#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Isis’ first appearance in comics was in Shazam! #25 by Dennis O'Neil and Dick Giordano, published by DC Comics on this date in 1976. She was created by Russell Bates for her own television series a year prior. #OnThisDay #Isis #DCComics

Happy birthday to Bradley Stryker, born today in 1977. An American actor, Stryker has had roles in Angel, Smallville, Fringe, Supernatural, iZombie, The 100, and Lost in Space. #BradleyStryker

Happy birthday to actress and produce Sharon Conley, born today in 1971. In fandom she is know for roles in The Hunger Games, Green Lantern, Teen Wolf, the TV series Constantine, and AMC's The Walking Dead. #SharonConley

Happy birthday to Canadian actor Aleks Paunovic, born today in 1969. He had roles in Stargate: SG-1, Andromeda, Mutant X, The Dead Zone, Painkiller Jane, Eureka, Syfy's Battlestar Galactica, Caprica, Smallville, The 100, iZombie, Continuum, and Syfy's Van Helsing. #AleksPaunovic

Happy birthday to American actress Judith Hoag, born today in 1968. Known for playing April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hoag also appeared in Quantum Leap, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Burning Zone, Armageddon, Strange World, and The X-Files. #JudithHoag

Happy birthday to David B. Mattingly, born today in 1956. Mattingly is an American illustrator, painter and teacher, best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature. #DavidBMattingly

Happy birthday to American comic book and cartoon artist Bo Hampton, born today in 1954. Some notable work includes Viking Glory for DC Comics, Legend of Sleepy Hollow for Tundra Publishing, and Verdilak, a horror story co-written and painted for NBM Publishing. #BoHampton

Happy birthday to Don Rosa, born today in 1951. Rosa is an American comic book writer and illustrator known for his Disney comics stories about Scrooge McDuck, Donald Duck, and other characters created for Disney-licensed comic books. #DonRosa

Happy birthday to American publisher, writer, and Emmy-winning producer Mike Richardson, born today in 1950. Founder of Dark Horse Comics, is also the founder and President of the Things From Another World retail chain and president of Dark Horse Entertainment. #MikeRichardson

Happy birthday to Bobby London, born today in 1950. An American underground comix and mainstream comics artist, London created the underground newspaper comic strip Merton and the raunchy Dirty Duck strip, but is perhaps better known for his work on Popeye. #BobbyLondon

Happy birthday to Maureen O'Brien, born today in 1943. O'Brien is an English actress and author best known for playing the role of Vicki in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who. #MaureenOBrien

Today we celebrate the birthday of American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor Corey Allen, born today in 1934. In fandom, Allen is perhaps best known directing episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. #CoreyAllen

Today we celebrate the birthday of Korean–American actor Soon-Tek Oh, born today in 1932. He is known in fandom for his roles in had roles in Earth II, Logan's Run, The Greatest American Hero, Airwolf, Highlander, Time Trax, Babylon 5, and Stargate: SG-1. #SoonTekOh

Today we celebrate the birthday of John Fujioka, born today in 1925. An American actor, in fandom he is known for roles in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Futureworld, Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, Friday the 13th: The Series, Steel Dawn, and Mortal Kombat. #JohnFujioka

Today we celebrate the birthday of American artist, designer, visual effects creator, writer, and producer Ray Harryhausen, born today in 1920. Creator of stop motion model animation known as "Dynamation", he is perhaps best known for work on Clash of the Titans #RayHarryhausen

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor and rodeo performer Slim Pickens, born today in 1919. Best known for comedic roles, in fandom he's known for appearances in Dr. Strangelove, Walt Disney's The Black Hole, and The Howling. #SlimPickens

Today we celebrate the birthday of Franz Joseph, born today in 1914. An aerospace design engineer, he is perhaps best known as the author and illustrator of "Star Fleet Technical Manual" and "Booklet of General Plans of the USS Enterprise". #FranzJoseph

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Blade: The Series is an American superhero television series based on the Marvel Comics character and film series, taking place after the events of the movie Blade: Trinity. It premiered on the network Spike on this date in 2006. #OnThisDay #Blade #BladeTheSeries

Happy birthday to American actress, writer, and web series creator Felicia Day, born today in 1979. Creator and star of the web series The Guild, Day has also appeared in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Eureka, Supernatural, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, and MST3K. #FeliciaDay

Happy birthday to Pat Lee, born today in 1975. Lee is a Canadian comic book artist, publisher, and former president and co-founder of the now defunct Dreamwave Productions. #PatLee

Happy birthday to Canadian character actor, screenwriter, and director Gil Bellows, born today in 1967. He is known in fandom for roles in The Twilight Zone, Final Days of Planet Earth, Infected, Smallville, FlashForward, Sanctuary, Extraterrestrial, and Ascension. #GilBellows

Happy birthday to South African actress and producer Alice Krige, born today in 1954. Perhaps best known as the Borg Queen in the Star Trek franchise, she also appeared in Ghost Story, Silent Hill, Thor: The Dark World, Frank Herbert's Children of Dune, and The OA. #AliceKrige

Today we celebrate the birthday of Adrienne Roy, born today in 1953. Roy was a comic book color artist who worked mostly for DC Comics, largely responsible for coloring the Batman line (Batman and Detective Comics) throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. #AdrienneRoy

Happy birthday to English actress, artist, and author Lalla Ward, born today in 1951. Ward is best known for playing the role of the Time Lord companion Romana in the BBC television series Doctor Who. #LallaWard

Today we celebrate the birthday of David Geiser, born today in 1947. Geiser was an American painter and creator of several underground comix, including Saloon, Demented Pervert, Clowns, Uncle Sham, DTs, Pain, Sloppy Seconds, and Edge City. #DavidGeiser

Happy birthday to American actor and director Bruce Davison, born today in 1946. Davison is well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film Willard and as antagonist Senator Robert Kelly in the X-Men film franchise. #BruceDavison

Happy birthday to Mike Royer, born today in 1941. Royer an American comics artist and inker, best known for his work with pencilers Russ Manning and Jack Kirby. In later life Royer became a freelance product designer and character artist for The Walt Disney Company. #MikeRoyer

Today we celebrate the birthday of Japanese-American actor and comedian Pat Morita, born today in 1932. In fandom he is known for his roles in Man From Atlantis, The Incredible Hulk, Harry and the Hendersons, Space Rangers, Timemaster, and Earth Minus Zero. #PatMorita

Happy birthday to American actor, comedian and filmmaker Mel Brooks, born today in 1926. Personal favorites for me include directing Young Frankenstein, co-writing, producing, and directing Spaceballs, and co-creating and writing the NBC series Get Smart. #MelBrooks

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Monthly Comic Alive is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Media Factory. The first issue was released on this date in 2006. #OnThisDay #MonthlyComicAlive #MediaFactory #Manga

Happy birthday to Chandler Riggs, born today in 1999. Riggs is an American actor and DJ, best known for his regular role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead. #ChandlerRiggs

Happy birthday to Matthew Lewis, born today in 1989. An English actor, Lewis is best known for his role as Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series. #MatthewLewis

Happy birthday to Alanna Masterson, born today in 1988. An American actress, Masterson is known for her role as Tara Chambler in the AMC television series The Walking Dead. #AlannaMasterson

Happy birthday to Emma Lahana, born today in 1984. Lahana is a New Zealand actress, known for her roles as Kira Ford, the Yellow Dino Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Thunder, Jennifer Mason on Haven, and Brigid O'Reilly in Cloak & Dagger. #EmmaLahana

Happy birthday to American actor and film producer Tobey Maguire, born today in 1975. Maguire is best known for his role as Peter Parker/Spider-Man in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. #TobeyMaguire

Happy birthday to American actor and singer-songwriter Christian Kane, born today in 1972. Kane is known in fandom for his roles in Angel, The Librarians, and Supernatural. #ChristianKane

Happy birthday to Yancey Arias, born today in 1971. An American actor, his fandom appearances include work aboard Charmed, The Time Machine, Knight Rider, Legion, Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., and Warehouse 13. #YanceyArias

Happy birthday to American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer J. J. Abrams, born today in 1966. Abrams wrote and produced such films as Armageddon, Cloverfield, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. #JJAbrams

Happy birthday to American actor Jay Karnes, born today in 1963. Better known for his work in drama, he has appeared in such fandom productions as Star Trek: Voyager, V, Grimm, 12 Monkeys, and Star Trek: Picard. #JayKarnes

Happy birthday to Jackson "Butch" Guice, born today in 1961. Guice is an American comics artist who has worked in the comics industry since the 1980s known for his work at DC and Marvel Comics. #JacksonGuice #ButchGuice

Happy birthday to French-born Canadian comic book artist and writer Bernie Mireault, born today in 1961. Comics critic Timothy Callahan has argued that Mireault is one of the unheralded creators who helped bring in the Modern Age of Comic Books. #BernieMireault

Happy birthday to Polish cinematographer and director Janusz Kamiński, born today in 1959. Kamiński is known for his work on The Lost World: Jurassic Park, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. #JanuszKamiński

Happy birthday to American comic book writer and artist Dan Jurgens, born today in 1959. Jurgens is known for his work on the DC comic book storyline "The Death of Superman" and for creating characters such as Doomsday, Hank Henshaw, and Booster Gold. #DanJurgens

Happy birthday to American actor Kenneth "Ken" Marshall, born today in 1950. Marshall is perhaps best known for the starring role as Prince/King Colwyn in the fantasy adventure movie Krull. #KennethMarshall

Today we celebrate the birthday of Paul Koslo, born today in 1944. A German-born Canadian actor, Koslo is known for roles in The Omega Man, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Galactica 1980, The Incredible Hulk, The Flash CBS series, Shadowchaser, and Stargate: SG-1. #PaulKoslo

Happy birthday to Joe Giella, born today in 1928. Giella is an American comic book artist best known as a DC Comics inker during the late 1950s and 1960s period which historians and fans call the Silver Age of comic books. #JoeGiella

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Billy Curtis, born today in 1909. Curtis is known for roles in The Wizard of Oz, Superman and the Mole Men, the Batman TV series, the original Star Trek series, and Planet of the Apes. #BillyCurtis

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling. The first novel in the Harry Potter series, it was first published in the U.K. on this date in 1997 by Bloomsbury. #OnThisDay #HarryPotter #HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone

Happy birthday to American actress and comedian Aubrey Plaza, born today in 1984. In fandom Plaza is known for such roles as in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Life After Beth, the FX series Legion, the reboot of Child's Play, Megalopolis, and MCU's Agatha All Along. #AubreyPlaza

Happy birthday to Canadian actress Julia Benson, born today in 1979. Benson is best known for playing the character Vanessa James in the science fiction series Stargate Universe. #JuliaBenson