Also want to point out that it's George Tuska's birthday. His work on the 1940's Captain Marvel was always first class.
Enjoy !!!
Birthdays
| Kerry Gammill 1954, artist who has worked in the fields of comic books, special effects, storyboards, and character designs. Breaking into the comics industry in 1979, during his 18 years in the business Gammill illustrated comics like Power Man and Iron Fist, Marvel Team-Up, and Superman. He co-created such characters as Ariel, Frog-Man, White Rabbit, Chance, Leila Davis, and Draaga. |
| Tim Hamilton 1966, cartoonist and illustrator, Hamilton has drawn numerous comics, including The Trouble with Girls and Welcome Back, Mr. Moto. His most recent work is adapting and illustrating Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island for Puffin Graphics |
| Stafford Repp 1918, actor, best known for his role as Chief O'Hara on the Batman television series. |
| John Paul Leon 1972, comic book artist best known for his work on the limited series Earth X. |
| Paul Leroy Norris 1914, comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman, and for a 35-year run as artist of the newspaper comic strip Brick Bradford. In the 1950s, Norris drew issues of Dell Comics' Tom Corbett, Space Cadet and Jungle Jim, the latter of which he had previously drawn as a newspaper comic strip. The following decade, he drew stories of jungle adventurer Tarzan and science-fiction hero Magnus, Robot Fighter in comic books for Gold Key Comics. With writer Gaylord DuBois, Norris co-created the Gold Key jungle characters Kono and Tono in the namesake series The Jungle Twins, which ran 17 original issues (April 1972 - Nov. 1975). |
| Craig Rousseau 1971, best known for his work on DC Comics titles like Harley Quinn, Batman Beyond and Impulse. He also worked for Disney Adventures (Kim Possible), Beckett (Ruule: Kiss and Tell, Ronin Hood of the 47 Samurai, The Cobbler’s Monster), Image Comics (Tellos: The Last Heist, Tales of Tellos, Invincible Handbook, Monster Pile-up) and Marvel Comics' Creative Services. More recently, he has drawn Marvel's Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane. |
| George Tuska 1916, comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay, for and his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. As well, he drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes from 1978-1993. His last published comic-book art was one of four variant covers for Dynamite Entertainment's Masquerade #2 (March 2009). |
| Vic Perrin 1916, actor, Scurvey - Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The Golden Vulture", 1954), Agar - Rocky Jones, Space Ranger (1 episode, "Forbidden Moon", 1954), Martian / Trooper - The Twilight Zone (2 episodes, "People Are Alike All Over", "Ring-A-Ding Girl", 1960-1963), Control Voice - The Outer Limits (28 episodes, 1963-1965), Kronick / Dr. Zin / Professor Ericson - Jonny Quest (8 episodes, 1964-1965)(voice), Creature King - Space Ghost (1 episode, "Creature King/The Treemen/The Lizard Slavers", 1966)(voice), Taxi Driver - The Bubble (1966), Vulturo / The Ruthless Ringmaster (2 episodes, "Vulturo: Prince of Darkness", "The Ruthless Ringmaster", 1967)(voice), Rock Man Leader / Hawkman - The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure (1 episode, "Justice League of America: Between Two Armies", 1967)(voice), The Keeper / Metron / Nomad's Voice / Thoran - Star Trek (4 episodes, "The Menagerie: Part II", "Arena", "The Changeling", "Mirror, Mirror", 1966-1967), Hypnotist Alien -The Invaders (1 episode, "Summit Meeting: Part I", 1967), Silver Surfer - Fantastic Four (1 episode, "Galactus", 1967), Hawkman - Aquaman (1968) TV series (voice), Giant Small Man Shoved by FitzHugh - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Genius at Work", 1969), Additional Voices - Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (5 episodes, 1969), The Gargoyle - Gargoyles (1972) (TV) (voice), Narrator - The UFO Incident (1975) (TV), Gorel - Wonder Woman (2 episodes, "Judgment from Outer Space: Part 1 & 2", 1977), Sinestro - Challenge of the SuperFriends (16 episodes, 1978), Pete / Rashoon - Project U.F.O. (2 episodes, 1978-1979), Draconia PA Announcer / 1st Guardian - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (3 episodes, "Awakening: Part 1 & 2", "The Guardians", 1979-1981), Ming the Merciless - Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) (TV) (voice), Sinestro - Super Friends(1 episode, 1981-1983), Dr. Zin - Johnny Quest (1 episode, "Deadly Junket", 1986). |
| Spice Williams-Crosby 1952, actress / stuntwoman, Vixis - Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989), Klaestron Officer #1 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Dax", 1993). |
| Keith Campbell 1962, stuntman / actor, The Mad Monk - Timemaster (1995), Perp - Men in Black (1997), Roadworker - Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001), Pre-Crime Cop - Minority Report (2002). Star Trek: Enterprise, "Twilight" as stunt double for Scott Bakula. |
| Debra Wilson 1962, actress / voice over artist, Security Officer - Star Trek the Experience: The Klingon Encounter (1998), Lisa Cusak - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Sound of Her Voice", 1998), Queenie - The Mr. Potato Head Show (13 episodes, 1998-1999)(voice), Great Grandma - Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa (2002) (TV) (voice), Harriet Tubman / Eva Peron - Clone High U.S.A (3 episodes, 2002-2003), Oprah Winfrey / Basil / Tobasco - The Proud Family (3 episodes, 2002-2003), Whitney Houston - American Dad! (1 episode, "Francine's Flashback", 2005), Sister Buzzard - The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006) (V) (voice), Akia May - The Chosen One (2007) (voice), Marine Biologist Hero - Higglytown Heroes (1 episode, 2007), Debra Leevil - The Boondocks (2 episodes, 2008)(voice), Lilian - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (1 episode, "Automatic for the People", 2008), Mrs. Kraner/Sandy Belford/Whoopi Goldberg/Janet/Mrs. Kanner/Nurse/Star Jones/Whitney Houston - Family Guy (5 episodes, 2000-2009). |
| Olivia Birkelund 1963, actress, Michelle Bellamy - Aliens in the Family (1 episode, "Meet the Brodys", 1996), Ensign Marla Gilmore - Star Trek: Voyager (2 episodes, "Equinox: Part 1 & 2", 1999). |
| McKenzie Westmore 1977, actress, Rose - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "When the Bough Breaks", 1988), Ba'ku woman - Star Trek: Insurrection (1998), Ensign Jenkins - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Warhead", 1999). |
Events
| 1936, Bootkins: The Little China Doll comic strip begins. Ends March 13, 1938. |
| 1986, Scenes with Kirk and his crew in downtown San Francisco are filmed on location for Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. |
| 1993, Star Trek:TNG, "The Chase" airs. |
| 1995, Babylon 5 Episode 36 - "There All the Honor Lies" first aired |
| 1999, Star Trek:Voyager, "Juggernaut" airs. |
| 2000, Star Trek:Voyager, "Muse" airs. |
| 2008, Dr. Who, "The Sontaran Stratagem" airs. |
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