#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Monty Python, also known as the Pythons, were a British comedy troupe consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin. They formed as a group on this day in 1969. #OnThisDay #MontyPython #Pythons #MontyPythonsFlyingCircus

Happy birthday to American actress and singer Lana Condor, born today in 1997. Condor made her acting debut starring as Jubilee in the superhero film X-Men: Apocalypse, and has portrayed Saya Kuroki in Deadly Class and Koyomi in the film Alita: Battle Angel. #LanaCondor

Happy birthday to John J. Hill, born today in 1972. An American comic book letterer and graphic designer, he has designed campaigns, branding, packaging, and artwork for AfterShock, Atlantic Records, Blizzard Entertainment, DC Comics, Disney, Image Comics, Legendary, MTV, and many others. #JohnJHill

Happy birthday to Canadian actor Aaron Pearl, born today in 1972. Pearl has had roles in such productions as Escape from Mars, X-Men 2, Smallville, Stargate: SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Dead Zone, Fringe, Supernatural, Godzilla, and Arrow. #AaronPearl

Happy birthday to American actor Nicky Katt, born today in 1970. Katt has appeared in Voyagers, Gremlins, V, Martians Go Home, Strange Days, Kindred: The Embraced, Batman & Robin, Star Wars: Knight of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, and Planet Terror. #NickyKatt

Happy birthday to Canadian actor Roark Critchlow, born today in 1963. Critchlow is known for his appearances in Highlander, A.I. Assault, Afterworld, Battlestar Galactica, V, Arrow, and Supernatural. #RoarkCritchlow

Happy birthday to Sandy Carruthers, born today in 1962. Carruthers is a Canadian artist and graphic design instructor, known for his work as the first illustrator of the original Men in Black comic book series. #SandyCarruthers

Happy birthday to Mike Curtis, born today in 1953. Curtis is an American writer, known for scripting the Dick Tracy comic strip, and has been working professionally in comic books as a writer since the mid-1980s. #MikeCurtis

Happy birthday to Iranian-American actress Shohreh Aghdashloo, born today in 1952. Known for her voice work in the Mass Effect and Destiny video game franchises, she is perhaps best known in fandom as Chrisjen Avasarala in the Amazon series The Expanse. #ShohrehAghdashloo

Happy birthday to British-born American actress Frances Fisher, born today in 1952. Fisher is known in fandom for her roles in The Host, The Outer Limits, The X-Files, Torchwood, Touch, Resurrection, and the HBO series Watchmen. #FrancesFisher

Today we celebrate the birthday of Doug McClure, born today in 1935. An American actor of film and television, his fandom credits include roles in The Land That Time Forgot, The People That Time Forgot, Warlords of the Deep, and Humanoids From The Deep. #DougMcClure

Today we celebrate the birthday of Frank Thring, born today in 1926. Thring was an Australian character actor in radio, stage, television and film; as well as a theatre director. In fandom, he is perhaps best known as Collector in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. #FrankThring

Today we celebrate the birthday of Ed Furness, born today in 1911. Furness was a Canadian comic book artist associated with the "Canadian Whites", Canadian comic books published during World War II. #EdFurness

Happy Mother's Day from all of us here at Vault 0! #MothersDay #MothersDay2026

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert for DC Comcis, crime-fighter Ragman, aka Rory Regan, debut in Ragman #1, published on this date in 1976. #OnThisDay #Ragman #DCComics

Happy birthday to Halston Sage, born today in 1993. Sage is an American actress known in fandom for her roles as Kendall in Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse and Lt. Alara Kitan on the Fox series The Orville. #HalstonSage

Happy birthday to American actress and model Odette Annable, born today in 1985. She is known in fandom for her roles as Beth McIntyre in the monster film Cloverfield, Samantha Arias/Reign in the TV series Supergirl, and Nola Longshadow in the Cinemax series Banshee. #OdetteAnnable

Happy birthday to American actress Gina Philips, born today in 1970. Philips has had roles in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dark Skies, and Sliders, but perhaps best known in fandom as Trish Jenner in the horror film Jeepers Creepers. #GinaPhilips

Happy birthday to John Scalzi, born today in 1969. Scalzi is an American science fiction author and former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He is best known for his Old Man's War series, which have been nominated for the Hugo Award. #JohnScalzi

Happy birthday to Steve Buccellato, born today in 1968. A freelance artist and self-publisher, he has worked in the comics industry as a colorist, writer, penciller, and editor. He is one of the founding members of Mad Science Media, a collective of comic book professionals. #SteveBuccellato

Happy birthday to American actress Meg Foster, born today in 1948. Foster is known in fandom for her roles in Masters of the Universe, Quantum Leap, They Live!, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Xena: Warrior Princess. #MegFoster

Happy birthday to American actor David Clennon, born today in 1943. Clennon appeared on Star Trek Voyager as Dr. Crell Moset and voiced Admiral Motti in NPR's Star Wars The Original Radio Drama, but is best known as Palmer in the John Carpenter film The Thing. #DavidClennon

Today we celebrate the birthday of Robert Leroy Sampson, born today in 1933. An American actor, he is known for roles in The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, Wonder Woman, Re-animator, Robot Jox, and The Arrival. #RobertLeroySampson

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor George Coe, born today in 1929. Coe appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Max Headroom, but is better known for his voice work as Woodhouse in Archer and Wheeljack in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. #GeorgeCoe

Today we celebrate the birthday of Puerto Rican artist Alex Schomburg, born today in 1905. In comics, he worked primarily for Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel, known for covers featuring such superheroes as Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and others. #AlexSchomburg

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Friday the 13th is an American independent slasher film produced and directed by Sean S. Cunningham, and written by Victor Miller. Released on this date in 1980, the film was a major box office success and began a long-running franchise. #OnThisDay #FridayThe13th

Happy birthday to American actress, voice actress, and activist Rosario Dawson, born today in 1979. Known for her voice work, most recently as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian, she has also appeared in films such as Sin City, Death Proof, and Men in Black II. #RosarioDawson

Happy birthday to New Zealander actress Anna-Louise Plowman, born today in 1972. She is known in fandom for her roles as Sarah Gardner/Osiris in Stargate SG-1 and Diana Goddard in the Doctor Who story "Dalek". #AnnaLouisePlowman

Happy birthday to Hudson Leick, born today in 1969. An American actress, Leick is best known for her role as villainess Callisto in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. #HudsonLeick

Happy birthday to Canadian comic book artist and writer Ty Templeton, born today in 1962. Templeton has done titles for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Bongo Comics, and Moonstone Books, as well as created his own graphic novel, Bigg Time, published by Vertigo. #TyTempleton

Happy birthday to American actor and producer Brian Cousins, born today in 1959. He has appeared in Star Trek: TNG, Mandroid, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Roswell, Babylon 5, Space: Above and Beyond, Dark Skies, Timecop, Sliders, and Star Trek: Enterprise. #BrianCousins

Today we celebrate the birthday of Canadian actress, playwright and theatre director Lorena Gale, born today in 1958. Gale's fandom roles include appearances in M.A.N.T.I.S., Millennium, First Wave, Seven Days, Stargate: SG-1, Smallville, and Battlestar Galactica. #LorenaGale

Happy birthday to David Campiti, born today in 1958. An American animation producer, comic book writer, talent agent, and co-founder of Innovation Publishing, he is also the CEO of Glass House Graphics. #DavidCampiti

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor Kevin Peter Hall, born today in 1955. Hall was the original title character in the Predator franchise, and portrayed the eponymous Harry in the film Harry and the Hendersons as well as NBC's television adaptation. #KevinPeterHall

Happy birthday to Brian Bram, born today in 1955. Bram is known for his role in the underground comix movement, being best know for his contributions to American Splendor. #BrianBram

Happy birthday to Barbara Slate, born today in 1947. Slate is an American artist, cartoonist, graphic novelist, comic book creator, and writer. She is perhaps one of the few female artists who has created, written, and drawn comics for both DC and Marvel Comics. #BarbaraSlate

Today we celebrate the birthday of American psychologist, author, and comic book writer William Moulton Marston, born today in 1893. Also known by the pen name Charles Moulton, he is best known for creating the DC character Wonder Woman. #WilliamMoultonMarston #CharlesMoulton

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: The Enigma Force, aka Captain Universe, is a god of light created by the Celestials to oppose Knull. Created by Bill Mantlo and Michael Golden for Marvel Comics, it first appeared in Micronauts #8, released today in 1979. #OnThisDay #CaptainUniverse #Micronauts #MarvelComics

Happy birthday to Scottish actor and professional footballer Martin Compston, born today in 1984. In fandom he's known for his roles as Joshua in the film Doomsday and Fulmer Hamilton in the Amazon Prime Video thriller The Rig. #MartinCompston

Happy birthday to English actor Elyes Gabel, born today in 1983. Gabel is known in fandom for appearances in television horror series Dead Set, HBO's Game of Thrones, World War Z, and Interstellar. #ElyesGabel

Happy birthday to Stephen Amell, born today in 1981. Amell is a Canadian actor, producer and occasional professional wrestler best known for playing Oliver Queen/Green Arrow on The CW superhero series Arrow. #StephenAmell

Happy birthday to Japanese manga artist Makoto Yukimura, born today in 1976. Yukimura made his debut with the hard science fiction manga Planetes, serialized in Weekly Morning magazine from 1999 to 2004 and adapted into a 26-episode anime series by Sunrise. #MakotoYukimura

Happy birthday to American comic book letterer and production artist Carlos M. Mangual, born today in 1976. Founder and proprietor of Social Myth Studios, he has worked for such publishers as DC, AfterShock, Dynamite Ent., Mad Cave Studios, Zenescope Ent., and Dark Horse. #CarlosMMangua

Happy birthday to Hiromu Arakawa, born today in 1973. Arakawa is a Japanese manga artist best known for the manga Fullmetal Alchemist, which became a hit both domestically and internationally, and was adapted into two anime television series. #HiromuArakawa

Happy birthday to Stephen Wacker, born today in 1970. Wacker is an American comic book editor and television, animation, podcast and digital media producer. He is known for editing comics such as 52, The Amazing Spider-Man, Hawkeye, Ms. Marvel, Daredevil, and Captain Marvel. #StephenWacker

Happy birthday to John Kalisz, an American comics artist who has worked as a colorist in the comics industry. Born today in 1969, he has been recognized for his work with nominations for the Comics Buyer's Guide Favorite Colorist Award in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. #JohnKalisz

Today we celebrate the birthday of John Hicklenton, born today in 1967. Aka John Deadstock, he was a British comics artist best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000 AD characters like Judge Dredd and Nemesis the Warlock. #JohnHicklenton #JohnDeadstock

Happy birthday to American actress Betsy Baker, born today in 1955. Baker is known for her roles in The Evil Dead, Witches' Night, 2084, Oz The Great And Powerful, True Blood, The Last Ship, Lake Eerie, and The Orville. #BetsyBaker

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor, director and producer Stephen Furst, born today in 1954. Furst is known in fandom for his role of Centauri diplomatic attaché Vir Cotto in the science fiction series Babylon 5. #StephenFurst

Today we celebrate the birthday of American author, screenwriter, and ocean activist Peter Benchley, born today in 1940. Known for writing the novel Jaws and co-writing its film adaptation, he also wrote The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark. #PeterBenchley