), Kristin - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Conundrum", 1992), Paula Fletcher / Barbara Whitmore - Quantum Leap (2 episodes, 1991-1993), Princess Tyra, Pangea's Leader - The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995) (TV), Captain Liberty - The Tick (9 episodes, 2001-2002). |
| Noel Manzano 1979, actor, Burrows - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Daedalus", 2005). |
| Joshua Cox 1965, actor, Officer Milardi - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Star Light, Star Bright - May 21, 1966", 1992), Martin - Sliders (1 episode, "Electric Twister Acid Test", 1996), Lt. David Corwin - Babylon 5: Thirdspace (1998) (TV), Lt. David Corwin - Babylon 5: The River of Souls (1998) (TV), Lt. David Corwin - Babylon 5 (35 episodes, 1994-1998), Jack McKenna - A.I. Assault (2006) (TV), Frost Giant Hailstrum - Thor (2011). |
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