#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Brick Bradford is a science fiction comic strip created by writer William Ritt, a journalist based in Cleveland, and artist Clarence Gray. It was first distributed on August 21, 1933 by Central Press Association. #OnThisDay #BrickBradford #WilliamRitt
Happy birthday to English actor Frank Dillane, born today in 1991. Dillane is known for his portrayal of Nick Clark on AMC's Fear the Walking Dead, and for playing 15-year-old Tom Riddle in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. #FrankDillane
Happy birthday to Brianne Davis, born today in 1982. Davis is an American actress, producer and director, known in fandom for her roles in The Night Visitor, HBO's True Blood, and Synchronicity. #BrianneDavis
Today we celebrate the birthday of Michael Turner, born today in 1971. Turner was an American comics artist known for his work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics, and was the president of the entertainment company Aspen MLT. #MichaelTurner
Happy birthday to Joel de la Fuente, born today in 1969. An American actor, he first gained recognition for his role as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in Space: Above and Beyond, and is known for his roles in Hemlock Grove and The Man in the High Castle. #JoelDeLaFuente
Happy birthday to Teri Sue Wood, born today in 1965. Wood is an American comic artist best known for her 1993 to 1997 independent-comics series Wandering Star. #TeriSueWood
Happy birthday to Canadian-born actress Kate Vernon, born today in 1961. Vernon is known in fandom for her roles in Syfy's Battlestar Galactica, Cyber Eden, The Outer Limits, Star Trek: Voyager, Heroes, The 100, and Amelia 2.0. #KateVernon
Happy birthday to American author Allan Asherman, born today in 1947. He has worked in several capacities at DC Comics as well as Star Trek-related projects including The Star Trek Compendium and The Making of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. #AllanAsherman
Happy birthday to Dan O'Neill, born today in 1942. O'Neill is an American underground cartoonist, creator of the syndicated comic strip Odd Bodkins and founder of the underground comics collective the Air Pirates. #DanONeill
Today we celebrate the birthday of Scottish screen writer and novelist Larry Forrester, born today in 1924. Forrester is known for work on Ivanhoe, The Adventures of William Tell, and The Saint, but best known for the Star Trek: TNG episode "The Battle". #LarryForrester
Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Sidney Clute, born today in 1916. Clute has had appearances on Adventures of Superman, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Amazing Spider-Man TV series, and the original Battlestar Galactica. #SidneyClute
What a great time at Saluki Con this past weekend! Thanks to all of you who came out a visited our booth, and a special thanks to those who put on the event. Looking forward to next year! #ComicCon #Cosplay
#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Pitfall! is a platform video game designed by David Crane for the Atari 2600 and released by Activision on this date in 1982. It is one of the best-selling games on the Atari 2600, with over four million copies sold. #OnThisDay #Pitfall #Activision
Today we celebrate the birthday of American comic book colorist Justin Ponsor, born today in 1977. best Best known for his work on Marvel Comics, he began his career working for WildStorm as an in-house colorist, and was one of the first creatives at CrossGenis. #JustinPonsor
Happy birthday to American comics artist and cartoonist Evan Dorkin, born today in 1965. His best known works are the comic books Beasts of Burden, Milk & Cheese, Eltingville, and Dork. #EvanDorkin
Happy birthday to Dale Berry, born today in 1960. Berry is a commercial artist and designer, who is best known for his work on the graphic novel series Tales of the Moonlight Cutter, which is published by his company, Myriad Publications. #DaleBerry
Happy birthday to Clinton Howard, born today in 1959. An American actor, in fandom he is known for various roles in the Star Trek franchise as well as Space Rangers, Humanoids from the Deep, Carnosaur, Barb Wire, Fringe, The Rocketeer, and Solo: A Star Wars Story. #ClintonHoward
Happy birthday to Louise Jameson, born today in 1951. Jameson is an English actress with a wide variety of television and theatre credits. She is best known in fandom for her role as Leela, companion of the Fourth Doctor in the BBC series Doctor Who. #LouiseJameson
Happy birthday to English-born American actress Veronica Cartwright, born today in 1949. Cartwright is best known for her roles in the 1970s science fiction films Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Alien. #VeronicaCartwright
Happy birthday to John Ostrander, born today in 1949. Ostrander is an American writer of comic books, including Suicide Squad, Grimjack, and Star Wars: Legacy. #JohnOstrander
Happy birthday to American actress Jessica Lange, born today in 1949. Lange made her professional film debut in Dino De Laurentiis's 1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong. #JessicaLange
Happy birthday to American character actor Gregory Itzin, born today in 1948. Itzin is known in fandom for roles in Voyagers!, Max Headroom, Eerie Indiana, Quantum Leap, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Firefly, and Star Trek: Enterprise. #GregoryItzin
Happy birthday to American novelist and screenwriter Peter S. Beagle, born today in 1939. He co-wrote the screenplay for the Bakshi-animated version of The Lord of the Rings and wrote the teleplay for "Sarek", episode 71 of the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. #PeterSBeagle
Happy birthday to American actor, author, and activist George Takei, born today in 1937. He is best known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the series Star Trek as well as six Star Trek feature films and one episode of Star Trek: Voyager. #GeorgeTakei
Today we celebrate the birthday of Robert DoQui, born today in 1934. An American actor who starred in film and on television, he is perhaps best known in fandom for his role as Sgt. Warren Reed in the RoboCop film franchise. #RobertDoQui
#ThisDayInFandomHistory: "Good Night" is the first of forty-eight Simpsons shorts, the precursor to The Simpson TV series. It originally aired as a part of The Tracey Ullman Show on this date in 1987 on Fox, and marks the first appearance of the Simpson family. #OnThisDay #Simpsons #MattGroening
Happy birthday to Ignacio Serricchio, born today in 1982. An Argentine actor, Serricchio has had roles in such fandom productions as CBS' Ghost Whisperer, Quarantine 2: Terminal, the Lifetime series Witches of East End, and the Netflix reboot of Lost in Space. #IgnacioSerricchio
Happy birthday to Canadian actor and producer Hayden Christensen, born today in 1981. Christensen gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the Star Wars prequel trilogy films. #HaydenChristensen
Happy birthday to Catalina Sandino Moreno, born today in 1981. A Colombian actress, she is known in fandom for roles in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, the TV series Falling Skies, and CBS' American Gothic. #CatalinaSandinoMoreno
Happy birthday to Takeshi Miyazawa, born today in 1978. Miyazawa is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work on Mary Jane for Marvel Comics. #TakeshiMiyazawa