Born on this day – Drew Struzan:

Drew Struzan

Movie poster & music album artist / illustrator

Actor

Producer

March 8, 1947 – October 13, 2025

Credits:

Books:

A Bloody Business; Drew Struzan: Oeuvre; Movie Poster Art; Movie Posters of Drew Struzan; The Art of Drew Struzan.

Movies and television:

3rd Shift: Michael's Lament (2009); A Gift from Heaven (1994); A Piece of the Action (1977); A Small Town in Texas (1976); Abominable (2006); Adventures in Babysitting (1987); After School (1988); Aladdin (1992); Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996); All Night Long (1981); All's Fair (1989); An American Tail (1986); Anastasia (1997); Angels in the Outfield (1994); Animal Crackers (2017); Arabian Nights (2000); Back to the Future (1985); Back to the Future Part II (1989); Back to the Future Part III (1990); Batkid Begins: The Wish Heard Around the World (2015); *batteries not included (1987); Better Off Dead (1985); Big Trouble in Little China (1986); Blade Runner (1982); Blood Makes Noise (2005); Borderline (1980); Born in East L.A. (1987); Buddy Buddy (1981); Cabo Blanco (1980); California Suite (1978); Cannonball Run II (1984); Car Wash (1976); CBS News Roundup (2013); Champions (1984); Coming to America (1988); Cross Creek (1983); Cutthroat Island (1995); D.C. Cab (1983); Dark Horizon (2009); Dreamscape (1984); Drew Struzan Congratulatory Video (2020); Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008); Drew: The Man Behind the Poster (2013); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982); Empire of the Ants (1977); Escape to Witch Mountain (1975); Fake-Out (1982); Fame (1980); Filmbuff (2019); First Blood (1982); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); Futureworld (1976); Happy Hour (1986); Hard to Be Me (2010); Harlem Nights (1989); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976); Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Heat and Dust (1983); Hellboy (2004); Hercules (1983); High-Ballin' (1978); Hocus Pocus (1993); Hook (1991); Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back at 'the Shawshank Redemption' (2004); Hot Pursuit (1987); I, the Jury (1982); Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb (2003); Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999); Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008); Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989); Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984); Jake Speed (1986); Johnny Dangerously (1984); Kill Squad (1981); Killer Force / aka The Diamond Mercenaries (1976); Labou (2008); Ladyhawke (1985); Looking Back at the Future (2006); Love and Art: A Conversation with Drew Struzan (2019); Mallrats (1995); March or Die (1977); Mars Attacks! (1996); Masters of the Universe (1987); Matilda (1978); Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986); Miracles and Mystery: Creating 'the Green Mile' (2006); Mob City (2013); Moon Over Parador (1988); Mother Lode (1982); Muppet Treasure Island (1996); Nadine (1987); Newsies (1992); Oh Heavenly Dog (1980); Pan's Labyrinth (2006); Planet of the Apes (2001); Police Academy (1984); Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment (1985); Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986); Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987); Pop culture adventure (2010); Popstar Private Eye (2007); Promoting Dystopia: Rendering the Poster Art (2007); Prop Culture (2020); Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981); Raiding the Lost Ark: A Filmumentary (2012); Raise the Titanic (1980); Return to Macon County (1975); Return to Oz (1985); Risky Business (1983); Robin and Marian (1976); Sahara (1983); Second Thoughts (1983); Sextette (1977); Shipwrecked (1990); Shirley Valentine (1989); Simon Says (2006); Ski School (1991); Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002); Squirm (1976); Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999); Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002); Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005); Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977); Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980); Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983); Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015); Stay Tuned (1992); Stroker Ace (1983); Sunset (1988); Super Capers: The Origins of Ed and the Missing Bullion (2008); Taking Care of Business (1990); Tales from the Future (2010); Tales of Halloween (2015); Tales of Halloween / Segment: Bad Seed (2015); Tentacles (1977); The Bear (1984); The Black Bird (1975); The Cannonball Run (1981); The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002); The Dark Crystal (1982); The Evictors (1979); The Ewok Adventure (1984); The Experts (1989); The Flintstones (1994); The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000); The Florence Henderson Show (2009); The Food of the Gods (1976); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Frisco Kid (1979); The Goonies (1985); The Great Muppet Caper (1981); The Green Mile (1999); The Incubus (1981); The Land Before Time (1988); The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977); The Legend of Wolf Lodge (1987); The Lonely Guy (1984); The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997); The Man Who Drew Bug-Eyed Monsters (1994); The Mask (1994); The Mist (2007); The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Name of the Rose (1986); The Norseman (1978); The Outing (1987); The Pirates of Penzance (1983); The Plague Dogs (1982); The Secret of NIMH (1982); The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976); The Shawshank Redemption (1994); The Sting II (1983); The Thing (1982); This Is the End (2013); Three O'Clock High (1987); Thunder and Lightning (1977); Tilt (1979); To Be or Not to Be (1983); Torrente 3: El protector (2005); Tron (1982); Under Fire (1983); Unfaithfully Yours (1984); War of the Worlds (2005); Weekend Warriors (1986); We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993); When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' (2008); White Nights (1985); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978).

Born on this day – Dr. Seuss:

Dr. Seuss

Writer

Illustrator

Animator

Director

March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991

Credits:

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940); Horton Hears a Who! (1954); The Cat in the Hat (1957); The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958); The Cat in the Hat Songbook (1967); The Cat's Quizzer (1976); I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! (1978); And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (1937); The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938); The Seven Lady Godivas (1939); The King's Stilts (1939); McElligot's Pool (1947); Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948); Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949); If I Ran the Zoo (1950); Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953); On Beyond Zebra! (1955); If I Ran the Circus (1956); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957); Happy Birthday to You! (1959); Green Eggs and Ham (1960); One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish (1960); Ten Apples Up on Top! (1961); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962); Hop on Pop (1963); Dr. Seuss's ABC (1963); Fox in Socks (1965); I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965); I Wish That I Had Duck Feet (1965); Come over to My House (1966); The Foot Book (1968); The Eye Book (1968); My Book about Me (1969); Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? (1970); The Lorax (1971); I Can Write! (1971); In a People House (1972); Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972); The Shape of Me and Other Stuff (1973); Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? (1973); There's a Wocket in my Pocket! (1974); Great Day for Up (1974); The Many Mice of Mr. Brice (1974); Wacky Wednesday (1974); Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog? (1975); Because a Little Bug Went Ka-CHOO! (1975); Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! (1975); Hooper Humperdink...? Not Him! (1976); Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! (1977); Oh Say Can You Say? (1979); Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! (1980); Hunches in Bunches (1982); The Butter Battle Book (1984); The Tooth Book (1984); You're Only Old Once! (1986); I Am Not Going to Get up Today! (1987); Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990); Daisy-Head Mayzie (1994); My Many Colored Days (1996); Seuss-isms (1997); Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! (1998); Dr. Seuss's Clever Creatures (2008); What Was I Scared Of? (2009); Fox in Socks, Bricks and Blocks (2011); Sneetches on Beaches (2012); Dr. Seuss's Sleep Softly Book (2012); My, Oh My--A Butterfly! (2014); The Grinch's Great Big Flap Book (2014); What Pet Should I Get? (2015); Oh, the Places I'll Go! (2016); My Book About Christmas (2016); Happy Birthday to Me! by Me, Myself (2017); Gerald McBoing Boing (2017); Dr. Seuss's 1 2 3 (2019); Dr. Seuss's I Love Pop! (2019); Dr. Seuss's People, Places, and Things (2019); Dr. Seuss's Oh, What I've Learned: Thanks to My Teachers! (2022); I Can Draw It Myself, By Me, Myself (1970); Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958); The Sneetches and Other Stories (1961); A Hatful of Seuss (1967); I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (1969); The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough (1987); The Bippolo Seed and Other Lost Stories (2011); Dr. Seuss on the Loose (2011); A Who's Who of the Dr. Seuss Crew (2013); Horton and the Kwuggerbug and more Lost Stories (2014).

Born on this day – Frank Tashlin:

Frank Tashlin

Animator

Cartoonist

Writer

Illustrator

Director

February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972

Credits:

5 Against the House (1955); A Battle for a Bottle (1942); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Hollywood Detour (1942); A Night in Casablanca (1946); A Southern Yankee (1948); A Woman of Distinction (1950); Artists and Models (1955); AzUrArInG's YouTube Poops (2018); Bachelor Flat (1961); Beginner's Luck (1935); Behind the Meat-Ball (1945); Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham (2003); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Booby Hatched (1944); Brave Little Tailor (1938); Brother Brat (1944); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Caprice (1967); Cartoon Alley (2005); Censored (1944); Choo Choo Amigo (1946); Cinderella (1950); Cinderella Goes to a Party (1942); Cinderfella (1960); Concerto in B Flat Minor (1942); Cracked Ice (1938); Delightfully Dangerous (1945); Disney Cartoon Classics: Starring Mickey and Minnie (1987); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); Dog Meets Dog (1942); Donald Duck and his Companions (1960); Donald Duck and the Gorilla (1944); Donald's Vacation (1940); Double Rhythm (1946); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Fun and Fancy Free (1947); General Electric Theater (1954–1957); Gigot (1962); Good Will to Men (1955); Hare Remover (1946); Have You Got Any Castles? (1938); Hollywood or Bust (1956); Hook & Ladder Hokum (1933); I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Only Money (1962); Kill the Umpire (1950); Ladies' Man (1947); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Little Beau Porky (1936); Little Pancho Vanilla (1938); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Love Happy (1949); Malice in Slumberland (1942); Marry Me Again (1953); Mickey and the Beanstalk (1947); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); Mother Goose Goes Hollywood (1938); Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940); Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (1940); My Favorite Spy (1951); Nasty Quacks (1945); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Now That Summer Is Gone (1938); Of Thee I Sting (1946); Old Blackout Joe (1942); One Chance (1966); One Touch of Venus (1948); Peace on Earth (1939); Pepito's Serenade (1946); Pinocchio (1940); Plane Daffy (1944); Pluto's Dream House (1940); Porky at the Crocadero (1938); Porky in the North Woods (1936); Porky Pig's Feat (1943); Porky the Fireman (1938); Porky's Building (1937); Porky's Double Trouble (1937); Porky's Poultry Plant (1936); Porky's Railroad (1937); Porky's Road Race (1937); Porky's Romance (1937); Porky's Spring Planting (1938); Puss n' Booty (1943); Red Garters (1954); Red Riding Hood Rides Again (1941); Red, Hot and Blue (1949); Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958); Say One for Me (1959); Scrap Happy Daffy (1943); Snow White and the Three Stooges (1961); Something's Got to Give (1962); Son of Paleface (1952); Song of Victory (1942); Speaking of the Weather (1937); Susan Slept Here (1954); Swooner Crooner (1944); Tale of Two Mice (1945); Target Snafu (1944); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The Alphabet Murders (1965); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Best Things in Life Are Free (1956); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996); The Bulldog and the Baby (1942); The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937); The Chow Hound (1944); The Disorderly Orderly (1964); The Drew Bromley Show (2019); The Dumbconscious Mind (1942); The First Time (1952); The Fixer Uppers (1935); The Fox and the Grapes (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Fuller Brush Man (1948); The Geisha Boy (1958); The Girl Can't Help It (1956); The Glass Bottom Boat (1966); The Goldbrick (1943); The Good Humor Man (1950); The Great Cheese Mystery (1941); The Great Gildersleeve (1954); The Gullible Canary (1942); The Home Front (1943); The Jerry Lewis Show: From This Moment On (1962); The Lady Said No (1946); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956); The Major Lied 'Til Dawn (1938); The Man from the Diners' Club (1963); The Paleface (1948); The Possum That Didn't (1972); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Scarlet Hour (1956); The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968); The Stupid Cupid (1944); The Tangled Angler (1941); The Unruly Hare (1945); The Way of Peace (1947); The Wild and Woozy West (1942); The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937); Thicker Than Water (1935); Three Stooges (1961); Timber (1941); Tit for Tat (1935); Tito's Guitar (1942); Toll Bridge Troubles (1942); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Under the Shedding Chestnut Tree (1942); Variety Girl (1947); Wacky Wigwams (1942); Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition: Daisy (1984); Wholly Smoke (1938); Who's Minding the Store? (1963); Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957); Wolf Chases Pigs (1942); Woodman, Spare That Tree (1942); You're an Education (1938).

Born on this day – E. L. Konigsburg:

E. L. Konigsburg

Writer

Illustrator

February 10, 1930 – April 19, 2013

Credits:

Winner of the Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor in 1968.

Books:

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver (1973); About the B’Nai Bagels (1971); Altogether One at a Time (1971); Amy Elizabeth Explores Bloomingdale’s (1992); From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler (1968); George (1970); Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth (1967); Journey by First Class Camel (1983); Journey to an 800 Number (1982); My Father’s Daughter (aka Father’s Arcane Daughter) (1976); Pages and Stages (1999); Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Colors (1999); Samuel Todd’s Book of Great Inventions (1991); Silent to the Bone (2000); Talk, Talk (1995); T-backs, T-shirts, Coat, and Suit (1993); The Dragon in the Ghetto Caper (1974); The E. L. Konigsburg Newbery Collection (2013); The Mask Beneath the Face (1990); The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (2007); The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place (2004); The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975); The View from Saturday (1996); Throwing Shadows (1988); Up from Jericho Tel (1986).

Movies and television:

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (1973 / 1995); Caroline? (1990); NBC Children’s Theatre (1973).

Born on this day – Raymond Briggs:

Raymond Briggs

Writer

Illustrator

January 18, 1934 – August 9, 2022

Credits:

Books:

A Bit More Bert (2002); Big Billy's Scrapbook (1999); Building the Snowman (1985); Christmas Little Library (2010); Dressing Up (1985); Ethel and Ernest (1998); Father Christmas (1973); Father Christmas Goes on Holiday (1975); Father Christmas Having a Wonderful Time (1993); Fee Fi Fo Fum (1964); First Up Everest (1969); Fungus the Bogeyman (1979); Fungus's Big Green Bogey Book (2003); Gentleman Jim (1980); Ivor (2001); Jim and the Beanstalk (1970); Midnight Adventure (1961); Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes (2011); Raymond Briggs' the Snowman: Walking in the Air (1985); Ring a Ring O' Roses (1962); Shackleton's Epic Voyage (1969); Sledges to the rescue (1963); Snowman and the Snowdog Finger Puppet Book (2014); The Adventures of Bert (2001); The Bear (1994); The Complete Father Christmas (1978); The Elephant and the Bad Baby (1969); The Fairy Tale Treasury (1980); The Man (1992); The Mother Goose Treasury (1966); The Party (1985); The Puddleman (2004); The Puffin Mother Goose Bedtime Rhymes (2012); The Snowman (1978); The Snowman and The Snowdog (2012); The Snowman and The Snowdog Activity Book (2014); The Snowman Book and Snowglobe (2015); The Snowman Pull-Out Pop-Up Book (2014); The Snowman Storybook and Magical Pop-up Snowglobe (2009); The Snowman: A Puppet Play Book (2013); The Strange House (1961); The Tin Pot Foreign General (1984); The White Land (1963); Time For Lights Out (2019); Tin Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman (1984); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age (2002); Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers (2001); Unlucky Wally (1987); Unlucky Wally Twenty Years on (1989); When the Wind Blows (1982); Notes From the Sofa (2014).

Movies, television and video:

Ethel & Ernest (2016); Fungus the Bogeyman (2015); The Snowman and the Snowdog (2012); The Snowman: The Live Stage Show (2010); Fungus the Bogeyman (2004); Ivor the Invisible (2001); The Bear (1998); Jackanory (1993–1994); Father Christmas (1991); When the Wind Blows (1986); The Snowman (1982); Wir warten auf's Christkind (1981).

Born on this day – Adolphe Barreaux:

Adolphe Barreaux

Artist

Illustrator

Writer

January 9, 1899 – October 23, 1985

Credits:

A Treasury of Good Night Stories; A Treasury of Humor for Boys & Girls; Breezy Stories; Dan Turner; Diana Daw; Enchanted Stone; Flip Falcon; Flossie Flip; Ginger; Hollywood Detective; Marcia of the Movies; More Fun Comics; New Fun Comics; Patty O'Day; Pep; Polly of the Plains; Sally the Sleuth; Seven Round the Mountain; Snappy Stories; Spicy Adventure; Spicy Detective; Spicy Detective Stories; Spicy Mystery; Tad Among the Pirates; The Black Spider; The Blazing Scarab; The Comics; The Dragon's Teeth; The Enchanted Stone of Time; The Girl with the X-Ray Eyes; The Magic Crystal of History; The Police Gazette; The Raven; Trojan Comics; Trojan Magazines; Vera Ray.

Born on this day – Ramona Fradon:

Ramona Fradon

Artist

Illustrator

October 2, 1926 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

Books:

1st Issue Special (1975); Adventure Comics (1938); Alter Ego (1999); Aquaman (1962); Blackhawk (1957); Bongo Comics Presents Simpsons Super Spectacular (2006); Choices (1990); Danny Fingeroth's Write Now! (2002); DC Super Stars (1976); Dignifying Science (1999); Fantastic Four (1961); Freedom Fighters (1976); Gang Busters (1947); Ghosts (1971); House of Mystery (1951); House of Secrets (1956); Invaders Now! (2010); Just Imagine Stan Lee With Scott McDaniel Creating Aquaman (2002); Metamorpho (1965); More Secret Origins Replica Edition (1999); Namora (2010); Plastic Man (1976); Plastic Man 80-Page Giant (2004); Plop! (1973); Secrets of Haunted House (1975); Secrets of Sinister House (1972); Showcase (1956); Silver Age: Doom Patrol (2000); Teen Titans (1966); The Adventures of Unemployed Man (2010); The Brave and the Bold (1955); The Super Friends (1976); The Unexpected (1968); Wonder Woman (1987); World's Finest Comics (1941).

Movies, television and video:

Aquaman (2018); Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2011); Beware the Batman (2013–2014); Black Adam (2022); Dare2Draw Studio's Chat (2016); Imagine the Dreams (2019); Peacemaker (2022); Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics (2010); She Makes Comics (2014); Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013); Teen Titans GO! To the Movies (2018); The Anti Gravity Room (1995); The Flash (2023); The Legends Behind the Comic Books (2007); Titans (2021); Wonder Woman 1984 (2020); Young Justice (2019).

Born on this day – Gailard Sartain:

Gailard Sartain

Actor

Writer

Producer

Painter

Illustrator

September 18, 1943 – June 17, 2025

Credits:

Ali (2001); All of Me (1984); Arli$$ (1997); Blaze (1989); Bulba (1981); Cher (1975); Chicago Hope (1995); Choose Me (1984); Clean Slate (1994); Cooperstown (1993); Death Falls (1991); E! True Hollywood Story (2001); Elizabethtown (2005); Endangered Species (1982); Equinox (1992); Ernest Goes to Camp (1987); Ernest Goes to Jail (1990); Ernest Saves Christmas (1988); Existo (1999); Fried Green Tomatoes (1991); Getting Even with Dad (1994); Guilty by Suspicion (1991); Hank Williams Jr.: All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight (1984); Hard Country (1981); Harry the Dirty Dog (1988); Hee Haw (1972–1992); Hee Haw Honeys (1978–1979); Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (1988); Joe Torre: Curveballs Along the Way (1997); Keep on Truckin' (1975); King of the Hill (1997); Klein Time (1977); Leader of the Band (1987); Love at Large (1990); Made in Heaven (1987); Mississippi Burning (1988); Murder in Mind (1997); Nashville (1975); Nine to Five (1987); Open Season (1995); Pickin' and Grinnin': Roy Clark, 'Hee Haw' & Country Humor (2011); Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999); Roadie (1980); RocketMan (1997); Sandman (1993); Sharkskin (1991); Shields and Yarnell (1977); Smokey and the Good Time Outlaws (1978); Songwriter (1984); Speechless (1994); Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992); That Championship Season (1999); The All New Adventures of Laurel & Hardy in 'For Love or Mummy' (1999); The Angry Beavers (1999); The Angry Beavers / Segment: House Sisters (2000); The Banana Company (1977); The Big Easy (1986); The Buddy Holly Story (1978); The Chase (1991); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983); The Grifters (1990); The Hollywood Knights (1980); The Jerk (1979); The Moderns (1988); The Outsiders (1983); The Patriot (1998); The Pretender (1997); The Real McCoy (1993); The Replacements (2000); The Round and Round (2002); The Simpsons (1997); The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour (1976–1977); The Spitfire Grill (1996); The Uncanny Film Festival and Camp Meeting (1970–1973); Trouble in Mind (1985); Uphill All the Way (1986); Wagons East (1994); Walker, Texas Ranger (1993); Wilder Napalm (1993); Wishman (1992).

Born on this day – Greg Bear:

Greg Bear

Writer

Illustrator

August 20, 1951 – November 19, 2022

Credits:

Books:

A Flag Full of Stars (1991); A Forest Apart (2003); Across the Universe (1999); Allegiance (2007); Allegiance in Exile (2013); Anvil of Stars (1992); Assignment: Eternity (1998); Bear's Fantasies (1988); Beyond Heaven's River (1980); Beyond the Farthest Suns (2016); Black Fire (1983); Blood Music (1985); Bloodthirst (1987); Cast No Shadow (2011); Chain of Attack (1987); Children of the Jedi (1995); Choices of One (2011); City at the End of Time (2008); Classic Jurassic Park (1993); Classic Jurassic Park, Volume 2 (2011); Classic Jurassic Park, Volume 4 (2012); Cloak of Deception (2000); Corona (1984); Country Of The Mind (1998); Crisis on Coruscant (2010); Crosscurrent (2010); Crossroad (1994); Crucible (2013); Cryptum (2011); Dangerous Games (2012); Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader (2006); Darksaber (1995); Darth Maul Shadow Hunter (2001); Darth Maul's Revenge (2000); Darth Plagueis (2012); Darwin's Children (2002); Darwin's Radio (1999); Dead Lines (2001); Death Count (1992); Death Star (2007); Death Troopers (2009); Dinosaur Summer (1998); Double, Double (1989); Dragons of Light (1980); Dwellers in the Crucible (1985); Early Harvest (1988); Eon (1984); Eternity (1988); Ex Machina (2004); Excelsior: Forged in Fire (2007); Faces of Fire (1992); Far Thoughts and Pale Gods (2016); Firestorm (1994); First Frontier (1995); Fool's Bargain (2004); Foundation and Chaos (1998); Foundation's Fear (1997); Foundation's Triumph (2000); From the Depths (1993); Future Visions (2015); Ghost-Walker (1991); Grave Predictions (2016); Hackers (1996); Hardfought (1988); Heads (1990); Hegira (1953); Home Is the Hunter (1990); Hull Zero Three (2010); I, Jedi (1998); Ice Trap (1992); In the Name of Honor (2002); Infinity Concerto (1984); Into the Void: Dawn of the Jedi (2013); Ishmael (1985); Jango Fett: Bounty Hunter (2002); Jedi Trial (2004); Jurassic Park Vol. 5 (2013); Just Over the Horizon (2016); Kenobi (2013); Killing Time (1985); Killing Titan (2015); Knight Errant (2011); Labyrinth of Evil (2005); Legacy (1994); Like Water for Quarks (2011); Lost Souls (1982); Lost Tribe of the Sith (2012); Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor (2008); Mariposa (2009); Maul: Lockdown (2012); Millennium Falcon (2008); Mind Meld (1997); Mirrorshades (1986); Mississippi Review 47 / 48 (1988); Moving Mars (1993); Mudd in Your Eye (1997); Multiverse (2014); Murasaki (1992); Nebula Awards 49 (2015); New Legends (1995); New Skies: An Anthology of Today's Science Fiction (2003); Omni Visions Two (1994); Outbound Flight (2006); Paragons (1996); Pawns and Symbols (1985); Petra (1982); Planet of Twilight (1997); Prime Directive (1991); Primordium (2011); Psychlone (1979); Quantico (2007); Queen of Angels (1990); Ready, Set, Podrace! (2007); Recovery (1995); Red Harvest (2010); Renegade (1991); Riptide (2011); Rogue Planet (2000); Sanctuary (1992); Scoundrels (2013); Scourge (2012); Shadow Games (2011); Shadow Lord (1985); Shadows of the Empire (2011); Shatterpoint (2003); Shell Game (1993); Silentium (2013); Sisters (1992); Slant (1997); Sleepside (1988); Songs of Earth and Power (1984); Splinter of the Mind's Eye (1978); Strength of Stones (1981); Survivor's Quest (2004); Take Back the Sky (2016); Tales from the New Republic (1999); Tangents (1989); Tatooine Ghost (2003); Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology (2013); The Abode of Life (1982); The Adventures of Lando Calrissian (1983); The Approaching Storm (2002); The Ascent of Wonder (1994); The Better Man (1994); The Captain's Daughter (1995); The Cestus Deception (2004); The Children of Kings (2010); The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002); The Courtship of Princess Leia (1994); The Crystal Star (1994); The Devils in the Desert (2011); The Disinherited (2007); The Fearful Summons (1995); The Final Nexus (1988); The First Omni Book of Science Fiction (1983); The Forge of God (1987); The Great Starship Race (1993); The Han Solo Adventures (1979); The IDIC Epidemic (1988); The Joy Machine (1996); The Lost Years (1989); The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction (2006); The New Rebellion (1996); The Patrian Transgression (1994); The Prometheus Design (1982); The Rift (1991); The Rings of Tautee (1996); The Ruins of Dantooine (2003); The Serpent Mage (1984); The Starship Trap (1993); The Tears of the Singers (1984); The Three-Minute Universe (1988); The Truce at Bakura (1994); The Unfinished Land (2019); The Venging (1983); The Vulcan Academy Murders (1984); The Wind from a Burning Woman (1983); The Wounded Sky (1983); Third Annual Collection (1989); Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction (1975); Traitor Winds (1994); Triangle (1983 / 1991); Twilight's End (1996); Uhura's Song (1985); Visions of the Future (2015); Vitals (2002); Vulcan's Glory (1989); Vulcan's Heart (1999); War Dogs (2014); We Don't Do Weddings (1995); Web of the Romulans (1983); Winner Lose All (2012); Women in Deep Time (2003); Year's Best SF 11 (2006); Yoda: Dark Rendezvous (2004).

Movies and television:

Comic-Con Begins (2021); Future Fantastic (1996); Grunge, Punk, Politics and the Fight Against Ballot Measure 9 (2017); Halo Legends / The Making of 'Halo Legends' (2010); Heroes Manufactured: Creators Unleashed (2020); New Nightmares (1993); Prisoners of Gravity (1993); Prophets of Science Fiction (2006); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); Sightings / Segment: The Sci-Fi Prophet (1994–1996); Tales from the Bridge (2021–2022); The AckerMonster Chronicles! (2012); The Daily Show (2007); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Dead Run (1986); Time Machine: Fantastic Voyage - The Evolution of Science Fiction (2002).

Born on this day – Beatrix Potter:

Beatrix Potter

Writer

Illustrator

July 28, 1866 – December 22, 1943

Credits:

Books:

Appley Dapply's Nursery Rhymes (1917); By a Woman's Hand (2010); Cecily Parsley's Nursery Rhymes (1922); Fairy Tales for Adults (2018); Little Red Riding Hood: The Ultimate Collection (1697); Peter Rabbit and Eleven Other Favorite Tales (1993); Round the Christmas Tree (1983); The Christmas Present Hunt (2021); The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit (1906); The Story of Miss Moppet (1906); The Tailor of Gloucester (1903); The Tale of Benjamin Bunny (1904); The Tale of Ginger & Pickles (1909); The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908); The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918); The Tale of Kitty In Boots (2016); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930); The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906); The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912); The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle (1905); The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901); The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913); The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or the Roly-Poly Pudding (1908); The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin (1903); The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909); The Tale of The Pie and The Patty-Pan (1905); The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911); The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907); The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904).

Movies and television:

Abel Classics (2022); Beatrix Potter Collection (2020); Beatrix Potter with Patricia Routledge (2016); Blue Peter (1959); Country Boy (1935); Flopsy Turvy (2018); Jackanory (1966–1980); MC Grammar: Reading Is Amazing (2022); My Green Fedora (1935); Mysteries at the Museum (2018); Peter Rabbit (2018); Peter Rabbit / TV series (2012–2015); Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021); Small Time (1962); The Adventures of Peter Rabbit & Benjamin Bunny (1996); The Beatrix Potter Collection (1985); The New Adventures of Peter Rabbit (1994); The Tailor of Gloucester (1989); The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1990); The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1985 / 1991); The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter (2022); The Tales of Beatrix Potter (1971); The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends (1992–1995).

Born on this day – William Makepeace Thackeray:

William Makepeace Thackeray

Writer

Illustrator

July 18, 1811 – December 24, 1863

Credits:

Books:

A Cairo Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Travel Writing (2013); A Little Dinner at Timmin's (2001); A Shabby Genteel Story (1985); Ballads (1855); Burlesques (1856); Catherine (1840); Christmas Books (1868); Contributions to the Morning Chronicle (1955); Cox's Diary (2004); Denis Duval (1864); Doctor Birch and His Young Friends (2004); Early and Late Papers (2019); Eastern Sketches (1846); Echoes Of Terror (1980); Essays on Goldsmith by Scott, Macaulay, and Thackeray, and Selections From his Writings (2016); George Cruikshank (1840); Jeames's Diary (2016); Legend of the Rhine (1845); Letters to an American Family (2003); Little Travels and Roadside Sketches (1879); London Stories (2013); Loose Sketches (2007); Lovel the Widower (2018); Men's Wives (1852); Miscellanies (2015); Mr. Brown's Letters to a Young Man about Town (2002); Mrs. Perkins's Ball (2004); Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo (1846); Novels By Eminent Hands (2004); Our Street (1848); Reading a Poem (2015); Rebecca and Rowena (1850); Roundabout Papers (1863); Selected Letters Of William Makepeace Thackeray (1996); Sketches and Travels in London (2018); Some Roundabout Papers (1863); Stories of Comedy (2017); Sulton Stork (1887); Thackerayana (1970); The Adventures of Philip (1862); The Awful History of Bluebeard (2019); The Bedford-Row Conspiracy (1856); The Book of Snobs (1848); The Bridgerthonian Novels (2022); The English Humorists Of The Eighteenth Century (2019); The English Humourists (1861); The Fatal Boots (2001); The Fitz-Boodle Papers (1842); The Four Georges (2019); The Great Hoggarty Diamond (1848); The Greatest Tales of Regency Romance (2023); The Heroic Adventures of M. Boudin (1984); The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. (1852); The History of Pendennis (1848); The History of Samuel Titmarsh (2017); The Hitherto Unpublished Contributions of W.M. Thackeray to Punch (1971); The Irish Sketch-Book (1843); The Letters And Private Papers Of William Makepeace Thackeray (1980); The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories (1909); The Luck of Barry Lyndon (1844); The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush (1837); The Newcomes (1855); The Notch On The Ax (2004); The Paris Sketch Book (1840); The Rose and the Ring (1855); The Second Funeral of Napoleon (1841); The Story of Mary Ancel (1840); The Tremendous Adventures of Major Gahagan (1855); The Virginians (1859); Vanity Fair (1847).

Movies and television:

Aus dem Bücherschrank geholt (1962); Barry Lyndon (1975); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950); Becky Sharp (1935); CBS Television Workshop (1952); De broodwinning van Frederic Altamont (1962); George Warrington's Escape (1911); Hora once (1971); Jackanory (1975); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1949); La feria de las vanidades (1975); La fiera della vanità (1967); Novela (1963); One Woman's Story (1953); Pendennis (1916); Pierscien i róza (1987); Poetry fugacious (2019); Ruze a prsten (1971); Secrets from the Asylum (2014); Television Theater (1956); Tense Moments with Great Authors / Segment: Vanity Fair (1922); The Rose and the Ring (1953 / 1979); Vanity Fair (1911 / 1915 / 1922 / 1923 / 1932 / 1961 / 1967 / 1976 / 1987 / 1998 / 2004 / 2018); Vanity Fair / TV Series (1956–1957); Your Favorite Story (1954).

Born on this day – Chris Moore:

Chris Moore

Illustrator

June 1, 1947 – February 7, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Dream Makers (1988); Journeyman: The Art of Chris Moore (2000); Parallel Lines (1980).

Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

Nicole Van Goethem

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000

Credits:

Drawing the Film

By Nicole Van Goethem.

Published 1988.

ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524

The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).

A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

IMDB synopsis:

Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.

Awards:

Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, for her movie: A Greek Tragedy (1985).

Book:

Drawing the Film (1988).

Movies and television:

A Greek Tragedy (1985); B.C. Rock (1980); Human Rights Article 13 (1988); John the Fearless (1984); Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975); Trouble in Paradise (1989); Verloren maandag (1974); Vol van gratie (1987).

Born on this day – Albert Robida:

Albert Robida

Writer

Illustrator

Etcher

Lithographer

Caricaturist

May 14, 1848 – October 11, 1926

Credits:

Written work:

1430, the besieged of Compiègne; Contes pour les bibliophiles, with Octave Uzanne; The Beast in the Wood sleeping; Brittany (1900); La Fin des Livres, with Octave Uzanne; The Great Parisian masquerade; War in the Twentieth Century (1887); The War in the twentieth century (1887); La Part du hasard; The release of the opera in the year 2000 (1902); La Touraine (1892); La Vieille France series; The 19th century; The Twentieth Century (1883); The Twentieth Century (1883); The Twentieth Century / The electric life (1890); The Twentieth Century. La vie électrique (1890); The Journey of M. Dumollet; The Voyage of M. Dumollet; Les Escholiers du temps jadis; The Old Towns of Spain, notes and memorabilia; The Old Towns of Italy: notes and memories; The Old Ones Cities of Italy: notes and memories; The Clock of the Centuries Centuries (1902); The Island of Lutetia: ugliness and embellishments of the City; The Engineer von Satanas (1919); Normandy (1890); Paris from century to century century; the heart of Paris, splendours and memories; Paris, Splendours and Memories (1992); Provence, Paris, À la Librairie illustrée (1893); One Prophet caricaturist. War as it is; A Cottage in the Air / Cottage in the Sky; Engagement Trip to the Twentieth Century; Very extraordinary trips by Saturnin Farandoul (1879).

Movies and television:

Saturnino Farandola (1977); The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola (1913).

Born on this day – Jean Adamson:

Jean Adamson

Writer

Illustrator

February 29, 1928 – December 15, 2024

Credits:

Books:

ABC: A Picture Alphabet (1962); Animal bounce (1969); Busy Builders (1997); Chestnut Tree (1974); Family Tree (1968); Hop Like Me (1972); Neighbours in the Park (1962); People who Help Us Stories (1999); Red Boots, Yellow Boots (1997); Surprises for Topsy & Tim (1971); Topsy & Tim Have Their Hair Cut (1989); Topsy & Tim's Safety Book (1973); Topsy + Tim Meet the Ambulance Crew (1996); Topsy and Tim and the Bully (1994); Topsy and Tim and the New Puppy (1992); Topsy and Tim at Granny and Grandpa's (1996); Topsy and Tim at School (1968); Topsy and Tim at the Bank (1985); Topsy and Tim at the Farm (1970); Topsy and Tim at the Seaside (1965); Topsy and Tim at the Supermarket (1996); Topsy and Tim Can Play Party Games (1981); Topsy and Tim Go for Gold (1977); Topsy and Tim Go Shopping (1977); Topsy And Tim Go Swimming (1973); Topsy and Tim Go to London (2014); Topsy and Tim go to the Hospital (1971); Topsy and Tim go to the zoo (1968); Topsy and Tim move house (1979); Topsy and Tim Stay with a Friend (1987); Topsy and Tim Visit the Tower of London (1976); Topsy and Tim: First Sleepover (2016); Topsy and Tim: Go Camping (1977); Topsy and Tim: Go on a Train (1990); Topsy and Tim: Go on an Aeroplane (1979); Topsy and Tim: Go to the Doctor (1982); Topsy and Tim: Halloween Party; Topsy and Tim: Have a Birthday Party (1971 / 2010); Topsy and Tim: Have Itchy Heads (1996); Topsy and Tim: Have Their Eyes Tested (1982); Topsy and Tim: Help a Friend (2005); Topsy and Tim: Learn to Swim (1973); Topsy and Tim: Meet Father Christmas (2013); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Firefighters (1989); Topsy and Tim: Meet the Police (1989); Topsy and Tim: Our Day Clock Book; Topsy and Tim: Play Football (1991); Topsy and Tim: Start School (2003); Topsy and Tim: the Complete Audio Collection (2017); Topsy and Tim: Visit London (2012); Topsy and Tim's ABC (1982); Topsy and Tim's Big Fun Book; Topsy and Tim's Friday Book (1961); Village Green (1972).

Television:

Topsy and Tim / 64-episode TV series (2013–2015).