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

November 22, 2011

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.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

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.

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