Gargoyles, Babylon 5, Spider-Man, Alfred Pennyworth, Dr. Octopus, Ambush Bug, Doctor Fate, Punx, XO-Manowar, Blakes 7.

Keith Giffen is having a birthday today. He's made his mark in so many titles over the years. I recommend taking a peek.


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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.,actor, Alfred Pennyworth - Batman: The Animated Series (57 episodes, 1992-1995), Alfred - Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) (voice), King Arthur - Biker Mice from Mars (2 episodes, 1995), Mace Malone - Gargoyles (1 episode, "Revelations", 1995), Firebrand / Justin Hammer - The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (3 episodes, 1995), Dr. Denton P. Hookerman - Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Zap Attack", 1996), William Edgars - Babylon 5 (4 episodes, 1997), Dr. Octopus / Dr. Otto Octavius - Spider-Man (11 episodes, 1995-1997), Wayland Scott - The Visitor (1 episode, "Miracles", 1997), Alfred Pennyworth - The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1998) (TV) (voice), Alfred Pennyworth / Business man - The New Batman Adventures (12 episodes, 1997-1998), Alfred Pennyworth - Superman: The Animated Series (4 episodes, 1997-1999), Dr. Octopus - The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man (1999) (voice), Alfred Pennyworth - Justice League (3 episodes, 2003-2004).

Keith Giffen 1952, comic book illustrator and writer. best-known for his long runs illustrating, and later writing the Legion of Super-Heroes title in the 1980s and 1990s. He also created the alien mercenary character Lobo (with Roger Slifer), and the irreverent "want-to-be" hero, Ambush Bug.He has worked on titles (owned by several different companies) including Woodgod, All Star Comics, Doctor Fate, Drax the Destroyer, Heckler, Nick Fury's Howling Commandos, Reign of the Zodiac, Suicide Squad, Trencher. For Valiant Comics, Giffen wrote XO-Manowar, Magnus, Robot Fighter, Punx and the final issue of Solar, Man of the Atom.

John Francis Rosenberger 1918, comic book artist and painter, he worked primarily in the romance and superhero genres of comics, with forays into many other subjects.

Events

1981, Blakes 7, 4th series Episode 10. "Gold"

1987, Star Trek:TNG, "Haven" airs.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 27 - "The Long Dark" first aired

Gill Fox, Torchy, Plastic Man, Hi and Lois, The Meteor Man, Doctor Who, Captain America, Commando Cody, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, Smitty.

Gill Fox was born on this day and made some of the Quality Comics covers in the 40's come to life. If you don't believe me then checked out Quality Comics covers especially Torchy and Plastic Man.


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Gill Fox 1915, political cartoonist, comic book artist and editor, and animator, in 1940, he was an editor and a cover artist for Quality Comics, with his work gracing the covers of such titles as Torchy and Plastic Man. In 1941, he wrote several weeks of continuity for the Spirit daily newspaper strip. he met Dik Browne, and assisted him on Browne's comic strip Hi and Lois.

Don Cheadle 1964, actor, Goldilocks - The Meteor Man (1993), Luke Graham - Mission to Mars (2000), Brother Faith - The Simpsons (1 episode, "Faith Off", 2000), Lt. Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes / War Machine - Iron Man 2 (2010).

Michael Craze 1942, actor, Ben Jackson - Doctor Who (37 episodes, 1966-1967), Fred - Journey to the Unknown (1 episode, "The Last Visitor", 1969).

Dale Van Sickel 1907, actor, Callbox Motorcycle Cop [Ch. 3]/Rick - Phony Humane Society Workman [Ch. 10] - Captain America (1944), Otto Wagner/'Frank Martin' - The Invisible Monster (1950)[Chs. 1, 10], Watchman - Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)[Ch. 1], Alon - Radar Men from the Moon (1952), Peralta Junction Station Agent - Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)[Chs. 1, 10], Policeman #2 - Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953), Beck - Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders (1953), Baker / Slim's Partner - Adventures of Superman (2 episodes, 1953-1957) Looter - The War of the Worlds (1953), Man at Rally - The Rocket Man (1954), Link - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (3 episodes, 1954), Clancy - Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe (5 episodes, 1955), Man Crushed Beneath Wall - Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), Tracer #1 - Cyborg 2087 (1966).

Events

1922, Smitty comic strip by Walter Berndt began.

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "Wink of an Eye" airs.

2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Flesh and Blood" airs.

Timely Comics, Crisis on Infinite Earths, The Power of Shazam!, Dick Tracy vs. Cueball, The Incredible Hulk, Star Trek Nemesis, The Void.

Take a look at the birthdays and events today.


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Vincent Fago 1914, comic-book artist and writer who served as interim editor of Timely Comics, the Golden Age predecessor of Marvel Comics, while editor Stan Lee did his World War II service. after Lee's return, Fago left to work in independent comic-book production and as a children's-book illustrator for Golden Press.

Jerry Ordway 1957, writer, penciller, inker and painter of comic books. He is best known for his inking work on a wide variety of DC Comics titles, including the continuity-redefining classic Crisis on Infinite Earths (1985-1986), his long run working on the Superman titles from 1986-1993, and for writing and painting the Captain Marvel original graphic novel The Power of Shazam! (1994), and writing the on-going monthly series from 1995-1999. In 2001, he drew the one-shot Just Imagine. He inked the last year (May 2002 - May 2003) of the Batman family title Azrael: Agent of the Bat (#88 - #100), and also provided the artwork for a six-issue story arc in Wonder Woman (vol. 2, issues #189-194), with writer Walt Simonson in 2003. Recent work includes pencilling three issues of The Brave and the Bold (volume 2) (#11-13, May-July 2008) with writer Mark Waid, and pencils for Justice Society of America Annual #1 (Sept. 2008), alongside some interior artwork for the on-going Justice Society of America series during late 2008.

Max Wagner 1901, actor, Max, Dripping Dagger Bartender - Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), Sgt. Rinaldi - Invaders from Mars (1953), Radio Operator - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "Around the World with Superman", 1954).

Events

1977, The Incredible Hulk second TV movie is aired on CBS.

1988, Star Trek:TNG, "Where Silence Has Lease" airs.

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Sanctuary" airs.

1994, Star Trek:DS9, "Fascination" airs.

2001, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Cold Front" airs.

2001, Filming begins on Star Trek Nemesis.

2003, The Void is released.

Batman & Robin, Witchblade, The Cage, Doctor Who, landing party jackets, Babylon 5.

Quite a few will remember the episodes of the various Star Trek shows that aired for the first time on this date.


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Whitney Ellsworth 1908, comic book editor, and sometime writer and artist for DC Comics, Ellsworth was also the first writer on the Batman & Robin newspaper strip, which appeared first on Sundays and later on weekdays.

Stjepan Sejic 1981, comic book artist, currently working as an illustrator for American comic book Witchblade, published by Top Cow Productions.

Events

1964, First shooting day of TOS: "The Cage". The first ever scene of Star Trek (Captain Pike sharing a glass of martini with Doctor Boyce in his quarters) is filmed today.

1983, Dr. Who, one-part serial "The Five Doctors" airs.

1985, Design patent for landing party jackets is issued.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Parallels" airs.

1995, Babylon 5 Episode 48 - "Passing Through Gethsemane" first aired

1995, Star Trek:DS9, "Our Man Bashir" airs.

1995, Star Trek:VOY: "Resistance" airs.

1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "The Q and the Grey" airs.

2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Vanishing Point" airs.

Micronauts, Jumbo Comics, Doll Man, Babylon 5, Charles Schulz, Snoopy, Peanuts, Li'l Folks, Captain America, Metropolis, Dick Tracy, Ben Casey.

I'm doing the Snoopy dance because it's the birthday of Charles Schulz. Charles would have been 89 today.


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Pat Broderick 1953, comic book artist known for his work on the Micronauts. Broderick also pencilled the four-part Batman: Year Three storyline, written by Marv Wolfman, which detailed the first meeting of Batman and Tim Drake.

Lou Fine 1914, Fine's first published comics art was the strip "Wilton of the West" in Fiction House's Jumbo Comics #4 (Dec. 1938), Fine went on to do exquisite and acclaimed work for Fox Feature Syndicate, where he supplied the cover of 1939's Blue Beetle #1 and drew such features as "The Flame" in Wonderworld Comics and the later eponymous series. For publisher Everett M. "Busy" Arnold's Quality Comics, he drew features including "The Black Condor" (initially under the pseudonym Kenneth Lewis) in Crack Comics; "Doll Man" (under the pseudonym William Erwin Maxwell) in Feature Comics; "The Ray" (initially under the jokey pseudonym E. Lectron) in Smash Comics; "Uncle Sam" (for which Eisner & Iger co-founder Will Eisner received credit) in National Comics; and "Stormy Foster" in Hit Comics. Fine became particularly prominent as a cover artist.

Louis Turenne 1933, actor, known for his work on the Babylon 5 television series. Turenne played the Minbari Draal in the first season two-part episode "A Voice in the Wilderness". The producers later cast him in the recurring role of Brother Theo, the leader of a group of Roman Catholic monks who came to live on the station. Pierce -The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, 1980), German Officer - Galactica 1980 (2 episodes, 1980).

Charles Monroe Schulz 1922, cartoonist best known worldwide for his Peanuts comic strip. Schulz's first regular cartoons, Li'l Folks, were published from 1947 to 1950 by the St. Paul Pioneer Press; he first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like Snoopy. In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post; the first of seventeen single-panel cartoons by Schulz that would be published there. Later that year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best strips from Li'l Folks, and Peanuts made its first appearance on October 2, 1950. The strip became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. He also had a short-lived sports-oriented comic strip called It's Only a Game (1957–1959), but abandoned it due to the demands of the successful Peanuts. From 1956 to 1965 he also contributed a single-panel strip ("Young Pillars") featuring teenagers to Youth.

Robert Strange 1881, actor, John Malcolm - Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), Dog Show Judge - Blondie in Society (1941), Gang Lawyer - Captain America (1944)[Ch. 12].

Erwin Biswanger 1896, actor, 11811 / Georgy - Metropolis (1927).

John Cliff 1918, actor, Flattop - Dick Tracy (3 episodes, 1950), Rymers - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1 episode, "Beyond the Curtain of Space: Chapter III", 1954), Ed Crowley / Heavy - Adventures of Superman (2 episodes, 1956-1957), Gen. Tunney - Men Into Space (1 episode, "Moon Cloud", 1960), Soldier - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Night of Decision", 1961), Chief Bundy - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "Dennis at Boot Camp", 1962), Peterson - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Mr. Garrity and the Graves", 1964), Night Watchman - The Gnome-Mobile (1967).

Events

1962, First daily Ben Casey strip, drawn by Neal Adams

1986, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premiers in the US.

1993, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time is aired.

1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Concerning Flight" airs.

2002, Soundtrack for Star Trek Nemesis is released.

2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Carpenter Street" airs.

2004, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Awakening" airs.

Uncle Remus, Goofy, The Phantom Blot, Batman, Captain Christopher Pike, Lois Lane, Noel Neill, Khan, Ricardo Montalban, Poul Anderson.

Noel Neill is having a birthday today. She has the notoriety of having been a part of the Superman franchise for 59 years first playing the part of Lois Lane in 1947 and subsequently moving on to playing Lois's mother and ending her reign in 2006's Superman Returns movie. Such a long career deserves a second look.


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Paul Murry 1911, cartoonist and comics artist. He is best known for his Disney comics, which appeared in Dell Comics and Gold Key Comics from 1946 to 1984. In the 1940s, Murry worked on Disney newspaper strips, including the Sunday Uncle Remus and His Tales of Brer Rabbit strip from the first installment on October 14, 1945 through July 14, 1946. He is best known for his rendition of Mickey Mouse and associated characters. This includes serials starring Mickey and Goofy in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories and Mickey Mouse Magazine. Murry also drew such characters as Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge, Brer Rabbit, The Sleuth, and others. The Phantom Blot and Super Goof comic books contained many Murry stories.

Pierre Camille Lucien Hilaire Jean Bellocq 1926, cartoonist, At age 19, the French racing journal France Courses gave him national exposure when they published one of his cartoons of a jockey. Bellocq signed the drawing as "Peb", a signature which would become his lifelong moniker. Within a few years Peb was widely known and an emerging artist who also gained recognition for his caricatures on sports advertising posters. Pierre Bellocq has produced several books; his first consisted of 150 cartoons and was titled Peb's Equine Comedy. It was published by Random House in 1957 and is still in print.

Christopher Riordan 1937, actor, Frozen Soldier / Young Doctor / Young Scientist - The Outer Limits (3 episodes, 1964-1965), Young Scientist - Fantastic Voyage (1966), One of Catwoman's Catboys - Batman (3 episodes, 1966).

Jeffrey Hunter 1926, actor, Jim Grayam - Brainstorm (1965), Emmet Crown - The Green Hornet (1 episode, "Freeway to Death", 1966), Captain Christopher Pike - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Cage", 1986).

Noel Neill 1920, actress, Lula (Native Girl) - Brick Bradford (1947), Lois Lane - Superman (1948), Lois Lane - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), Lois Lane - Adventures of Superman (78 episodes, 1953-1958), Young Lois Lane's Mother on Train - Superman (1978), Ella Lane (Lois Lane's Mother) - Superman 50th Anniversary (1988) (TV), Alexis - The Adventures of Superboy (1 episode, "Paranoia", 1991), Gertrude Vanderworth - Superman Returns (2006).

Ricardo Montalban 1920, actor, Khan - Star Trek (1 episode, "Space Seed", 1967), Armando - Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Armando - Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972), Abner Smith - Wonder Woman (1974) (TV), Khan - Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Armondo Guitierrez - Freakazoid! (5 episodes, 1995-1997)(voice), Gone Juan - Casper (1 episode, "Four Funerals and a Wedding/I Can Be Anything/Family Reunion", 1998)(voice), Vartkes - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (1 episode, "Lone Wolf", 2000)(voice), El Encantador - Dora the Explorer (1 episode, "The Missing Piece", 2002)(voice), Señor Senior Sr. - Kim Possible (5 episodes, 2002-2007)(voice), Head of Council - The Ant Bully (2006) (voice), The Cow - Family Guy (1 episode, "McStroke", 2008), General Juanito Pequeño - American Dad! (1 episode, "Moon Over Isla Island", 2009). Agreed to reprise his role of "Khan" in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) for only $100,000 because he loved the role so much.

Poul William Anderson 1926, science fiction author who began his career during one of the Golden Ages of the genre and continued to write and remain popular into the 21st century. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy, historical novels and a prodigious number of short stories. He received numerous awards for his writing, including seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. He was the sixth President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, taking office in 1972.

Events

1980, Design patent for costumes is issued. This is the first Star Trek design patent to be issued.

1996, Babylon 5 Episode 70 - "Falling Toward Apotheosis" first aired

1996, Star Trek:DS9, "The Ascent" airs.

1998, Babylon 5 Episode 110 - "Sleeping in Light" first aired

1998, Babylon 5 series ends after 5 year story arc is completed. Final episode "Sleeping in Light".

1998, Star Trek:DS9, "Covenant" airs.

1998, Star Trek:Voyager, "Infinite Regress" airs.

Max Headroom, Babylon 5, Roswell, King Kong, Prince Valiant, Roswell, Metropolis, Forrest Ackerman, Gasoline Alley, Brick Bradford, Etta Kitt, Ewoks.

The second longest running comic strip in the US began today in 1918. Any clues as to which one it is? Take a look.


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Wortham Krimmer 1953, actor, Jack Friday - Max Headroom (1 episode, "Rakers", 1987), Leader - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Voices in the Earth", 1987), Emperor Cartagia - Babylon 5 (5 episodes, 1996-1997).

Colin Hanks 1977, actor, Alex Whitman - Roswell (44 episodes, 1999-2001), Preston - King Kong (2005).

Katherine Heigl 1978, actress, Princess Ilene - Prince Valiant (1997), Isabel Evans/Lonnie - Roswell (61 episodes, 1999-2002), Andrea Collins - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 2002).

Rudolf Klein-Rogge 1888, actor, C. A. Rotwang, the inventor - Metropolis (1927).

Forrest J Ackerman 1916, collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia and a science fiction fan. He was, for over seven decades, one of science fiction's staunchest spokesmen and promoters. Ackerman was a Los Angeles, California-based magazine editor, science fiction writer and literary agent, a founder of science fiction fandom and possibly the world's most avid collector of genre books and movie memorabilia. He was the editor and principal writer of the American magazine Famous Monsters of Filmland, as well as an actor and producer (Vampirella). Ackerman was central to the formation, organization, and spread of science fiction fandom, and a key figure in the wider cultural perception of science fiction as a literary, art and film genre. Famous for his word play and neologisms, he coined the genre nickname "sci-fi". In 1953, he was voted "#1 Fan Personality" by the members of the World Science Fiction Society, a unique Hugo Award never granted to anyone else.

Events

1918, Gasoline Alley, a long-running comic strip created by Frank King begins.

1934, Brick Bradford comic strip begins weekend edition.

1966, Star Trek:TOS, "The Menagerie, Part II" airs.

1973, Star Trek:TAS, "The Time Trap" airs.

1974, Etta Kitt Sunday strip ends.

1981, Design patents for Vulcan shuttle and Star Trek font are issued.

1985, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, a made-for-TV movie, is released.

1987, Third day of filming on TNG: "11001001". Among the scenes filmed today are those featuring Riker bumping into Tasha and Worf on their way to a game of Parrises squares.

1988, Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on KTMA.

1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "The Voyager Conspiracy" airs.

George Jetson, An Unearthly Child, Doctor Who, Legion of Super-Heroes, Lancelot Biggs, Adventures Into Terror, Moonbase 3, Alfred Pennyworth,11001001.

I don't know which thing to mention first so I'm flipping a coin.

K, so today is the day you find out a little bit more about the fellow who did the voice of George Jetson. Not sure who he was then look a little lower.

And today in 1963 the first episode of Doctor Who was aired. Most think of Doctor Who as a British idea but to tell the truth it was a Canadian who was working for the BBC who created the character along with the idea of a box that was bigger on the inside then on the outside. Thank you Sydney Newman for making television better.


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Carl Gafford 1953, colorist (and occasional editor) who has worked for several decades in the comics industry. His career to date has spanned several publishers, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Topps Comics. Gafford began coloring The Legion of Super-Heroes with #288, and continued on that run for 7 years without missing an issue, totaling 125 regular issues, giants, mini-series and two different Legion books a month for a year.

Nelson Slade Bond 1908, science fiction writer, Bond was a pioneer in early science fiction and fantasy. His published fiction is mainly short stories, most of which appeared in pulp magazines in the 1930s and 1940s. Many were published in Blue Book magazine. He is noted for his "Lancelot Biggs" series of stories and for his "Meg the Priestess" tales, which introduced one of the first powerful female characters in science fiction.

Christopher Rule 1895, comic book artist active from the 1940s through at least 1960, and best-known as the first regular Marvel Comics inker for legendary comics artist Jack Kirby. Rule's earliest confirmed story work is penciling the seven-page "With Tears in My Soul" in My Own Romance #6 (June 1949). Rule continued to ink romance stories over such pencilers as Klein, Sekowsky, and Shores in such comics as Faithful, Love Classics, and Love Tales. He expanded into other forms with the mythologically-based superheroine Venus, inking Werner Roth on a story in Venus #10 (July 1950), and with horror via the story "Hands of Murder", penciled by Sekowsky, in Adventures Into Terror #4 (June 1951) from Marvel's 1950s iteration, Atlas Comics.

George O'Hanlon 1912, actor, Television viewers recognize him as the voice of George Jetson in Hanna-Barbera's 1962 prime-time animated television series The Jetsons and its 1985 revival. He also wrote stories for television series in the 1960s such as Petticoat Junction, 77 Sunset Strip and even wrote episodes for HB's The Flintstones. It is interesting to note that he also auditioned for the role of Fred Flintstone but lost to Alan Reed, however he was remembered when it was time to cast The Jetsons. Dr. Arnold Culver - Kronos (1957), George Jetson - The Jetsons (68 episodes, 1962-1987), George Jetson - Rockin' with Judy Jetson (1988) (TV) (voice) George Jetson - Jetsons: The Movie (1990) (voice).

Michael Gough 1917, actor, The Celestial Toymaker / Councillor Hedin - Doctor Who (7 episodes, 1966-1983), Master of the Moon - They Came from Beyond Space (1967), Sir Benjamin Dyce - Moonbase 3 (1 episode, "View of a Dead Planet", 1973), Hower - Blakes 7(1 episode, "Volcano",1980), Professor - Rarg (1988) (voice), Alfred Pennyworth - Batman (1989), Gopher - The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1 episode, "Shovel, Shovel, Toil and Trouble/The Wise Have It", 1991), Alfred Pennyworth - Batman Returns (1992), Alfred Pennyworth - Batman Forever (1995), Alfred Pennyworth - Batman & Robin (1997), Elder Gutknecht - Corpse Bride (2005) (voice), Dodo Bird - Alice in Wonderland (2010) (voice). Boris Karloff 1887, actor, Owaza - Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927), The Monster - Frankenstein (1931), Dr. Fu Manchu - The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932), The Monster - Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Dr. Janos Rukh - The Invisible Ray (1936), Mr. Jevries/Dolman - The Invisible Menace (1938), The Monster - Son of Frankenstein (1939), Doctor Gustav Niemann - House of Frankenstein (1944), Gruesome - Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947), Dr. Henry Marco - Tales of Tomorrow (2 episodes, 1952-1953), Baron Victor von Frankenstein - Frankenstein - 1970 (1958), Narrator / The Grinch - How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) (TV) (voice), Prof. John Mayer - The Incredible Invasion (1971).

Events

1963, On the BBC, the first episode, "An Unearthly Child" airs of the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who.

1964, First day of rehearsals for TOS: "The Cage".

1974, Etta Kitt daily comic strip ends. Strip began in December 1925 originally as a single panel.

1981, Blakes 7, 4th series Episode 9. "Sand"

1987, Second day of filming on TNG: "11001001". Several scenes in the Bourbon Street Bar are filmed today, including Carolyn McCormick's first scenes as Minuet.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 26 - "A Distant Star" first aired

1994, The Pagemaster is released.

G.I. Joe, Buzz Sawyer, Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy, The Spirit, Freshly Squeezed, The Hobbit, Smitty, Stargate, The Penguins of Madagascar, Archie.

Happy Birthday to comic book artist and Facebook friend, Jeremy Dale.

Also on this day cartoonists Roy Crane and Robert Burndt were born.


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Jeremy Dale 1979, comic book artist, He is best known for his work on Hasbro's series G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero comics.

Roy Crane 1901, cartoonist, creator of Buzz Sawyer, Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy.

Scarlett Johansson 1984, actress, Mindy - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice), Tooth Fairy / Amy / Cheerleader / Dolores / Veronica Lodge / Wife / Lisa- Robot Chicken (4 episodes, 2005-2006), Silken Floss - The Spirit (2008), Natalie Rushman / Natasha Romanoff - Iron Man 2 (2010).

Edward Alan Stein 1946, cartoonist, Stein drew editorial cartoons five days a week, and previously published a local daily comic strip called Denver Square. Stein continues to draw editorial cartoons, which are syndicated by United Media, and have been printed in newspapers across the world in many languages. On September 20th, 2010 Stein launched a syndicated national comic strip, entitled "Freshly Squeezed."

David T. Wenzel 1950, illustrator and children's book artist. He is best known for his graphic novel adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.

Walter Berndt 1899, cartoonist, known for his long-run comic strip, Smitty, which he drew for 50 years. Berndt's first strip, That's Different, drawn for the Bell Syndicate, lasted less than a year. In 1922, he created Smitty, which he continued until 1973, working with his assistant Charles Mueller. Yet it did not begin without a struggle.

Richard Kind 1956, actor, Tom - Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992) (voice), Gary Meyers, Ph.D. - Stargate (1994), Max Webb - Nowhere Man (1 episode, "The Spider Webb", 1995), Colonel Matthew Burke - Space: Above and Beyond (1 episode, "Level of Necessity", 1996), Molt - A Bug's Life (1998) (voice), Pongo, The Friendly Dragon - Oswald (1 episode, "The Marshmallow", 2001), Captain C4703PK2704/90210 - Stitch's Great Escape (2004) (voice), Dad Rat - Garfield (2004) (voice), Van - Cars (2006) (voice), Hobo Andy/Maitre D' - Everyone's Hero (2006) (voice), Lucius Lavin - Stargate Atlantis (2 episodes, 2006), Frugal Lucre - Kim Possible (5 episodes, 2003-2007), Tuttle - American Dad (2 episodes, 2005-2010)(voice), Grandfather - Heidi 4 Paws (2008) (voice), Roger - The Penguins of Madagascar (3 episodes, 2009-2010), Bookworm - Toy Story 3 (2010) (voice).

Reece Thompson 1988, actor, Jinto - Stargate: Atlantis (2 episodes, 2004), Greg Venner - The 4400 (1 episode, "Suffer the Children", 2005), Simon Star - Trollz (6 episodes, 2005-2006), Young Geoffrey - Smallville (1 episode, "Reunion", 2006).

Roland Winters 1904, actor, Mr. Bromley - Dennis the Menace (1 episode, "Henry's New Job", 1962), Mr. Weatherbee - Archie (1964) (TV).

Events

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "Plato's Stepchildren" airs.

1980, The Flintstone Comedy Show airs on NBC.

1987, Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion incident occurs.

1987, during a broadcast of the Doctor Who serial "Horror of Fang Rock", PBS station WTTW a broadcast signal intrusion incident occurred, the second in a matter of 3 hours and two different programs.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Inheritance" airs.

1996, Star Trek: First Contact premiers in the US.

1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Statistical Probabilities" airs.

2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Nightingale" airs.

Galaxy Science Fiction, Omega Men, Planet of the Apes, Larry Welz, Cherry Poptart, Captain Guts, Gordo, Daleks Invasion of Earth.

Big Happy Birthday to comic book artist and Facebook friend Larry Welz. I first met Larry back in 1989 in Chicago when he was producing the Cherry Poptart comic.


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Karl Stevens 1978, graphic novelist, His first book, Guilty, was published in 2004 with a grant from the Xeric Foundation. He is also the author of Whatever (2008) and The Lodger (2010). His comic strips have appeared since 2005 in the alternative newsweekly the Boston Phoenix.

Greg Allen Theakston 1953, comic book artist, has worked for numerous publishers. In addition to his many contributions to books and magazines, he is known for developing the Theakstonizing process used in comics restoration. He has used the pseudonym Earl P. Wooten. In 1972 he began illustrating for men's magazines, including Gent, Dude and Nugget. As he built his portfolio, Theakston expanded to paperbacks and magazines, including Berkley Books, Dell, Ace, DAW, Zebra, Tor, St. Martin's Press, Warner, Ballantine Books, Belmont-Tower, If and Galaxy Science Fiction. Among other various assignments were jobs for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, Warren Comics, New York Daily News, Archie Comics, as well as periodicals magazines including National Lampoon, The New York Times, Kitchen Sink, Playboy, TV Guide and Rolling Stone. He was a Mad illustrator for ten years and has worked regularly with numerous comics publishers on projects such as Omega Men, Super Powers, DC Comics Presents, DC's Who's Who and Planet of the Apes. He contributed to Detroit's Fantasy Fans and Comic-collector's Group on their fanzine The Fan Informer (1968–71), as well as his own publication, The Aardvark Annual (1968). Theakston was also involved in the Detroit Triple Fan Fair, a multimedia convention from 1970 to 1978, eventually owning it after working on a dozen shows. An original member of The Crusty Bunkers, Theakston worked closely with Neal Adams at Continuity Associates between 1972 and 1979, producing animatics, storyboards, comic art and various commercial advertising assignments. Theakston's movie poster work includes Invaders From Mars, Silk Stockings, B'Wani Junction, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Jungle Book and Mogambo. Theakston has run Pure Imagination, a comic book and magazine publisher since 1975. His biographical work includes an estimated 200,000 words on Jack Kirby, his long-time friend and work associate, 250,000 words on Bettie Page, numerous pieces on great comic book artists, and pop culture figures for Pure Imagination and other publishers including, Mad, Penthouse and Playboy.

Larry Welz 1948, comic book artist, creator of Cherry Poptart (now known simply as Cherry). He is a noteworthy early contributor to the underground comics movement based in the San Francisco area in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In 1969 his work was published in Yellow Dog, a tabloid comic paper put out by the Print Mint in Berkeley, California. A partial list of additional comic books from the era featuring his work includes San Francisco Comic Book, Captain Guts, Funnybook, Bakersfield Kountry Komics, and American Flyer Funnies. Evolving out of early prototype stories in Funnybook and Bakersfield Kountry Komics, Welz created Cherry in the early 1980s. Cherry quickly became his most successful and well-known comic book character and series, with 22 issues to date and a variety of collections, posters, stickers, and even tattoos following.

Events

1941, The comic strip, Gordo by Gus Arriola begins.

1964, Dr. Who, six-part serial "The Dalek Invasion of Earth" airs.

1988, Star Trek:TNG, "The Child" airs.

1994, Star Trek:DS9, "Defiant" airs.

2001, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Fortunate Son" airs.

2009, Doctor Who: Dreamland is aired on BBC.

Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother, The Sandman, The Phantom, Doctor Who, Li'l Abner, Duck Dodgers, The Day After.

A big Happy Birthday to artist and Facebook friend, Jill Thompson. It was a joy to have her attend the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo in 2010.


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Birthdays

Jill Thompson 1966, comic book artist, Probably better known for her work on Neil Gaiman's The Sandman characters and her own Scary Godmother series, she has also worked on The Invisibles, Swamp Thing, and Wonder Woman. In 2005 Thompson wrote and illustrated the Dead Boy Detectives, an original graphic novel based on two minor characters from Season of Mists.

Reginald Denny 1891, actor, Police Chief - Around the World in Eighty Days (1956), Commissioner Mallory - The Phantom (1961) (TV), King Boris - Batman (2 episodes, 1966), Commodore Schmidlapp - Batman (1966).

Bernard Horsfall 1930, actor, Stephen Sycamore/Captain Moonlight - Captain Moonlight: Man of Mystery (1 episode, 1958), John Stewart - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "1+1=1.5", 1969), A Stranger / Gulliver / Taron / Chancellor Goth - Doctor Who (15 episodes, 1968-1976).

Events

1939, Li'l Abner radio serial ran weekdays on NBC from Chicago until December 6, 1940

1980, Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century is aired as a sequel to the 1953 original 7 minute cartoon. Daffy played the role of metafictional character "Duck Edgar Dumas Aloysius Dodgers".

1983, The Day After is aired.

1987, First day of filming on TNG: "11001001". Among the scenes filmed today is scene 15, Riker and La Forge observing Data painting the zylo eggs.

1989, Star Trek:TNG, "The Vengeance Factor" airs.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "The Vengeance Factor" airs.

1995, Babylon 5 Episode 47 - "A Day in the Strife" first aired

1995, Star Trek:DS9, "The Sword of Kahless" airs.

1995, Star Trek:Voyager, "Maneuvers" airs.

1996, Star Trek:Voyager, "Warlord" airs.

2002, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Singularity" airs.

Doctor Who, Torchwood, Legion of Super-Heroes, Wonder Woman, Ziggy Pig, Anastasia, Inside the Spaceship, Flash Gordon, Spider-Man.

I don't get many times to point out the birthdays of Torchwood actors, today is that exception. Naoko Mori played Toshiko Sato for 26 episodes.


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Birthdays

Naoko Mori 1971, actress, Doctor Sato - Doctor Who (1 episode, 2005), Toshiko Sato - Torchwood (26 episodes, 2006-2008).

Steve Lightle 1959, Lightle's first professional comic book work was in DC's New Talent Showcase, In 1984, Lightle followed Keith Giffen as the regular artist on DC Comics's Legion of Super-Heroes. Lightle continued as the regular cover artist until 1988. During Lightle's tenure, he co-created two Legionnaires, Tellus and Quislet. Much of Lightle's work has been as a cover artist. Lightle typically both pencils and inks his covers. In 1989 and 1990, Lightle was the regular cover artist for Classic X-Men

Mike Sekowsky 1923, comic book artist best known as the exclusive penciler for DC Comics' Justice League of America during most of the 1960s, and as the regular writer and artist on Wonder Woman during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Sekowsky began working in the comics in 1941, as an artist at Timely Comics. There he worked as both a cartoonist on such humor features as "Ziggy Pig and Silly Seal", and a superhero artist on such star characters as Captain America and the Sub-Mariner in issues of All Winners Comics, Daring Comics, Marvel Mystery Comics, USA Comics, and Young Allies Comics. In 1952, Sekowsky began working at DC Comics, where he drew romance comics and science fiction titles. In 1960, Sekowsky began working on his most noted effort, Justice League of America, staying on the title for 63 issues. He returned to pencil the 23-page flashback tale "The Future Ain't What It Used to Be" in issue #240 (July 1985), which featured the League from his era. In 1968, Sekowsky became the penciler of Metal Men. At roughly the same time, Sekowsky began working on Wonder Woman with issue #178, first as artist and then also as writer and editor, until issue #198.

Cal Slayton 1968, comic book artist, His most prominent work was on the indie comic book Shades of Blue published first by AMP Comics and then by Digital Webbing. His work has also been seen in books such as (Super) Hero Happy Hour, Dead@17 Rough Cut, Digital Webbing Presents and Champion of Children.

Meg Ryan 1961, actress, Lydia Maxwell - Innerspace (1987), Dr. Blight - Captain Planet and the Planeteers (13 episodes, 1990-1991), Anastasia - Anastasia (1997) (voice), Dr. Swanson - The Simpsons (1 episode, "Yokel Chords", 2007).

William Russell 1924, actor, Ian Chesterton - Doctor Who (77 episodes, 1963-1965), 8th Elder - Superman (1978), Ian Chesterton - 'Doctor Who': The Hartnell Years (1991) (V), Ian Chesterton - Doctor Who: The Crusade (1999) (V), Himself - Myth Makers: William Hartnell (1999) (V), Himself - Inside the Spaceship (2006) (V), Himself / Ian Chesterton - Doctor Who: Origins (2006) (V).

Richard Alexander 1902, actor, Prince Barin - Flash Gordon (1936/I)[Chs. 5-13], Prince Barin - Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)[Chs. 6-15], Angel - Dick Tracy (3 episodes, 1950).

Events

1990, Star Trek:TNG, "Final Mission" airs.

1994, Spider-Man: The Animated Series airs on FOX.

1997, Star Trek:Voyager, "Random Thoughts" airs

2003, Star Trek:Enterprise, "Similitude" airs.

2004, Star Trek:Enterprise, "The Forge" airs.

Alan Dean Foster, Alien Nation, Time Trax, Babylon 5, Solar Flare, Johnny Reb and Billy Yank, Calvin and Hobbes, The Tomorrow People.

On this day in 1985 Calvin and Hobbes began it's 10 year run. At the time no one knew that Bill Watterson had made the decision fairly early that the clock was ticking on the comic strip. It was sad to see it go in 1995.


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Alan Dean Foster 1946, prolific science fiction and fantasy author. He is credited with writing the story for what became Star Trek: The Motion Picture. As a novelist, Foster wrote Ballantine Books' line of Star Trek: The Animated Series novelizations. He also wrote a number of the Star Trek stories released by Peter Pan Records. In February 2009, it was announced that Foster was writing the novelization for 2009's Star Trek. Foster best known works are his series of science fiction novels set in the Humanx Commonwealth, an interstellar union of species similar to the United Federation of Planets. He is also known for his novels featuring his two most popular characters, a young empath named "Flinx" and his companion, Pip. Foster's most popular fantasy books are those of the Spellsinger series.

Eric Pierpoint 1950, actor, Sgt. Maj. Rinaldi - Invaders from Mars (1986), Detective George Francisco - Alien Nation (22 episodes, 1989-1990), Jason Peterman - Time Trax (1 episode, "The Prodigy", 1993), Voval - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Liasons", 1993), George Francisco - Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994) (TV), George Francisco - Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) (TV), George Francisco - Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) (TV), George Francisco - Alien Nation: The Enemy Within (1996) (TV), Captain Sanders - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "For the Uniform", 1997), George Francisco - Alien Nation: The Udara Legacy (1997) (TV), Daniel - Babylon 5 (1 episode, "The Deconstruction of Falling Stars", 1997), President Jefferson Williams - Sliders (1 episode, "A Current Affair", 1999), Kortar - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Barge of the Dead", 1999), Koop - Seven Days (1 episode, "The Dunwych Madness", 2000), Harris / Shiraht - Star Trek: Enterprise (5 episodes, 2002-2005), Admiral Philip Geary - Surface (1 episode, "Episode #1.1", 2005), Senator Melchard - Solar Flare (2008), NSA Officer - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009).

Events

1956, Johnny Reb and Billy Yank Sunday comic strip begins. Frank Giacoia drew it from November 18, 1956 to May 24, 1959. It was one of the last full page Sunday strips. The last full page appeared in late 1957.

1985, Calvin and Hobbes comic strip begins.

1991, Star Trek:TNG, "A Matter of Time" airs.

1992, The Tomorrow People (remake) airs on ITV.

1993, Goodnight Sweetheart on BBC airs.

1994, Star Trek Generations premieres in the US.

1996, Star Trek:DS9, "Things Past" airs.

1996, Babylon 5 Episode 69 - "The Summoning" first aired

1998, Star Trek:DS9, "The Siege of AR-558" airs.

1998, Star Trek:Voyager, "Timeless" airs.

1998, Babylon 5 Episode 109 - "Objects at Rest" first aired

Catwoman, Uncanny X-Men, Flapper Filosofy, Archie Comics, Iron Man, The Immortal, Beware! The Blob, Starfleet Insignia, Justice League.

Even though the animated cartoon, Justice League, came out in 2001 I still take a peek once and a while in case I missed an episode. I always thought I was a Marvel man until I began watching the series and now I find just as much allegiance to DC as I do to Marvel.


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Ed Brubaker 1966, cartoonist and writer, best known for his work as a comic book writer on such titles as Batman, Daredevil, Captain America, Iron Fist, Catwoman, Gotham Central, Sleeper, Uncanny X-Men, and The Authority.

Faith Burrows 1904, a nationally syndicated cartoonist during the Jazz Age. In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Burrows drew a daily comic panel called Flapper Filosofy (sometimes spelled Flapper Filosophy) for King Features Syndicate. Each panel exhibited a flapper wearing one of the current fashions, with a witticism typed at the bottom. Burrows's panel ran in competition for a time with Ethel Hays's simliarly-themed Flapper Fanny Says panel from NEA. She also drew a daily panel called Ritzy Rosalie c. 1930, also for King Features.

Rudy Lapick 1926, comics artist who worked as an inker for Archie Comics for many years.

Leslie Bibb 1974, actress, Christine Everhart - Iron Man (2008), Christine Everhart - Iron Man 2 (2010).

Byron Keith 1917, actor, Guard - Brainstorm (1965), Air Crash Investigator / Brother James / General Cullenbine - The Invaders (3 episodes, 1967-1968), Mayor Linseed - Batman (10 episodes, 1966-1968), Dave Holley - The Immortal (1 episode, "Dead Man, Dead Man", 1970), Bowling Customer - Beware! The Blob (1972).

Events

1966, Star Trek:TOS, "The Menagerie, Part I" airs.

1967, Star Trek:TOS, "Journey to Babel" airs.

1973, Star Trek:TAS, "The Terratin Incident" airs.

1991, A design patent for a Starfleet insignia is issued.

1997, Star Trek:DS9, "Resurrection" airs.

1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "One Small Step" airs.

2001, Justice League, animated series, airs on Cartoon Network.

Farscape, Korg: 70,000 B.C., Return of Captain Nemo, Family Guy, American Dad!, Marooned, TRON, Master Tom, Blakes 7.

In 1977, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, was released. As a younger person the movie freaked me out and made me look towards the sky in the evenings. Being from a small hamlet with a backyard that looked out into the dark horizon made the sky watching even more eerie.


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Gigi Edgley 1977, actress, Pakim - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World (1 episode, "The Guardians", 2001), Chiana - Farscape (74 episodes, 1999-2003), Chiana - Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) (TV), Monica Gray - Showdown at Area 51 (2007), Trish - Quantum Apocalypse (2010) (TV).

Burgess Meredith 1907, actor, Mountain Man - Tales of Tomorrow (1 episode, "The Great Silence", 1953), Henry Bemis / Luther Dingle / Romney Wordsworth / Mr. Smith - The Twilight Zone (4 episodes, 1959-1963), The Penguin - Batman (1966), The Penguin - Batman (21 episodes, 1966-1968), Theodore Booth - The Invaders (1 episode, "Wall of Crystal", 1967), Old Hobo - Beware! The Blob (1972), Narrator - Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974) TV series (voice), Prof. Waldo Cunningham - The Return of Captain Nemo (1978) (TV), Puff - Puff the Magic Dragon (1978) (TV) (voice), Puff - Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (1979) (TV) (voice), Ammon - Clash of the Titans (1981), Puff - Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody (1982) (TV) (voice), Narrator - Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) (voice), Mr. Benjamin the Owl - The Blinkins (1986) (TV) (voice), Narrator - The Wickedest Witch (1989) (TV) (voice).

Richard Hale 1892, actor, Chief Otumcas - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Night of Decision", 1961), Fred Wilk Sr. - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Trial", 1967), Goro - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Paradise Syndrome", 1968).

Ellen Albertini Dow 1918, actress, Mrs. Hotchkiss - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, ""Need to Know", "The Storyteller", 1986), Grandma - Quantum Leap (1 episode, "Dr. Ruth - April 25, 1985", 1993), Felisa - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Sub Rosa",1994), Elderly Woman - Family Guy (1 episode, "Stewie Loves Lois", 2006), Old Woman #1 - American Dad! (2 episodes, 2005-2008).

Mary Linda Rapelye 1944, actress, Mary Linda Rapelye - Marooned (1969), Irina - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Way to Eden", 1969), Ambassador Rayna Morgan - Star Trek: New Voyages (1 episode, "To Serve All My Days", 2006).

Dan Shor 1956, actor, Ram / Popcorn Co-Worker - TRON (1982), Teen Boy in Prologue - Strange Invaders (1983), Dr. Arridor - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Price", 1989), Harvard - Solar Crisis (1990), Arridor - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "False Profits", 1996). E.R. Nurse #2 - The X Files (1 episode, "William", 2002).

Chris Rydell 1963, actor, Alien Astronaut - Star Trek: Enterprise (1 episode, "Dear Doctor", 2002).

Events

1919, Master Tom, the Felix the Cat prototype is featured in "The Musical Mews" short.

1966, As cameras roll on TOS: "The Alternative Factor", actor John Drew Barrymore, who had been contracted to appear as Lazarus, fails to show up for work, forcing a production shutdown. The role is quickly re-cast, with the part going to actor Robert Brown. Star Trek production staff will eventually file a formal complaint against Barrymore with the Screen Actor's Guild.

1967, Recreation room scenes are filmed for TOS: "By Any Other Name".

1977, Close Encounters of the Third Kind is released.

1981, Blakes 7, 4th series Episode 8. "Games"

1987, Star Trek:TNG, "The Battle" airs.

1994, Babylon 5 Episode 25 - "The Geometry of Shadows" first aired

Martin Nodell, Green Lantern, Sub-Mariner, The Human Torch, Blue Twister, Fahrenheit 451, Superman, Terry and the Pirates, Firefly, Day Break.

Not only did Martin Nodell create the Golden Age Green Lantern but his team also created the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Also on this day in 1937 the Lil Abner comic strip invented Sadie Hawkins Day.


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Martin Nodell 1915, cartoonist and commercial artist, best known as the creator of the Golden Age superhero Green Lantern. Some of his work appeared under the pen name "Mart Dellon". Nodell began his illustrating career in 1938, working first as a freelancer. In 1940 he provided some work for Sheldon Mayer, an editor at All-American Publications. It was a subway ride in Manhattan that inspired Green Lantern. En route to his Brooklyn home in 1940, Nodell noticed a trainman waving a lantern along the darkened tracks. He coupled the imagery with a magic ring — akin to Wagner's 'Ring Cycle', which also inspired The Lord of the Rings — and the hero was born". Nodell left All-American in 1947 and joined Timely Comics where he drew postwar stories of Captain America, the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. In 1950, Nodell left comics to work in advertising, joining the Leo Burnett Agency as an art director. In 1965, his design team there developed the long-running flour-company mascot the Pillsbury Doughboy.

Eric Wight 1974, artist, animator, illustrator, Wight is the author of the manga, My Dead Girlfriend. He illustrated the comic book adaptation of Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. He was the recipient of the 2004 Russ Manning Award. He is perhaps best known as the 'ghost artist' for television character, Seth Cohen on the former Fox TV series The OC and is the creator of 'Atomic County'. For the HBO TV show Six Feet Under he created the fake vintage comic "Blue Twister". Wight was also an animator, working with Warner Bros. during the heyday of their animated output, working on such cartoons as Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, and others.

Donald Pickering 1933, actor, TV Announcer - Fahrenheit 451 (1966), Kenneth Dennistoun - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "Second Childhood", 1966), Captain Blade / Beyus - Doctor Who (12 episodes, 1964-1987).

Herbert Rawlinson 1885, actor, Dr. Frohmann - Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)[Chs. 1, 4], Mr. Judson, Bank President - Blondie in Society (1941), Dr. Arnold Graham - Superman (1948)[Chs. 3, 9-11, 13-15].

Jack Ingram 1902, actor, Khan's Guardsman - Undersea Kingdom (1936)[Chs. 9-10], Reporter - Dick Tracy (1937/I)[Ch. 4], Slasher Stark - Dick Tracy Returns (1938), Flint, chief thug - The Shadow (1940), Stanton, thug leader - Terry and the Pirates (1940), Henchman Klein - Batman (1943)[Chs. 5-14], Kruger - Brenda Starr, Reporter (1945), Detective Lt. at Kennerly's - The Phantom Speaks (1945), Albers - Brick Bradford (1947), Henchman Anton - Superman (1948), Foster (dapper henchman) - Atom Man vs. Superman (1950), Henchman Aker - Captain Video, Master of the Stratosphere (1951)[Chs. 1, 7, 10-14].

Events

1907, A. Mutt by Bud Fisher appears on sports page of San Francisco Chronicle. Jeff is introduced to strip in 1908.

1937, Lil Abner comic strip creates Sadie Hawkins Day which becomes a pseudo-holiday.

1956, Lil Abner, the broadway musical, began at the St. James Theatre and ran for 693 performances.

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "The Tholian Web" airs.

1980, Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo ends on NBC.

1993, Star Trek:TNG, "Force of Nature" airs.

1995, Star Trek:DS9, "Little Green Men" airs.

2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Body and Soul" airs.

2002, Firefly, "Ariel" airs.

2006, Day Break airs on ABC.