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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Charlotte's Web is a book of children's literature by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams. It was published on this date in 1952 by Harper & Brothers. #OnThisDay #CharlottesWeb

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to Canadian actor Brandon Jay McLaren, born today in 1982. Perhaps best known for his role as Jack Landors a.k.a. Red SPD Ranger in Power Rangers S.P.D., he has also appeared in Smallville, Blade: The Series, and Falling Skies. #BrandonJayMcLaren

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to American actor and PA-C Matt Keeslar, born today in 1972. As an actor, Keeslar is known for his roles in the miniseries Frank Herbert's Dune and Stephen King's Rose Red as well as the title role in the ABC Family series The Middleman. #MattKeeslar

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to Zak Orth, born today in 1970. An American actor, in fandom he's known for roles in Vamps, Fringe, Revolution, and Falling Water. #ZakOrth

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to English actor, director and musician Dominic West, born today in 1969. Known more for dramatic roles, he has appeared in such fandom properties as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 300, Punisher: War Zone, John Carter, and Tomb Raider. #DominicWest

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to Götz Otto, born today in 1967. A German actor, he is known in fandom for roles in Tomorrow Never Dies, Beowulf, The Antman, Millennium Mann, Alien Autopsy, The Pillars of the Earth, Cloud Atlas, and Iron Sky. #GötzOtto

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actress, producer, and model Tanya Roberts, born today in 1955. Roberts is known in fandom for her roles as Stacey Sutton in the James Bond film A View to a Kill, Sheena in Sheena, and Kiri in The Beastmaster. #TanyaRoberts

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Mark Lenard, born today in 1924. His most famous role was as Sarek, father of Spock, in the science fiction franchise Star Trek. #MarkLenard

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Today we celebrate the birthday of author, screenwriter, and journalist Mario Puzo, born today in 1920. Best known for writing The Godfather, which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy, he also wrote the original screenplay for the 1978 Superman film and its sequel. #MarioPuzo

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Happy birthday to American writer and editor Len Kaminski, born today in 1962. Kaminski is perhaps best known for his work at Marvel where he contributed to the Marvel's version of the Cthulhu Mythos, as well as writing for Marvel's animated series and video games. #LenKaminski

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 9h

Today we celebrate the birthday of Vince Colletta, born today in 1923. Colletta was an American comic book artist and art director during the Silver Age of comic books, including some significant early issues of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four and The Mighty Thor. #VinceColletta

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Big Comic Spirits is a weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Shogakukan. The first issue was published on this date in 1980. #OnThisDay #BigComicSpirits #Shogakukan

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American actress and director Lori Petty, born today in 1963. Petty is perhaps best known in fandom for her title role in the movie adaptation of Tank Girl, but has also appeared in The Twilight Zone, Alien Nation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Gotham. #LoriPetty

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American actress, screenwriter, presenter and comedian Arleen Sorkin, born today in 1955. Sorkin is known in fandom for inspiring and voicing the DC Comics villain Harley Quinn in Batman: The Animated Series. #ArleenSorkin

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American actor Greg Evigan, born today in 1953. Perhaps better known for dramatic roles, in fandom he is known for TekWar, Northstar, DeepStar Six, Cerberus, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Phantom Racer, Megaconda, and Invasion Roswell. #GregEvigan

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Katy Manning, born today in 1946. Manning is an English-Australian actress best known for her part as the companion Jo Grant in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. #KatyManning #DoctorWho

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to German actor Udo Kier, born today in 1944. In fandom he's know for roles in Flesh for Frankenstein, Blood for Dracula, Johnny Mnemonic, Barb Wire, Prince Valiant, Blade, BloodRayne, Halloween and the Iron Sky franchise. #UdoKier

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of Roger Moore, born today in 1927. An English actor, Moore is known for playing James Bond in several Bond films as well as taking on the title role in The Saint franchise. #RogerMoore

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor and director Jack Arnold, born today in 1916. Known for his work in science fiction, his most notable films include It Came from Outer Space, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Incredible Shrinking Man. #JackArnold

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to American comic book artist Christopher Jones, born today in 1969. Jones is known for contributing artwork for DC Comics' Young Justice and Marvel's Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, both on the animated TV series of the same name. #ChristopherJones

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Happy birthday to Daan Jippes, born today in 1945. A Dutch cartoonist who's known for his work on Disney comics, he drew many covers for Gladstone Publishing's Disney magazines in the 70s and 80s, and in the 90s he redrew for Egmont old Junior Woodchucks stories. #DaanJippe

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 1d

Today we celebrate the birthday of Bob Oksner, born today in 1916. Oksner was an American comics artist known for both adventure comic strips and for superhero and humor comic books, primarily at DC Comics. #BobOksner

vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Dead Space is a survival horror video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows. It was released on this date in 2008. #OnThisDay #DeadSpace

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to American actress Bailey Noble, born today in 1990. Noble is known in fandom for appearing in such properties as True Blood, Martyrs, Lucifer, Timeless, The Last Ship, and Them. #BaileyNoble

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vault0.bsky.social @vault0.bsky.social · 2d

Happy birthday to Katia Winter, born today in 1983. A Swedish actress, she is known for such roles as Katrina Crane in the Fox series Sleepy Hollow, Freydís Eiríksdóttir in The CW series Legends of Tomorrow, and Gwen Karlsson in the series Blood & Treasure. #KatiaWinter

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