Star Wars, Brave and the Bold, Captain Marvel, Cat People, Superboy, Thunderbolt, Addams Family, Space: 1999, Buck Rogers, Tarzan, Flash Gordon.

What a day for comic strips. Today in history Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon and Tarzan comic strip series began featuring the work of Hal Foster and Alex Raymond. Also, today is the birthday of the late Chas Addams who created The Addams Family in the New Yorker and sparked the 60's TV series along with the concurrent movies.


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Birthdays

Gene L. Coon 1924, writer and producer for Star Trek: The Original Series

Bob Wiacek 1953, comic book artist,well known for both his pencil and ink work. Wiacek got his start in the mid-1970s as a member of the "Crusty Bunkers" inking collective. For a short time in 1975–1976 he inked backgrounds (over Curt Swan's pencils) on Superman for DC Comics. He moved on to regular inking work for DC, and then in 1978 began a long association with Marvel. Wiacek has inked over such pencilers as Carmine Infantino on Star Wars, John Romita Jr. on The Uncanny X-Men, June Brigman on Power Pack, John Byrne on Sensational She-Hulk, and Walter Simonson on X-Factor and Orion and George Pérez Brave and the Bold, volume 2. He has also worked with creators such as Bob Budiansky, Colleen Doran, Ron Garney, Mike Grell, Michael Netzer (Nasser), Kevin Nowlan, Don Perlin, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Barry Windsor-Smith.

Mark Allen Shepherd 1961, actor,Morn - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Birthright: Part 1", 1993), Morn - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Caretaker",1995), Morn - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (91 episodes, 1993-1999). Morn was a Lurian freighter captain who frequented Quark's on Deep Space 9.

Hallie Todd 1962, actress,Lal - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "The Offspring", 1990), Summer Gale - Disney's Kim Possible (1 episode, "Day of the Snowmen", 2003)(voice).

Kevin Rahm 1971, actor, Norvo Tigan - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "Prodigal Daughter", 1999).

Aaron Lopresti 1964, comic book artist, worked for Marvel, DC, Malibu. Lopresti first published work of note was the Malibu Comics title Sludge, in 1993. He has since gone on to illustrate such titles as Marvel's X-men and Captain Marvel and was the artist for DC's Wonder Woman for issues #20-23, 26-30, 32-40, switching shifts with artist Bernard Chang. He is currently doing covers for both Adventure Comics and Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton, as well as interior art for Justice League: Generation Lost.

Rodrigo Diaz Ricci 1971, cartoonist, comic book artist, graphic designer, works mainly in horror genre.

Alan Napier 1903, actor, best known for playing Alfred in the 1960s Batman television series. Willie Spears - The Invisible Man Returns (1940), Doc Carver - Cat People (1942), Aga - Sinbad the Sailor (1947), Douglas Jessup - Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949), Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Speckled Band (1949) TV episode, Commissioner Peters - Tarzan's Peril (1951), Parson Glennie - Moonfleet (1955), Elinu, the High Priest - The Mole People (1956), Dean - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), Capt. Protheroe - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, 1963), Sir Pelinore - The Sword in the Stone (1963) (voice), Alfred - Batman (1966), Alfred - Batman (115 episodes, 1966-1968).

Karl Kesel 1959, comics writer and inker whose works have primarily been under contract for DC Comics. Kesel worked with comic book illustrator Brandon McKinney on issues #6 and #13 of the comic series Aliens: Space Marines (published through Dark Horse Comics), which accompanied alien figures in the first line of Alien figures released by Kenner in 1992. He is the creator of the modern Superboy character, Kon-El, who debuted and was defined during the "Return of Superman" story arc, starting from Adventures of Superman #500.

Peter A. Morisi 1928, He is best-known as creator of the 1960s Charlton Comics series Peter Cannon ... Thunderbolt, a thoughtful superhero comic that contained some of the earliest respectful invocations of Eastern mysticism in American pop culture.

Charles "Chas" Samuel Addams 1912, cartoonist, known for his particularly black humor and macabre characters. Some of the recurring characters, who became known as The Addams Family, became the basis for two live-action television series, two animated TV series, three motion pictures, and a Broadway musical. His first drawing in The New Yorker ran on February 6, 1932 (a sketch of a window washer), and his cartoons ran regularly in the magazine from 1938, when he drew the first instance of what came to be called the Addams Family, until his death. His cartoons regularly appeared in The New Yorker, and he also created a syndicated comic strip, Out of This World, which ran in 1956. There are many collections of his work, including Drawn and Quartered (1942) and Monster Rally (1950), the latter with a foreword by John O'Hara. Typical of Addams's work, one cartoon shows two men standing in a room labeled "Patent Attorney." One is pointing a bizarre gun out the window toward the street and saying, "Death ray, fiddlesticks! Why, it doesn't even slow them up!"

Terry Moore 1929, actress, Venus - Batman (3 episodes, 1967).

Valentino Musetti 1943, actor, Prisoner / Audience member - Doctor Who (10 episodes, 1964-1972), Spirit Mateo - Space: 1999 (1 episode, "The Troubled Spirit", 1976), Napier Hood - Batman (1989).

Events

1929, Buck Rogers comic strip makes its first newspaper appearance after John Flint Dille reinvents original "Anthony Rogers" character created by Philip Francis Nowlan in 1928.

1929, Tarzan of the Apes was adapted in newspaper strip form with illustrations by Hal Foster

1934, Flash Gordon comic strip begins. Drawn by Alex Raymond.

1980, Blakes 7, 3rd series Episode 1. "Aftermath"

1991, Star Trek:TNG, "Data's Day" airs.

1998, Space Island One airs on Sky One.

Captain Nice, Hercules and the Amazon Women, Black Adder, Wolverine, Thor, The Invisible Man, Babylon 5, Sherlock Holmes, Peanuts, Beany and Cecil.

Sherlock Holmes's fictional birthday is today. 158 years old and still timely.


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Birthdays

Vic Tayback 1930, actor, Lipton - Captain Nice (1 episode, "Is Big Town Burning?", 1967), Krako - Star Trek (1 episode, "A Piece of the Action", 1968), Hood - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "The Inside Rail", 1969), Carface - All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) (voice).

Aron Eisenberg 1969, actor, Kar - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Initiations", 1995), Nog / Patron in Vic's Lounge - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (47 episodes, 1993-1999).

Jill Sayre 1976,actress, Ania - Hercules and the Amazon Women (1994) (TV), Mardah - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "The Abandoned", 1994), Alfie - Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1 episode, "Tarzan and the Mystery of the Lake", 1997), Zaia - Conan the Adventurer (1 episode, "The Labyrinth", 1998), Nurse - Spider-Man (2002), Train Passenger - Spider-Man 2 (2004).

Joel Adams 1967, comic artist, was a character designer on King of The Hill, now does big head girl art at Lilz.net, son of Neal Adams

Rowan Atkinson 1955, Black Adder - Black Adder (7 episodes, 1982-1983), Edmund Blackadder - Black-Adder II (6 episodes, 1986), Edmund Blackadder, butler to the Prince - Black Adder the Third (6 episodes, 1987), Ebenezer Blackadder / Lord Edmund Blackadder / Edmund Blackadder, Esq. / Cmdr. Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder's Christmas Carol (1988) (TV), Sir Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder: The Cavalier Years (1988) (TV), Captain Edmund Blackadder - Blackadder Goes Forth (6 episodes, 1989), Mr. Bean - Mr. Bean (18 episodes, 1990-1995), Zazu - The Lion King (1994) (voice), The Doctor - Comic Relief: Doctor Who - The Curse of Fatal Death (1999) (TV), Mondavarious - Scooby-Doo (2002), Mr. Bean - Mr. Bean: The Animated Series (26 episodes, 2002-2003), Peter Piper / Spider-Plant Man - Spider-Plant Man (2005) (TV).

Wilson Ramos Jr. 1971, comic Book Artist/colorist, worked on such titles as Wolverine, Thor, Deadpool and Spider-Woman to name a few.

Helen Kleeb 1907, actress, Miss Vandergrift - The Invisible Boy (1957), Mrs. Holland / Mrs Drum - Dennis the Menace (4 episodes, 1959-1962), Mattie Glover - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Jess-Belle", 1963), Phone Operator Rachel - Lost in Space (1 episode, "Return from Outer Space", 1965), Molly - Curio Shop Owner - The Invaders (1 episode, "Panic", 1967), Aunt Margaret Carlson - The Invisible Man (1 episode, "Pin Money", 1975).

Andrea Thompson 1960, actress, Maggie Dawson - Quantum Leap (2 episodes, 1990-1991), Talia Winters - Babylon 5 (44 episodes, 1994-1995), Corrina - Nowhere Man - Dark Side of the Moon (1 episode, "Dark Side of the Moon", 1996)(voice), Zita - The Wild Thornberrys (2 episodes, 2000)(voice), Serious Looking Woman - Heroes: Destiny (4 episodes, 2008).

Events

1854, Fictional Character Sherlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle was born.

1952, Charles M. Schulz famous Peanuts Sunday page comic strip begins.

1962, Beany and Cecil airs on ABC.

1967, Location filming at Bronson Canyon for TOS: "This Side of Paradise".

1992, Star Trek:TNG, "New Ground" airs.

1993, Space Rangers airs on CBS.

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Starman, Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Highlander, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Gollum, Bozo.

There is way to many great people having birthdays today to try and point just one out so scroll down and take a look at all the talented folks that have made our lives a little more entertained. Then once that take a look at the events which are just as great as the people.


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Birthdays

Alfred Ryder 1916, actor, John Marriott / Ted Doliver - Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (2 episodes, 1959-1960), Edgar Price - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Borderland", 1963), Professor Robert Crater - Star Trek (1 episode, "The Man Trap", 1966), Krueger / Dr. Bergstrom - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (3 episodes, 1966-1967), Mr. Nexus / The Invader Leader / Ryder - The Invaders (3 episodes, 1967-1968), Parteg - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Night of Thrombeldinbar", 1969), Joe Lannon - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Pilot Error", 1974), Garedon - Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1 episode, "Escape from Wedded Bliss", 1979).

Cliff Potts 1942, actor, John Keenan - Silent Running (1972), Jake Lawton - Starman (1 episode, "Best Buddies", 1986), Admiral Kennelly - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Ensign Ro", 1991).

Clancy Brown 1959, actor, Rawhide - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Victor Kruger / The Kurgan - Highlander (1986), Gonta / Additional Voices - Pom Poko (1994) (voice: English version), Octopin Leader - The Little Mermaid (1 episode, "Heroes", 1994), John Danziger - Earth 2 (21 episodes, 1994-1995), Wolf / Hakon / Tomas Brod - Gargoyles (12 episodes, 1994-1996), Bully - Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1 episode, "A Bronx Tail", 1995)(voice), Clammando - Street Sharks (2 episodes, 1995), Sergeant Linden Styles - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Afterlife",1996), Lex Luthor - Superman: The Last Son of Krypton (1996) (TV) (voice), Seige - Mighty Ducks (3 episodes, 1996), Sasquatch - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Man to Man, Beast to Beast", 1996)(voice), Raiden - Mortal Combat (13 episodes, 1996)(voice), Col. Nikolai / Guard / The Entity / Professor Francois - The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (2 episodes, 1997), Sgt. Zim - Starship Troopers (1997), Tempus - Extreme Ghostbusters (1 episode, "Ghost Apocalyptic Future", 1997)(voice), Porkpie - Hey Arnold! (1 episode, "Freeze Frame/Phoebe Cheats",1997)(voice), Lex Luthor - The Batman Superman Movie: World's Finest (1998) (TV) (voice), Blotox - Disney's Hercules (1 episode, "Hercules and the Techno Greeks", 1998), Baron Bone - The Secret Files of the SpyDogs (1 episode, "Bone / Time", 1998), Harrington - The Angry Beavers (1 episode, "In Search of Big Byoo-Tox / Moron-a-Thon Man", 1999)(voice), Maxmillian Spiel - Godzilla: The Series (1 episode, "Cash of the Titans", 1999)(voice), Hessian Trooper - The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999) (TV) (voice), Lex Luthor - Superman: The Animated Series (20 episodes, 1996-2000)(voice),Robot Maximus / IGOR / Robot Pilot - Voltron: The Third Dimension (5 episodes, 1998-2000), Sgt. Charlie Zim - Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles (3 episodes, 1999-2000), Tough / Kleev / Sentry #2 - Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2 episodes, 2000)(voice), (50 other cartoon series on top of these ), Admiral LaMaise - Recess (1 episode, "The Army Navy Game", 2000), Bald Guy - Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice), Mr. Krabs - Jimmy Neutron's Nicktoon Blast (2003) (voice), Mr. Krabs - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) (voice), Alexander Paine - A.T.O.M.: Alpha Teens on Machines (2005) (voice), Kelvin Inman - Lost (2 episodes, 2006), Mr. Eugene H. Krabs - SpongeBob SquarePants (88 episodes, 1999-2010), Savage Opress - Star Wars: The Clone Wars (3 episodes, 2011), Meacham - Cowboys & Aliens (2011).

Paul McGillion 1965,actor, First Officer - Sliders (1 episode, "Obsession", 1996), FBI / Fred Neiman / Angry Husband - The X-Files (2 episodes, 1994-1997), Young Ernest Littlefield - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "The Torment of Tantalus", 1997), Raphael - First Wave (1 episode, "Lungfish", 1998), Brandon - Seven Days (1 episode, "Playmates and Presidents", 2000), Lex Lackey - Smallville (1 episode, "Insurgence", 2003), George - Twilight Zone (1 episode, "It's Still a Good Life", 2003), Wexford - Sanctuary (1 episode, "Episode #1.6", 2007), Dr. Carson Beckett - Stargate Atlantis (62 episodes, 2004-2009), Dr. Lawrence Parker - V (1 episode, "Fruition", 2010), Wexford - Sanctuary (4 episodes, 2010).

Dany Saval 1940, actress, Lyrae - Moon Pilot (1962)

Robert Duvall 1931, actor, Spurgeon Tanner - Deep Impact, Priest on Swing - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), THX - THX 1138 (1971), Raul Nimon - The Time Tunnel (1967), Zar - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Adam Ballard - The Outer Limits (1964), Charley Parkes - The Twilight Zone (1963).

Wolf Morris 1925, actor, Padmasambhava - Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, Episode 5 (1967), voice of Gollum in BBC 4's 1968 radio series The Hobbit.

George Reeves 1914, actor, Superman - Adv. Of Superman (1951).

Foxo Reardon 1905, cartoonist, created "Bozo" world's first pantomime comic strip (1924)

Russ Manning 1929, comic book artist, cartoonist, created the series Magnus, Robot Fighter and illustrated such newspaper comic strips as Tarzan and Star Wars. In 1953, he went to work for Western Publishing and illustrated stories for the wide variety of comics published by Western for Dell Comics, and later for Western's own Gold Key Comics line. His first notable work was on Brothers of the Spear, a backup feature, created by Gaylord Du Bois in the Tarzan comic book. He also drew a few Tarzan stories. He created Gold Key's Magnus Robot Fighter in 1963 and drew the first 21 issues, through 1968. From 1965 to 1969, Manning drew Gold Key's Tarzan series. During this time, he adapted ten of the first eleven Tarzan novels written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, from scripts written by Gaylord Du Bois. Manning also drew the Korak stories in the first 11 issues of Gold Key's Korak comic. From 1969 to 1972 he did the Tarzan daily newspaper strip, and stayed on the Sunday page until 1979. He also created four original Tarzan graphic novels for European publication. His final major work was writing and drawing the Star Wars newspaper strip in 1979-80.

Joe Flanigan 1967, actor, Det. Claude Morton - Birds of Prey (1 episode, "Prey for the Hunter", 2002), Lt. Colonel John Sheppard - Stargate SG-1 (1 episode, "The Pegasus Project", 2006), Lt. Colonel John Sheppard - Stargate: Atlantis (99 episodes, 2004-2009), Jeff Weaver - Warehouse 13 (1 episode, Elements", 2009).

George Magrill 1900, actor, Member of Ship's Crew - King Kong (1933), Henchman Bailey - Tailspin Tommy (1934)[Chs. 4, 6-7], Ming Soldier - Flash Gordon (1936/I), Freighter Crewman - Secret Agent X-9 (1937)[Chs. 9-10], Fertilizer Warehouse Thug - Dick Tracy Returns (1938)[Ch. 7], Spike, Thug with Bordine - The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)[Ch. 5], Henchman - The Spider Returns (1941), Henchman Red - Captain Midnight (1942)[Chs. 5-7], Circus Roustabout - Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942), Henchman at Sphinx Club - Batman (1943)[Chs. 9-10], Mechanic Thug - Captain America (1944)[Ch. 7], Detective at Starling's Interrogation - Dick Tracy (1945), Bank Robber - Superman (1948)[Ch. 3], Sam, Thug-Truck Driver - The Invisible Monster (1950)[Chs.4-5], Lionian Brave - Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950), Pitchman - Red Planet Mars (1952), Traffic Cop - The War of the Worlds (1953).

Events

1899, Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure-Charles Augustus Milverton

1945, Pepe LePew debuts in Warner Bros cartoon "Odor-able Kitty"

1948, Superman radio program broadcast over the Mutual Network begins.

1967, Star Trek:TOS, "The Galileo Seven" airs.

1968, Star Trek:TOS, "The Gamesters of Triskelion" airs.

1970, "Love is..." becomes syndicated cartoon by cartoonist Kim Casali

1974, Star Trek:TAS, "The Eye of the Beholder" airs.

1981, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series airs on BBC.

1992, The Girl from Tomorrow

2001, Black Scorpion is a comedy-action TV series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel

Babylon 5, Warlock and the Infinity Watch, Supergirl, The Pink Panther, Conquest of the Earth, A Bug's Life, When Worlds Collide, Winnie the Pooh.

Birthdays galore today including Matt Frewer, Dave Foley, Jacob Grimm, Chic Stone, and so many more.


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Birthdays

Jim Norton 1938, actor, Albert Einstein - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1991-1993) , Ombuds Wellington / Dr. Lazarenn . Narn Image - Babylon 5 (4 episodes, 1994-1996), Maj. Thomas Kennet - Doctor Who: Scream of the Shalka (2003) TV mini-series (voice).

Bob Almond 1967,comic book artist, Deep Space Nine, Warlock and the Infinity Watch.

Matt Frewer 1958, actor, Eddie, Truck Driver - Supergirl (1984), Edison Carter / Max Headroom - Max Headroom (1985) (TV), Max Headroom - The Max Headroom Show (1 episode, "Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey", 1986), Max Headroom - The Original Max Talking Headroom Show" (1987) TV series, Edison Carter / Max Headroom - Max Headroom (14 episodes, 1987-1988), Berlinghoff Rasmussen - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "A Matter of Time", 1991), Howard Raymer - Eerie, Indiana (1 episode, "Tornado Days", 1992), Mac Duff - Steven Spielberg Presents... Tiny Toon Adventures (2 episodes, 1992)(voice), Pink Panther - The Pink Panther" (1993) TV series (unknown episodes)(voice), Sidney Debris / Sid the Squid - Batman: The Animated Series (1 episode, "The Man Who Killed Batman", 1993)(voice), Peter Blaine - Bonkers (1 episode, "Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains", 1993)(voice), The Cat in the Hat - In Search of Dr. Seuss (1994) (TV), Lord Chaos - Aladdin (1 episode, "When Chaos Comes Calling", 1994)(voice), Lloyd - Dumb and Dumber" (1995) TV series (voice), The Leader - The Marvel Action Hour: Iron Man (1 episode, "Hulk Buster", 1996)(voice), Jobe Smith - Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996), Jackal - Gargoyles (7 episodes, 1994-1996)(voice), Norman Glass - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "First Anniversary", 1996), Jackal - Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1 episode, "Broadway Goes to Hollywood", 1996)(voice), Dr. Wally Pretorius - Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series (1 episode, "Human Factor", 1996)(voice), Inspector 47 - The Magic Schoolbus (1 episode, "In the Rainforest", 1996), The Leader - The Incredible Hulk (10 episodes, 1996-1997)(voice), Panic - Hercules (1997) (voice), Panic - Hercules (9 episodes, 1998-1999)(voice), Frazzled - CyberWorld (2000) (voice), Panic / Toymaker - House of Mouse (6 episodes, 2001-2002)(voice), Dr. Chet Wakeman - Taken (6 episodes, 2002), Jim Taggart - Eureka (7 episodes, 2006), Edgar Jacobi / Moloch - Watchmen (2009), Jim Taggart - Eureka (14 episodes, 2006-2010).

Lindsay Kennedy 1969, actor, Super Scout - Battlestar Galactica (5 episodes, 1980), Super Scout - Conquest of the Earth (1981) (TV).

Dave Foley 1963, actor, Flik - It's Tough to Be a Bug (1998) (voice), Flik - A Bug's Life (1998) (voice), The Baldwin Brothers - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (1999) (voice), Flik the Ant - Toy Story 2 (1999) (voice), Hank the Technician - CyberWorld (2000) (voice), Francis Peacock - The Tick (1 episode, "Arthur Interrupted",2002), Laslow Oswald - What's New, Scooby-Doo? (1 episode, "High-Tech House of Horrors", 2002), Gary Gerbil - Odd Job Jack (1 episode, "The Wheel Is Not Enough", 2003)(voice), Priest - Lilo And Stitch (1 episode, "Fibber: Experiment 032", 2003), Kelsey Grammer's Cat - Father of the Pride (1 episode, "Stage Fright", 2005)(voice), Francis Grey - The Batman (1 episode, "Seconds", 2007)(voice), Malcolm Tunney - Stargate Atlantis (1 episode, "Brain Storm", 2008), Narrator - The Temerity of Zim (2008) (voice), Randall the Goose - Goose on the Loose (2011) (voice).

Richard Stahl 1932, actor, Edward Fazio - Beware! The Blob (1972), Arch-Bishop - Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1 episode, "The House of Luthor", 1994).

Barbara Rush 1927, actress, Joyce Hendron - When Worlds Collide (1951), Ellen Fields - It Came from Outer Space (1953), Leonora Edmond - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Forms of Things Unknown", 1964), Leonora Edmond - The Unknown (1964) (TV), Nora Clavicle - Batman (2 episodes, 1968), Ann Sommers / Chris Stuart - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Jaimes Mother", 1976), Barbara Matheson - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Balance of Nature", 1998).

Sterling Holloway 1905, actor / voice actor, Winnie The Pooh - 4 series (1966, 1968, 1974, 1977), Roquefort - The Aristocats, Kaa - The Jungle Book, Linus! The Lion Hearted, Prof. Oscar Quinn - The Adv. Of Superman (3 episodes, 1953-1955), Adult Flower - Bambi (1942), Mr Stork - Dumbo (1941), Uncle Oscar Quinn - Superman in Exile (1954), Uncle Oscar - Superman and the Jungle Devil (1954).

Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm 1785, librarian, fairy tale collector.

Marla English 1934, actress, Andrea Talbott - The She-Creature (1956).

Charles Eber "Chic" Stone 1923, comic book artist, best known as one of Jack Kirby's Silver Age inkers, including on a landmark run of Fantastic Four. He broke into comics in 1939, at age 16, apprenticing with the comic-book packager Eisner & Iger. In the 1940s, he worked on the original Captain Marvel for Fawcett Comics, and Boy Comics for Lev Gleason Publications. For Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, he contributed to Blonde Phantom Comics, "Eustis Hayseed" in Joker Comics; and "Jeep Jones" in All Select Comics and Kid Komics. Stone largely left comics during the 1950s to become an art director for magazines including True Experience and The American Salesman, and to publish a magazine, Boy Illustrated, which folded after two issues. He did commercial art for Grey Advertising and TV commercial storyboards for Filmack Studios. Stone, at this time living in Hollywood, California, then became art director of Modern Teen and Dig Magazine. He returned to comic books during the 1960s Silver Age, initially with the small American Comics Group (ACG) on titles including Adventures into the Unknown, for which he would pencil from 1962-1967. He also variously penciled and inked, uncredited, for DC Comics, and occasionally ghosted for artists Bob Kane (on Batman stories) and George Papp (inking his Superboy pencils). Shortly thereafter, Stone, began inking industry legend Jack Kirby's pencils on Fantastic Four (issues #28-38, Annual #2). He also inked Kirby on early issues of X-Men and the feature "The Mighty Thor" in Journey into Mystery, and the two artists collaborated on covers across the spectrum of Marvel's comics. Later in the decade, Stone returned to freelancing for DC Comics, penciling an occasional Batman story — including the lead tale in the anniversary issue Batman #200 (March 1968). He additionally pencilled numerous stories for Tower Comics' T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Dynamo and NoMAN. Other work around this time includes a run of the character Nemesis in ACG's Forbidden Worlds and Unknown Worlds; Dell Comics' Flying Saucers, and a Garrison's Gorillas TV tie-in comic; and early-1970s work for Skywald Publications' black-and-white horror magazines Psycho and Nightmare. Stone's art for an AMT model car-kit ad ("Grandpa Munster 'Digs' The Drag-U-La!") appeared in DC's The Atom #24 (May 1966), Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #64 (April 1966),[12] and elsewhere. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Stone began a long association with Archie Comics, including its "Red Circle" and "Archie Adventure Series" superhero lines. This lesser-known work includes a story written by future Marvel editor-in-chief Tom DeFalco in Archie's Super Hero Special #2 (Aug. 1979), and Stone's inking fellow Silver Age veteran Dick Ayers on a Black Hood story in Blue Ribbon Comics #11 (Aug. 1984). Stone also worked on the regular Archie teen-humor line. Stone was inking for Marvel as late as The A-Team #1 (March 1984). In the early 1990s, he drew commissioned art in Silver Age Kirby-Stone style for sales through dealers.

Gary Jones 1958, actor, Duncan / TV Host - The Outer Limits (2 episodes, 1995-1996), William Shatner - William Shatner Lent Me His Hairpiece: An Untrue Story (1996), Michael Hurley - Sliders (3 episodes, 1995-1996), Woody - Andromeda (1 episode, "Abridging the Devil's Divide", 2004), Sgt. Walter Harriman / Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman - Stargate: SG1 (108 episodes, 1997-2007), Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman - Stargate: Atlantis (12 episodes, 2004-2009), Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman - SGU Stargate Universe (1 episode, "Air: Part 1", 2009), George - Sanctuary (1 episode, "Bank Job", 2010).

Events

1957, "Blondie" situation comedy based on comic strip premieres on NBC TV

1982, Dr. Who, four-part serial "Castrovalva" airs.

1998, Star Trek: The Experience opens in the Las Vegas Hilton Hotel.

1998, Babylon 5: In the Beginning TV movie airs.

Space Patrol, Forbidden Planet, The Bionic Woman, Space 1999, JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Mad Max, Gorgo, Teen Titans, Battlestar Galactica.

Two great things happened today, J.R.R. Tolkien was born today and Tillie the Toiler made it's first appearance in the newspaper.


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Birthdays

William Boyett 1927, actor, Pilot / Guard - Space Patrol (3 episodes, 1953), Crewman - Forbidden Planet (1956), Air Force Lt. - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1 episode, "The Blizzard Makers", 1964), Co-Pilot Beeman - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "The Probe", 1965), Policeman - Batman (1 episode, "The Pharaoh's in a Rut", 1966), Tressider's Man - The Invaders (1 episode, "Summit Meeting: Part I", 1967), Air Force General - The Six Million Dollar Man (1 episode, "Doomsday, and Counting", 1974), 1st Officer - Gemini Man (1 episode, "Minotaur", 1976), Captain Blank - The Bionic Woman (1 episode, "Once a Thief", 1977), Det. Harnell - The Incredible Hulk (1 episode, "Veteran", 1981), Taggert - Space Raiders (1983), Ranger Jones - The Christmas Tree Train (1983) (TV) (voice), Ranger Jones - Which Witch Is Which (1984) (TV) (voice), Ranger Jones - The Turkey Caper (1985) (TV) (voice), Colonel Travis - Steven Spielberg's Amazing Stories (1 episode, "Alamo Jobe", 1985), Ranger Jones - The Adventure Machine (1990) (TV) (voice), Government Liaison - The Rocketeer (1991), Officer Jones - The Wish That Changed Christmas (1991) (TV) (voice), Lt. Dan Bell / Policeman - Star Trek: The Next Generation (2 episodes, 1988-1992).

Jeremy Kemp 1935, actor, Dr. Ernst Linden - Space 1999 (1 episode, "Voyager's Return", 1975), Franz Zedlocker / Warden Devereaux - The Greatest American Hero (2 episodes, 1982), Robert Picard - Star Trek: The Next Generation (1 episode, "Family", 1990), Hissah Zul - Conan the Adventurer (22 episodes, 1997-1998).

J. R. R. Tolkien 1892, English Novelist, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. He was a close friend of C. S. Lewis—they were both members of the informal literary discussion group known as the Inklings. Tolkien was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II on 28 March 1972.

Mel Gibson 1956, actor, Mad Max Rockatansky - Mad Max (1979), Mad Max Rockatansky - Mad Max 2 (1981), Mad Max Rockatansky - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), John Smith - Pocahontas (1995) (voice), Rocky - Chicken Run (2000) (voice), Rev. Graham Hess - Signs (2002).

Andre Franquin 1924, cartoonist, Spirou et Fantasio comic strip from 1947 to 1969

Bill Travers 1922, actor, Joe Ryan - Gorgo Gorgo (1961).

Jason Marsden 1975, voice actor / actor, He has done voiceover work on the various DC Warner Bros. animated series such as Superman: The Animated Series. Justice League, Static Shock, Teen Titans, Batman Beyond, Loonatics Unleashed, and The Batman.

Tom Artis 1956, comic book artist, DC Comics, Fleetway/Quality, and Marvel Comics throughout the 1980s and early 1990s

Ray Milland 1905, actor, Dr. James Xavier - X (1963), Sire Uri - Battlestar Galactica (2 episodes, 1978), Professor Timothy Wallace - Hydra-Monster of the Deep (1984).

Mara Corday 1930, actress, Locopo Woman - Tarzan and the She-Devil (1953), Stephanie 'Steve' Clayton - Tarantula (1955), Sally Caldwell - The Giant Claw (1957).

John Russell 1921, actor, The Commander - Jason of Star Command (12 episodes, 1979-1981).

Events

1921, Tillie the Toiler comic strip by Russ Westover begins.

1969, Star Trek:TOS, "Whom Gods Destroy" airs.

1970, Dr. Who, four-part serial "Spearhead from Space" airs.

1977, The Amazing Spiderman daily strip began. It was first written by Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee and illustrated by John Romita.

1983, Dr. Who, four-part serial "Arc of Infinity" airs.

1993, Deep Space 9, first aired, "The Emissary"

1993, Star Trek:DS9, "Emissary" airs. Series premiere.

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

1999, Babylon 5: A Call to Arms TV movie airs.

2009, Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight airs on CBS.

Fallen Angel, Iron Man, Don Heck, The Avengers, Weird Terror, Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, Cisco Kid, Cowboys and Aliens, Happy Hooligan.

Isaac Asimov and Don Heck are having birthdays today. Isaac was the master of sci-fi and Don Heck was the co-creator of Iron Man, nothing can be better than that today.


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Birthdays

Dennis Calero 1972, comic book artist, Fallen Angel, new X-Factor series, Sliders:Darkest Hour

Don Heck 1929, comic book artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Iron Man, and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The Avengers during the 1960s. Heck's first known credited work is on the horror comics Weird Terror, Horrific, Terrific, and Danger, and the violent Western series Death Valley, for publisher Comic Media beginning in 1952. Publisher Allen Hardy was a former co-worker at Harvey Comics. For publisher U.S. Pictorial, circa 1955, he drew the one-shot Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion, a TV tie-in comic. Heck became an Atlas staff artist on September 1, 1954; his first known work for the company was the six-page Korean War story "The Commies Attack!" in Battlefront #29 (March 1955). He as well drew Westerns, crime fiction, horror, and jungle stories. Heck gave atmospheric rendering to numerous sci-fi jungle/prison-escape stories and other genres, Strange Tales and Tales to Astonish, to name two of the many pre-superhero comics for which he drew; others included Strange Worlds, World of Fantasy, and Journey into Mystery. Many of these stories were reprinted during the 1960s and 1970s. Heck, who was known for drawing beautiful women.

Dennis Calero 1972, comic book artist, His work includes Acclaim Comics' licensed-product titles Sliders and Magic: The Gathering; Moonstone Books' TV tie-in titles Cisco Kid and Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Platinum Comics' Cowboys & Aliens; IDW Publishing's Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House; and Marvel Comics' X-Factor,

Frederick Burr Opper 1857, regarded as one of the pioneers of American newspaper comic strips, best known for his comic strip Happy Hooligan. His comic characters were featured in magazine gag cartoons, covers, political cartoons and comic strips for six decades. Opper's first cartoon was published in Wild Oats in 1876, followed by cartoons and illustrations in Scribner’s Monthly and St. Nicholas Magazine. He worked as illustrator at Frank Leslie's Weekly from 1877 to 1880. Opper was then hired to draw for Puck by publishers Joseph Keppler and Adolph Schwarzmann. He stayed with Puck for 18 years, drawing everything from spot illustrations to chromolithograph covers.

Lynda Barry 1956, cartoonist, One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the tracks – Arna (the sensitive, freckled observer) and the cousins with whom she lives; pig-tailed Marlys (gifted, exuberant, snarky, and spastic); and the older Maybonne (concerned with social justice, music, makeup, hairdos and boys) and Freddie (gay, sweet, bullied, fascinated with bugs and monsters); but she often ventures far afield from this, such as in her strips featuring a Beat Poet poodle named Fred Milton. She has also produced novels. She garnered attention with her book The Good Times are Killing Me about an interracial friendship between two young girls. The book was made into a play. Her novel "Cruddy" (2000) was well received. "One! Hundred! Demons!" (2002) a graphic novel she terms "Autobiofictionalography" uses collage and a Zen Ink painting exercise to address personal and social topics that have been demonized. "What It Is" (2008) is a graphic novel that is part memoir, part collage and part workbook in which Barry instructs her readers in methods to open up their own creativity. "What It Is" won the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.

Elmer Simms Campbell 1906, cartoonist, Campbell signed his work E. Simms Campbell. He was the first African American cartoonist published in nationally distributed slick magazines, and he was the creator of Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire.

Deborah Watling 1948, actress, Sally Brady - Invisible Man (9 episodes, 1959), Sarah Richards - Out of the Unknown (1 episode, "The World in Silence", 1966), Victoria Waterfield - Doctor Who (41 episodes, 1967-1968), Victoria Waterfield - Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time (1993) (TV).

Isaac Asimov 1920, sci-fi author and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books. Asimov was one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 9,000 letters and postcards.

Events

1968, Transporter room scenes are filmed for TOS: "Assignment: Earth".

1978, Blakes 7 series begins on BBC 1. Eps. " The Way Back"

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

1995, The animated TV series The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show first airs in syndication.

1996, Alien Nation: Millennium TV movie airs.

Happy New Year, Jor-El, Savage Sword of Conan, Katy Keene , Bill Woggon, Wilbur Comics, Millie the Lovable Monster, The Dick Tracy Show, Astro Boy.

I hope the New Year is beginning the way you want it to be. May the rest of the year bring you happiness and joy.


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Birthdays

Gilbert Green 1914, actor, Ekosian-Star Trek:Original Series."Patterns of Force", Dr. Carson-My Favorite Martian,

B. "Hap" Kilban 1935, cartoonist, Kliban began to draw cartoons for Playboy magazine. In 1962, Kliban became a Playboy cartoonist, contributing cartoons until his death. He is best-known for the book Cat, a collection of cartoons about cats drawn in Kliban's distinctive style. The cat cartoons were discovered by a Playboy editor and the 1975 book Cat was born. This led to several other books of cartoons ending with Advanced Cartooning in 1993. After Kilban's death his second wife Judith Kamman Kliban later married actor Bill Bixby shortly before Bixby's death in 1993.

Jerry Robinson 1922, comic book artist best known for his work on DC Comics' Batman line of comics during the 1940s. In 1943, when Kane left the Batman comic books to focus on penciling the daily Batman newspaper comic strip, Robinson took over the full penciling, along with others such as Dick Sprang. As was customary of the time, only Kane's name appeared on the strip. He was president of the National Cartoonists Society from 1967 to 1969 and served a two year term as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists starting in 1973.

Tony Salmons 1957, alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist and character designer. Notable work is Vigilante: City Lights, Prairie Justice, Batman: Gotham Knights, Captain America: Red, White & Blue, Dakota North, Savage Sword of Conan, Marvel Fanfare, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Batman: The Animated Series.

Nelson Leigh 1905, actor, Edward Preston - Brick Bradford (1947), Jor-El - Father of Superman - Superman (1948)[Ch. 1], Dr. Kenneth C. Norton - Creature with the Atom Brain (1955), Doctor Carr - Sheena: Queen of the Jungle (1 episode, "Forbidden Cargo", 1955), General Black / General Connors - Steve Canyon (2 episodes, 1958-1959), General Adams - Men Into Space (1 episode, "Into the Sun", 1960), Preacher - The Time Tunnel (1 episode, "End of the World", 1966).

William Woggon 1911, cartoonist, created the comic book Katy Keene. By 1938, he was assisting Elmer in lettering and then drawing the latter's newspaper comic strip Big Chief Wahoo, which later metamorphosed into Steve Roper and Mike Nomad. Woggon kept working on his own ideas for a comic book. Inspired by wartime pinup girls, in 1945, he created Katy Keene, beginning in Wilbur Comics and taking advantage of its teen market. It became a success during the next ten years, spawning fan clubs and pen pals. Katy Keene featured fashionable young beauty Katy (a model with "traditional values"), who had a pestering little sister, a stream of suitors and dreams of becoming an actress. The stories were not overly inspired and mainly served to put Katy through as many successive wardrobe changes as possible in order to show off reader-submitted fashions that Woggon drew and credited to them (a feature adopted by Dixie Dugan as well). Paper dolls with other outfits for Katy also increased the comic's appeal. It continued through the 1950s in various outlets (Katy Keene Pinup Parade, Laugh Comics, and Pep Comics, and Archie Comics). When it ended in 1961, Woggon turned to other work, such as the Dell comic Millie the Lovable Monster, ghosting the newspaper strip Priscilla's Pop and creating the Archie feature The Twiddles.

Richard Kean 1881, actor, B.B Eyes / Vitamin Flintheart - Dick Tracy (2 episodes, 1951).

Events

1961, The Dick Tracy Show airs.

1963, Astro Boy cartoon series begins on NBC.

1990, Star Trek:TNG, "The Defector" airs.

1996, Star Trek:DS9, "Homefront" airs.

2000, fiction date that Futurama character Philip J. Fry accidentally gets cryogenically frozen.

2007, The Sarah Jane Adventures airs on BBC1.