#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Released on this date in 1996, From Dusk till Dawn is an American crime action-horror film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written by Quentin Tarantino from a concept and story by Robert Kurtzman. #OnThisDay #FromDuskTillDawn

Happy birthday to American actor Logan Lerman, born today in 1992. Logan Lerman is best known for playing the title role in the fantasy-adventure Percy Jackson films. #LoganLerman

Happy birthday to Elizabeth "Bitsie" Tulloch, born today in 1981. An American actress, she is known for her roles as Juliette Silverton/Eve in the NBC series Grimm and as Lois Lane in The CW Arrowverse franchise. #ElizabethTulloch #BitsieTulloch

Happy birthday to Benjamin Ayres, born today in 1977. A Canadian actor, he is known for roles in such fandom properties as Stargate: SG-1, Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Smallville, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Vampire Diaries, and Lost Girl. #BenjaminAyres

Happy birthday to Norwegian model and actress Natassia Malthe, born today in 1974. Her roles in fandom including Viper, Millennium, First Wave, Dark Angel, Seven Days, The Dead Zone, Andromeda, Elektra, Skinwalkers, Fringe, and Bloodrayne: The Third Reich. #NatassiaMalthe

Happy birthday to American comic book artist Tim Townsend, born on this day in 1970. Townsend has worked for various publishers including Marvel, DC, Image, and others. #TimTownsend

Happy birthday to John Delaney born today in 1964. An American comic book artist, Delaney is known for his work at DC and Bongo Comics. #JohnDelaney

Happy birthday to American actor, director, and singer Paul McCrane, born today in 1961. McCrane is known in fandom for his roles in the original Robocop, the 1988 remake of The Blob, Superboy, The X-Files, and Under The Dome. #PaulMcCrane

Happy birthday to Thomas Yeates, born today in 1955. Yeates is an American comic strip and comic book artist best known for illustrating the comic strips Prince Valiant and Zorro and for working on characters created by Edgar Rice Burroughs. #ThomasYeates

Happy birthday to American actress and singer-songwriter Katey Sagal, born today in 1954. Sagal is known in fandom for playing crack starship pilot Turanga Leela on Futurama. #KateySagal

Happy birthday to American comics artist and writer Joe Staton, born today in 1948. Best known for being an artist for the Dick Tracy comic strip, he co-created Bronze Age Huntress (Helena Wayne), the third Huntress (Helena Bertinelli), and the Omega Men for DC Comics. #JoeStaton

Happy birthday to American actress, fashion model, and animal rights activist Tippi Hedren, born today in 1930. Known for her role in Hitchcock's The Birds, she also had roles in Tales From The Darkside, The Bionic Woman, and the animated New Batman Adventures. #TippiHedren

Today we celebrate the birthday of American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe, born today in 1809. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. #EdgarAllanPoe

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Manga Time Kirara Carat is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Houbunsha and mainly consisting of four-panel comic strips. The first issue was released on this date in 2003. #OnThisDay #MangaTimeKiraraCarat #Houbunsha

Happy birthday to American actor and singer Jesse L. Martin, born today in 1969. Perhaps best known for his time on the series Law & Order, Martin is known in fandom for his portrayal of Detective Joe West in the series The Flash and Supergirl. #JesseLMartin

Happy birthday to American actor, wrestler, mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder David Bautista, born today in 1969. Bautista has been such films as Riddick and Blade Runner 2049, and perhaps best known for his portrayal of Drax the Destroyer In the MCU. #DavidBautista

Happy birthday to Scottish comic book artist Frank Quitely, born today in 1968. Quietly is best known for his work on titles such as New X-Men, We3, All-Star Superman, Batman and Robin, The Authority, and Jupiter's Legacy. #FrankQuitely

Happy birthday to American filmmaker David Ayer, born today in 1968. Best known for making crime films, Ayer has directed such fandom films as the superhero film Suicide Squad from the DC Extended Universe, and the urban fantasy film Bright for Netflix. #DavidAyer

Happy birthday to American actor Jeff Yagher, born today in 1961. After making his TV debut in V: The Series as Kyle Bates, Yagher has had roles in The Twilight Zone, Bionic Showdown: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, Millennium, and Star Trek: Voyager. #JeffYagher

Happy birthday to American actor, filmmaker, and musician Kevin Costner, born today in 1955. In fandom Costner is known for roles in such productions as Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Waterworld, The Postman, Dragonfly, and Man of Steel. #KevinCostner

Happy birthday to M. C. Gainey, born today in 1948. An American actor, he is known in fandom for roles in ABC TV's Lost, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Revolution, Time After Time, Starman, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., M.A.N.T.I.S., and The X-Files. #MCGainey

Happy birthday to British writer and journalist Christopher H. Bidmead, born today in 1941. Bidmead is known for being a script editor for Doctor Who as well as writing several episodes himself along with some novelizations. #ChristopherHBidmead

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor and stuntman Dick Durock, born today in 1937. Appearing in over 80 films and over 700 TV episodes, he played Swamp Thing in both the feature films Swamp Thing and The Return of Swamp Thing and the subsequent TV show. #DickDurock

Happy birthday to John Boorman, born today in 1933. Boorman is a British filmmaker who is best known in fandom for films such as Zardoz, Exorcist II: The Heretic, and Excalibur. #JohnBoorman

Today we celebrate the birthday of Martin Goodman, born today in 1908. Goodman was an American publisher of pulp magazines, paperback books, men's adventure magazines, and comic books, launching the company that would become Marvel Comics. #MartinGoodman #Marvel #MarvelComics

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: Freejack is a science fiction cyberpunk action film loosely adapted from the 1959 science fiction novel Immortality, Inc. by Robert Sheckley. It was released by Warner Bros. in the United States on this date in 1992. #OnThisDay #Freejack

Happy birthday to Kelly Marie Tran, born today in 1989. An American actress, Tran came to global prominence for her role as Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. #KellyMarieTran

Happy birthday to American actress, model, musician, and songwriter Zooey Deschanel, born today in 1980. Deschanel is known in fandom for her roles in the movie adaption of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and The Happening. #ZooeyDeschanel

Happy birthday to American actor and R&B singer Keith Robinson, born today in 1976. Robinson is best known in fandom for the TV series Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue as Joel Rawlings, the Green Lightspeed Ranger. #KeithRobinson

Happy birthday to Freddy Rodriguez, born today in 1975. An American actor, Rodriguez is known in fandom for playing El Wray in Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror. #FreddyRodriguez

Happy birthday to Russian-American animator, director, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, artist, and comic book writer Genndy Tartakovsky, born today in 1970. He is the creator of various animated series on Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. #GenndyTartakovsky

Happy birthday to Naveen Andrews, born today in 1969. A British actor, Andrews is known in fandom for his roles in ABC's Lost, Mighty Joe Young, Rollerball, Planet Terror, Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and Sense8. #NaveenAndrews

Happy birthday to American writer and editor Tony Bedard, born today in 1968. Bedard is best known for his work at CrossGen Comics, where he was under exclusive contract, and for his run writing Marvel Comics X-Men spin-off Exiles. #TonyBedard

Happy birthday to Tom Brevoort, born today in 1967. Brevoort is an American comic book editor, known for his work for Marvel Comics, where he has overseen titles such as New Avengers, Civil War, and Fantastic Four. #TomBrevoort

Happy birthday to Canadian-American actor, comedian, and artist Jim Carrey, born today in 1962. Known for more comedic roles, in fandom he has appeared in The Mask, Batman Forever, Kick-Ass 2, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. #JimCarrey

Happy birthday to American journalist, writer, teacher, editor, and filmmaker Ann Nocenti, born today in 1957. Best known for her work in comic books, with artist collaborators she created such Marvel characters as Typhoid Mary, Blackheart, Longshot, Mojo, and Spiral. #AnnNocenti

Today we celebrate the birthday of American actor James Earl Jones, born today in 1931. With a long acting career, Jones has been described as "one of America's most distinguished and versatile" actors for his performances in film, theater, and television. #JamesEarlJones

Today we celebrate the birthday of American singer, actress, dancer, comedienne, activist, author, and songwriter Eartha Kitt, born today in 1927. Kitt had a long career, though many in fandom know her best for her portrayal of Catwoman 1960's TV version of Batman. #EarthaKitt

Today we celebrate the birthday of Antonio Prohías, born today in 1921. Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Prohías was a cartoonist most famous as the creator of the satirical comic strip Spy vs. Spy for Mad magazine. #AntonioProhías #SpyVsSpy #MadMagazine

Today we celebrate the birthday of American illustrator, and comics writer A. B. Frost, born today in 1851. Frost published several stories formed of sequential drawings with captions, pioneering the form that would later develop into comic strips and comic books. #ABFrost

#ThisDayInFandomHistory: On this date in 1981, Destroyer Duck #1 was published by Eclipse Comics as a benefit for a legal battle over creator rights; a four-page story contributed by Sergio Aragonés featured Groo's first published appearance. #OnThisDay #Groo #SergioAragonés

Happy birthday to American actress and director Regina King, born today in 1971. The recipient of several awards, King is perhaps best known in fandom for her role as Angela Abar/Sister Night in the superhero television series Watchmen. #ReginaKing

Happy birthday to American actress, model, and comedian Kellita Smith, born today in 1969. In fandom Smith is perhaps best known as Roberta Warren in the Syfy post-apocalyptic series, Z Nation. #KellitaSmith

Happy birthday to American comic artist Norman Felchle, born today in 1964. Felchle has done comic book art for such publishers as Marvel, DC, and Image Comics, as well as Amaze Ink. #NormanFelchle

Happy birthday to Kevin "Stickman" Tinsley, born today in 1964. Tinsley is an American comics creator and publisher, known for his work at Marvel Comics as well as creating and publishing his own books for Stickman Graphics. #KevinTinsley #Stickman

Happy birthday to American comic book inker Bob Petrecca, born today in 1957. His comics career began at Marvel working on such titles as Captain America, Thor, and Conan, going on to be a freelance inker/artist for Marvel, DC, Continuity and Malibu from there. #BobPetrecca

Today we celebrate the birthday of Barbara Tarbuck, born today in 1942. An American actress, she is known in fandom for roles in The Incredible Hulk, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, The Burning Zone, Star Trek: Enterprise, Journeyman, and The Event. #BarbaraTarbuck

Today we celebrate the birthday of English actor, writer, and director Richard Franklin, born today in 1936. Principally a stage actor, in fandom he is known for portraying Captain Mike Yates of UNIT in Doctor Who, and wrote novels based in the Whoniverse. #RichardFranklin

Happy birthday to Robert Silverberg, born today in 1935. An American author best known for writing science fiction, he is a multiple winner of both Hugo and Nebula Awards, a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, and a Grand Master of SF. #RobertSilverberg

Happy birthday to Phyllis Coates, born today in 1927. An American actress, Coates is best known for her portrayal of reporter Lois Lane in the 1951 film Superman and the Mole Men and in the first season of the television series Adventures of Superman. #PhyllisCoates