Also Happy Birthday to artist and Facebook friend Michael Calandra.
Enjoy !!!
Birthdays
| Curt Swan 1920, comic book artist, Swan drew many different features, including "Tommy Tomorrow" and "Gangbusters", but slowly he began gravitating towards the Superman line of books. His first job pencilling the iconic character was for Superman #51 (March-April 1948). Research shows that Swan began pencilling the Superboy comic book with its fifth issue in 1949. Swan always felt, however, that his breakthrough came when he was assigned the art duties on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen, in 1954. Around 1954, Swan unsuccessfully pitched an original comic strip for newspaper syndication. Called Yellow Hair, it was about a blond boy raised by Native Americans. A couple of years later, starting with the episode of June 18, 1956, Swan drew the Superman daily newspaper comic strip, which he continued on until November 12, 1960. Over the years, Swan was a remarkably consistent and prolific artist, often illustrating two or more titles per month. Swan's favorite story — one of the few he both pencilled and inked — was "I Flew With Superman" from Superman Annual #9 (1983), in which Swan himself appears and helps Superman solve a case. additionally, in a story titled "Swan's Way," issue #92 of the Legion of Super-heroes (May 1997) memorialized Swan with a cameo appearance as an art teacher. |
| Ed McCready 1930, actor, Hill - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1 episode, "And Five of Us Are Left", 1965), Crook - Batman (1 episode, "The Penguin Goes Straight ", 1966), Detective Olson - The Green Hornet (1 episode, "The Silent Gun", 1966), Barber / Dr. Carter / S.S. Trooper / Inmate / Boy Creature - Star Trek (5 episodes, 1966-1968), Wesley - Wonder Woman (1974) (TV), News Vendor - Voyagers! (1 episode, "Cleo and the Babe", 1982), Cop at Tess' - Dick Tracy (1990). |
| Becky Ann Baker 1953, actress, Nechani Guide - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Scared Ground", 1996), Mrs. Redgick - Men in Black (1997), Disaster Relief Volunteer - War of the Worlds (2005), Mrs. Stacy - Spiderman 3 (2007). |
| Carole Davis 1958, actress, Aviana - 3rd Rock from the Sun (1 episode, "Lonely Dick", 1996), Giuseppina Pentangeli - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "The Swarm", 1996). |
| Jonathon Breck 1965, actor, Dying Borg - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, 1999), Jacobs - Spiders (2000). |
| Ruth Clifford 1900, actress/voice actress, Minnie Mouse - First Aiders (1944) (voice), Bath Day (1946) (voice), Figaro and Frankie (1947), Mickey's Delayed Date (1947) (voice), Pluto's Sweater (1949) (voice), Pluto and the Gopher (1950) (voice), Pluto's Party (1952) (voice), Pluto's Christmas Tree (1952) (voice), Daisy Duck - Donald's Crime (1945) (voice), Sleepy Time Donald (1947) (voice), Donald's Dream Voice (1948) (voice). |
| Kenne Duncan 1903, actor, Airdrome Captain - Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), Ram Singh - The Spider's Web (1938), Lieutenant Lacy - Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe (1939), Barnett (chief henchman) - Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941) [Ch. 2-10], Ram Singh, Wentworth's Hindu Chauffeur - The Spider Returns (1941), Fred, the Mechanic - Batman (1943) [Chs. 5-6], Ed Graham - Captain America (1944) [Ch. 14], Charles Mitchell - The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) [Chs. 1-2, 10], Deputy Joe Parker / Jeff Barnes / Sheriff Dunn - The Lone Ranger" (3 episodes, 1950-1953), Nat Burdell - The Astounding She-Monster (1957), Gorilla Gang Member - Superman vs. the Gorilla Gang (1965). |
| Rita Owin 1904, actress, Second Saleslady - Blondie on a Budget (1940). |
| Ted Hecht 1908, actor, Prince Ozira - Tarzan and the Huntress (1947), Pasco - Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Jake Vorick / Yat Chng Hoy - Terry and the Pirates (2 episodes, 1953), Guard - Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953), KGEB Reporter - The War of the Worlds (1953), Pinto Vortando / Haggar Nu - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (4 episodes, 1954), Bengra Tassi - Captain Midnight (1 episode, "The Mark of Death", 1955), Tinkler - Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1 episode, "Forbidden Cargo", 1955), Abdul Ben Bay / Ahmed / Newsman from India - Adventures of Superman (3 episodes, 1954-1957). |
| Arthur Hunnicutt 1910, actor, Jim Turrell - The Aquanauts (1 episode, "Killers in Paradise", 1961), Hyder Simpson - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "The Hunt", 1962), Lamont - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Cry of Silence", 1964). |
| Mary Benoit 1911, actress, Petula - Batman (1 episode, "How to Hatch a Dinosaur", 1967) |
| Clifford Evans 1912, actor, Constable Josh Jones - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (1 episode, "Justice", 1961), Major General Kallner - Out of This World (1 episode, "Little Lost Robot", 1962), Henry Boardman / Pelley / Sir Andrew Boyd - The Avengers (3 episodes, "Dial a Deadly Number", "Death's Door", "Whoever Shot Poor George Oblique Stroke XR40?", 1965-1968). |
| Bern Hoffman 1913, actor, Earthquake McGoon - Li'l Abner (1959), Fred / Williams - My Favorite Martian (2 episodes, 1965-1966), Thor - Lost in Space (1 episode, "The Space Vikings", 1967). |
| Michael Calandra ????, fantasy artist, Michael's work has been seen in Heavy Metal Magazine (3 covers and 1 gallery piece) along with the 2009-2011 Calendar. He has done additional work in other publications and has worked for companies such as Fantasy Flight Games and Image Ten Inc along with being featured around the world in calendars, book covers and other licenses products. |
Events
| 1933, Miss Blondie Boopadoop marries her boyfriend Dagwood Bumstead in the comic strip "Blondie" |
| 1936, The Phantom daily strip premiered. Lee Falk wrote and drew for the first 2 weeks and then Ray Moore took over. |
| 1992, Star Trek:TNG, "Conundrum" airs. |
| 1997, Babylon 5 Episode 74 - "The Illusion of Truth" first aired |
| 1997, Star Trek:DS9, "By Inferno's Light" airs. |
| 1999, Star Trek:DS9, "Chimera" airs. |
| 1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "Dark Frontier" airs. |
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