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We are here today at A Gathering of Rogues & Ruffians in Baraboo, WI. The weather is beautiful and the gates are open. Come find us! ##RenFaire #Costuming #Cosplay

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: The Specials is an American superhero comedy film directed by Craig Mazin and written by James Gunn. It premiered in Los Angeles, CA on this date in 2000. #OnThisDay #TheSpecials

Happy birthday to Caitlin Kittredge, born today in 1984. Kittredge is an American author and comic-book writer of dark fantasy and urban fantasy noir, known for her Nocturne City series of adult novels, and for The Iron Codex, a series of young adult books. #CaitlinKittredge

Happy birthday to American actor, singer, and model James Marsden, born today in 1973. Gaining prominence with his portrayal of Scott Summers/Cyclops in the X-Men film series, he starred in Superman Returns and the HBO science fiction series Westworld . #JamesMarsden

Happy birthday to Jada Pinkett Smith, born today in 1971. An American actress and talk show host, in fandom she is know for her roles in the Matrix franchise and the Fox series Gotham as well as appearing in Scream 2 and Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight. #JadaPinkettSmith

Happy birthday to Canadian actress and film producer Carrie Genzel, born today in 1971. In fandom Genzel is known for roles in Virtual Seduction, Stargate: SG-1, Special Unit 2, Supernatural, The Dead Zone, Dark Storm, Watchmen, Flash Gordon, and The Walking Dead. #CarrieGenzel

Happy birthday to American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host Aisha Tyler, born today in 1970. In fandom Tyler is know for playing Andrea Marino in Ghost Whisperer, as well as her voice work in FX's Archer, and video games Halo: Reach and Gears of War 3. #AishaTyler

Happy birthday to visual effects coordinator and visual effects supervisor Adam Buckner, born today in 1964. Buckner has worked on such projects as Babylon 5, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Andromeda, and Star Trek: Enterprise. #AdamBuckner

Happy birthday to British freelance writer, producer, and former child actor Gary Russell, born today in 1963. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media. #GaryRussell

Happy birthday to Christopher Heyerdahl, born today in 1963. Heyerdahl is a Canadian actor who appeared in Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Supernatural, Smallville, Sanctuary, Van Helsing, Caprica, True Blood, Gotham, and the Twilight Saga. #ChristopherHeyerdahl

Happy birthday to Italian actor, translator, producer, and artistic director Urbano Barberini, born today in 1961. Barberini is best known to international audiences as Tarl Cabot in the Gor film series. #UrbanoBarberini

Happy birthday to English actor Tim McInnerny, born today in 1956. McInnerny is known for his many roles on television and stage, but I remember him for his first roles; that of Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the 1980's British sitcom Blackadder. #TimMcInnerny

Happy birthday to Jeremy Roberts, born today in 1954. An American actor, he is has had roles in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Space Rangers, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Millennium, and Sliders. #JeremyRoberts

Happy birthday to British actor Struan Rodger, born today in 1946. Rodger lent his voice to Doctor Who as The Face of Boe, and appeared in the TV series Highlander, Stardust, and HBO's Game Of Thrones. #StruanRodger

Today we celebrate the birthday of Veronica Carlson, born today in 1944. A British actress who, she was known for her roles in Hammer horror films and, in 2019, she was inducted into the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards' Monster Kid Hall of Fame. #VeronicaCarlson

Happy birthday to Marco Rota, born today in 1942. Rota is an Italian Disney comic artist who served as editor-in-chief of Disney Italia from 1974 to 1988. #MarcoRota

Today we celebrate the birthday of Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School, Joe Kubert, born today in 1926. He was an award-winning artist, best known for his work at DC Comics, co-creating the Unknown Soldier and Ragman. #JoeKubert

Today we celebrate the birthday of Grayson Hall, born today in 1922. An American television, film, and stage actress, in fandom she is bets known for playing multiple prominent roles on the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. #GraysonHall

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Harry Townes, born today in 1914. He has appeared in original Star Trek, Destination Space, The Invaders, Planet of the Apes, The Incredible Hulk, Ark II, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Voyagers. #HarryTownes

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Inspired by the Mephisto of the Faust legend, Mephisto was introduced into Marvel comics by writer Stan Lee and penciler John Buscema. He debuted in Silver Surfer #3, published on this date in 1968. #OnThisDay #Mephisto #SilverSurfer #MarvelComics

Happy birthday to Ella Purnell, born today in 1996. Perhaps best known for her role as Lucy MacLean in the series Fallout, she's also known for roles in Kick-Ass 2, Maleficent, Star Trek: Prodigy, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, and Army of the Dead. #EllaPurnell

Happy birthday to Allie MacDonald, born today in 1988. A Canadian actress, she is known in fandom for roles in Orphan Black, Alphas, Haven, Lost Girl, and Killjoys. #AllieMacDonald

Happy birthday to American illustrator and cartoonist Hope Larson, born today in 1982. Larson's main field is comic books and in 2007 won the Eisner Award for Special Recognition in and in 2012 won the Eisner Award again for her A Wrinkle in Time adaptation. #HopeLarson

Happy birthday to South African-Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator Neill Blomkamp, born today in 1979. He is best known as the co-writer and director of the science fiction action film District 9. #NeillBlomkamp

Happy birthday to Welsh actor and stuntman Ian Whyte, born today in 1971. He is best known for his roles as Predators in the Alien vs. Predator film series, The Last Engineer in Prometheus, as well as various characters in the HBO fantasy series Game of Thrones. #IanWhyte

Happy birthday to American actor Malik Yoba, born today in 1967. Perhaps better known for dramatic work, in fandom he has appeared in Defying Gravity, Person Of Interest, Alphas, Revolution, Limitless, Paradox, and Gotham. #MalikYoba

Happy birthday to American actor James Urbaniak, born today in 1963. In fandom he is best known for his voice work in the animated series The Venture Bros voicing Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, Phantom Limb, and Jonas Venture Jr. #JamesUrbaniak

appy birthday to American actress, writer, and singer Cassandra Peterson, born today in 1951. Peterson is best known for her portrayal of the horror hostess character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark. #CassandraPeterson #Elvira

Happy birthday to American comic book author and novelist Roger Stern, born this date in 1950. Working for both DC and Marvel, Stern has had long and incredibly well-received runs on such titles as Avengers, Superman, Captain America and Spider-Man along with countless others. #RogerStern

Happy birthday to New Zealand-Australian actor Bruce Spence, born today in 1945. Perhaps best known for his role in the Mad Max franchise, he has also appeared in Farscape, Dark City, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, and LotR: Return of the King. #BruceSpence

Happy birthday to David Huddleston, born today in 1930. An American actor, in fandom he is known for roles in The Sixth Sense, Night Gallery, Tales Of The Unexpected, Capricorn One, Supertrain, Computercide, Star Trek: TNG, G-Men From Hell, and Jericho. #DavidHuddleston

Today we celebrate the birthday of British-born actor, director, and photographer Roddy McDowall, born today in 1928. He is best known for portraying Cornelius and Caesar in the original Planet of the Apes film series, as well as Galen in the spin-off TV series. #RoddyMcDowall

Today we celebrate the birthday of American director Curtis Harrington, born today in 1926. His work includes such films as Queen of Blood and Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell as well as such TV series as Tales of the Unexpected, Logan’s Run, and The Twilight Zone. #CurtisHarrington

oday we celebrate the birthday of Ib Melchior, born today in 1917. A Danish-American writer, director, and screenwriter of low-budget American science fiction movies, he worked on such movies as The Angry Red Planet, The Time Travelers, and Planet of the Vampires. #IbMelchior

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Timecop is an American science fiction action film based on the story created by Mike Richardson, written by Mark Verheiden, and drawn by Ron Randall for Dark Horse Comics. It was released by Universal Pictures on this date in 1994. #OnThisDay #Timecop #DarkhorseComics

Happy birthday to Madeline Zima, born today in 1985. An American actress, she is known in fandom for her roles as Gretchen Berg on the NBC series Heroes. #MadelineZima

Happy birthday to Fan Bingbing, born today in 1981, A Chinese actress, she is perhaps best known to international audiences for her roles as Blink in the American superhero film X-Men: Days of Future. #FanBingbing

Happy birthday to American novelist and screenwriter Nick Sagan, born today in 1970. Sagan is the author of the science fiction novels Idlewild, Edenborn, and Everfree, and has also written scripts for episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager. #NickSagan

Happy birthday to Mike Mignola, born today in 1960. An American comics artist and writer best, he is known for creating Hellboy for Dark Horse Comics as well as Baltimore, Joe Golem, and The Amazing Screw-On Head. #MikeMignola

Happy birthday to American comic book writer Kurt Busiek, born today in 1960. Busiek's work includes the Marvels limited series, his own series titled Astro City, and a four-year run on The Avengers. #KurtBusiek

Happy birthday to Danny John-Jules, born today in 1960. John-Jules is a British actor, singer, and dancer, perhaps best known for his roles as Cat in the sci-fi comedy series Red Dwarf and policeman Dwayne Myers in the crime drama Death in Paradise. #DannyJohnJules

Happy birthday to American-Canadian actress and poker player Jennifer Tilly, born today in 1958. In fandom she is known for roles in High Spirits, Embrace of the Vampire, the Chucky franchise, and The Haunted Mansion. #JenniferTilly

Happy birthday to Keith Williams, born today in 1957. An American comic book and comic strip artist, he is best known for illustrating The Phantom for over a decade and for his work on Superman. #KeithWilliams

Happy birthday to Howard Weinstein, born today in 1954. A noted science fiction author, at age 19 he became the youngest person to ever write a script for Star Trek. He has also written numerous Star Trek novels and comic books. #HowardWeinsten

Happy birthday to Mickey Rourke, born today in 1952. As an American actor, Rourke is known in fandom for roles in Angel Heart, Sin City, Iron Man 2, and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. #MickeyRourke

Happy birthday to American actor and activist Ed Begley Jr., born today in 1949. In fandom he is know for roles in the original Battlestar Galactica series, Addams Family Reunion, Batman Forever, Transylvania 6-5000, Star Trek: Voyager, and 2016's Ghostbusters. #EdBegleyJr

Today we celebrate the birthday of Anne Francis, born today in 1930. An American actress, Francis is known for her pioneering roles in the science fiction film Forbidden Planet and the television action-drama series Honey West. #AnneFrancis

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Morgan Woodward, born today in 1925. He is known in fandom for roles in original Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Logan's Run, Project U.F.O., Salvage 1, The Incredible Hulk, Battle Beyond The Stars, and Millennium. #MorganWoodward

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#ThisDayInFandomHistory: The Golden Master is a pulp novel featuring The Shadow written by Walter Gibson, published in The Shadow Magazine Vol. 31, No. 2 on this date in 1939. The story has the first appearance of the hero’s archenemy Shiwan Khan. #OnThisDay #TheShadow #ShiwanKhan #GoldenMaster