Nov
13
Happy Treasure Island Day
Filed Under birthdays, jekyll, pirates
November 13, 1850-December 3, 1894
Archive for the ‘birthdays’ Category
Sep
1
Happy Tarzan Day!
I almost missed that today’s Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ birthday. He would’ve been 133.
Aug
1
Happy Moby Dick Day
Filed Under birthdays, killer whales
Today would’ve been Herman Melville’s 189th birthday.
Mar
26
Happy Keira Day!
Filed Under birthdays, keira knightley
Guess who turns 23 today?
Happy Birthday, Miss Swan! Hope you get to take the day off to just pamper yourself and do your toes.
Jan
19
Happy Rue Morgue Day!
Guess who’s 199th birthday it would’ve been today?
Happy Birthday, Edgar!
Jan
3
Artist of the Day: David T. Wenzel
Filed Under birthdays, fantasy, lord of the rings, tolkien
Today would’ve been Tolkien’s 116th birthday, so to celebrate here’s one of many fantastic Hobbit paintings by David Wenzel who illustrated the graphic novel adaptation of the story.
Happy Hobbit Day!
Nov
13
Happy Long John Silver Day!
Filed Under birthdays, jekyll, pirates
Today’s Robert Louis Stevenson’s 157th birthday, which also makes it Jekyll and Hyde Day.
And it’s also my dad’s birthday, but he’s considerably younger.
Happy Birthday, Dad!
Sep
5
Jesse James Day
Filed Under birthdays, dust to dust, jesse james
I won’t have time to post for real today, but it’s Jesse James’ birthday and I couldn’t let that go without mentioning.
Happy 160th Birthday, you old coot.
Aug
30
Happy Frankenstein Day!
Filed Under birthdays, frankenstein
Mary Shelley was born 210 years ago today. I’ll always love her for creating one of the most complex heroes in literature.
There’s a heartbreaking line from Kenneth Branagh’s Frankenstein that sums the Creature up beautifully and perfectly. I don’t have a copy of the novel with me, and it’s been a while since I’ve read it, but if this line isn’t there verbatim, the feeling behind it certainly is.
“I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
Happy Birthday, Mary.
Aug
28
Artist of the Day: Kaluta
Filed Under birthdays, creature from the black lagoon, kaluta
MW Kaluta is not at all someone I’ve recently discovered. I don’t remember where I first saw him, but it was a long time ago. I’m thinking it was a Tarzan illustration. Maybe for this.
Anyway, Saturday was his birthday, the news of which led me to his website. Even if you already know his stuff, the site’s worth checking out for all the art he has posted. Especially the commissions.
