Terminator, Aliens, Underdog, Go Go Gophers, Heat Miser, Terry and the Pirates, Lil Abner, Buz Sawyer, Blondie and Dagwood, Hagar the Horrible.

So where do you start today? Do I mention that the narrator of Underdog was born today or that multiple comic strips got aired on radio, theatre and TV? Maybe I'll just leave it up to you to read on.


Enjoy !!!



Birthdays

Tony Akins 1960, comic book artist, Akins drew the first comic book adaption of Terminator for NOW Comics after a critically acclaim stint on Rust with writer Fred Schiller. For First Publishing (also in Chicago) he works on titles such as Mundan's Bar and one of a rarefied cadre of guest artists on the venerable Mike Baron/Steve Rude series Nexus. At Dark Horse Akins worked across licensed sci-fi titles from Aliens (Colonial Marines) to Star Wars (Tales of the Jedi: The Freedon Nadd Uprising) and pencilled the adaptation of Andrew Vachss story "Warlord" (the only play written by Vachss) in the Hardboilded series for Dark Horse. The use of light sabers to cut through metal barriers can be seen in his work on ToJ, prior to the film sequels and the first re-articulation of joint anatomy on the creature form Alien. He returned to comics with Fables #22 as a guest artist. Landed on Hellblazer: Papa Midnight, a limited series for Vertigo, then returned to Fables for "War Stories" (which can be found in the Mean Season trade paperback) before the start-up of Jack of Fables.

Zander Cannon 1972, His first professional comics work was The Chainsaw Vigilante, a spin-off from The Tick, from New England Comics. Beginning in the mid-1990s, he wrote and drew The Replacement God, a fantasy comic book about a former slave named Knute who is pursued across the fictional land of Mun by a tyrannical king and his beatnik Visigoth Death Horde.

George S. Irving 1922, actor/voice actor, Additional Voices - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (1960) TV series (voice), The Captain - Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) (voice), Narrator - Underdog (1964) TV series (voice), Running Board - Go Go Gophers (1968) TV series (voice), Heat Miser - The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974) (TV) (voice), Geppetto - Pinocchio's Christmas (1980) (TV) (voice), Heat Miser - A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008) (TV) (voice).

Events

1937, The first Terry and the Pirates radio serial adapted from the comic strip of the same name begins on NBC.

1940, Lil Abner movie opens in theatres.

1943, Buz Sawyer comic strip by Roy Crane begins.

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "Day of the Dove" airs.

1989, Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout animated show is aired.

1989, Hägar the Horrible is aired.

1995, Babylon 5 Episode 44 - "The Fall of Night" first aired

2000, Starhunter airs on The Movie Network.

2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Critical Care" airs.

2002, Firefly, "Shindig" airs.