#october 27th 1995

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Mini Sergei Interview - Wings @ Flames - Oct. 27, 1995

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Canonical Batfamily Birthdays

Here are all the birthdates I know of that are canon somewhere in DC, with a preference for the main comics continuities. I have included exact sources and image references when possible. I am not including character introduction dates, just actual birthdays.

If you find any other sources for Batfamily birthdays, please do share!

A moment of silence for Batfamily characters who don’t have canonical birthdays yet, so far as I know. This includes Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, and more. :(

Summary

Source images will be further down, but here’s an overview in roughly age order (I’m not sure of Kate vs Selina’s ages) with the dates the birthdays were introduced and used:

Tim Drake: July 19th (from 2003)

Jason Todd: August 16th (from 2004)

Cassandra Cain: January 26th (from 2002)

Helena Bertinelli: February 14th (in the Batman: The Brave and the Bold universe, from 2010)

Helena Wayne: September 7th (from 1984), potentially October 20th or the 22nd of unknown month or maybe October 22 or maybe Feb 28th (all the New 52 on passports from 2011-2012). These could also be New 52 Helena Bertinelli’s birthdays or nobody’s birthdays. who even knows.

Dick Grayson: March 20th (from 1995), October ~24th ish (from 1990), November 11th (from 1976), December 1st (on Earth-16 in animated Young Justice universe, from 2012)

Barbara Gordon: September 23rd (from 1976), sometime in fall (from 1987)

Selina Kyle: March 14th (from 1976)

Kate Kane: January 26th (in Batwoman TV series from 2020), March 21st? (word-of-god by J.H. Williams III from 2012)

Bruce Wayne: October 7th (from 2021), February 19th (from 1970s various to more recently), April ~7th (from the late 1940s)

Jim Gordon: January 5th (from 1976)

Alfred Pennyworth: April 8th (from 1976), August 16th (in the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe, from 2016)

Note: in this post when I say “main comics continuity(s)/universe” I’m referring to anything that’s been a “home” continuity for the comics at some point. For example, pre-Crisis Earth-2, Earth-1/New Earth, and Earth-0/Prime Earth, as opposed to Elseworlds or DCEU earths that are still part of the broader DC multiverse but have never been the primary continuity of the comics.

Below are further details and source panels.

Details and Sources

Tim Drake

Tim has only been given one canon birthday. He turned 16 on July 19th in Robin Vol. 2 #116 (cover date Sep 2003).

Robin Vol. 2 #116 (Sep 2003)

Jason Todd

Jason turned 18 on August 16th in Detective Comics #790 (March 2004). This is his only canon birthday.

Detective Comics #790 (Mar 2004)

In post-Crisis/preboot (1986-2011) continuity, there was a gap of six months between when Jason died and when he was resurrected (Batman Annual 25). Jason died April 27th according to his death certificates in Batman Annual 25 and Batman Files 2011, so he would’ve resurrected near late October.

Batman Annual 25 (May 2006)

So, it could be that post-resurrection Jason is biologically 6 months younger than he chronologically should be. But honestly, do we even really know what multiverse-breaking resurrection punches and then a Lazarus Pit on top of that do to someone’s body??? Either way it’s just much more simple to just use his chronological age.

Cassandra Cain

Much like Tim and Jason, Cass has only ever been given one birthdate: January 26th from Batgirl Vol. 1 #33. With that birthday, she turned 18 in Batgirl Vol. 1 #37.

Batgirl Vol. 1 #33 (Dec 2002)

When Jan 26th actually comes, Bruce suggests David Cain could’ve lied about it, but Cass denies that idea and continues to treat the day as her birthday.

Batgirl Vol. 1 #37 (Apr 2003)

Why it's likely her real birthday: Bruce initially believes Cain must’ve lied because he doesn’t think Cain could’ve known her birthday. However, we later learn Cain had lied about her origins and was actually her biological father. Batgirl v1 #62 and #73 show he was there for her birth and could absolutely know the date.

On top of that, in Batgirl #37 Cass remembers celebrating her birthday with him as a child, so he did seem to actually keep track of it. I honestly don’t see any reason to believe he’d lie (Bruce is just a jealous spoilsport).

Helena Bertinelli + Wayne

I’m combining them here because the New 52 gives me a headache.

Helena Bertinelli celebrated her birthday on February 14th in a spin-off comic from the animated Batman: The Brave and the Bold series. This is obviously not part of regular comics continuity and the characters differ from the usual comics in many ways. And yet, for reasons that will soon be clear, it’s my favorite for actually being about Helena Bertinelli the Huntress and for not being an utter mess.

Batman: The Brave and the Bold #14 (Apr 2010)

In a character profile at the end of Infinity Inc. #7 (Oct 1984), Helena Wayne’s birthday was September 7th, 1959. Calculating back from October 1984, that would make her 25 at the time.

During the New 52, Helena Bertinelli was initially portrayed as a long-dead (secretly alive but don’t worry about it) mobster’s daughter and replaced by Earth-2’s Helena Wayne who got stranded on Prime Earth. This H. Wayne stole H. Bertinelli’s identity in the form of several forged passports and IDs, which had hints toward birthdates. The question is, can we take any of those birthdates seriously, and if so, which birthdates and for which character? (Cue my headache.)

Skip ahead to Dick if overthinking fake passports sounds boring.

When comparing to a real Italian passport, the date on H. Wayne’s fake Italian passport appears to be a birthdate. Note that the fake name is Carol Bertinelli, not Helena. H. Wayne said her IDs were inspired by H. Bertinelli but clearly she’s taking liberties for the IDs so that’s a point toward these being useless for H. Bertinelli birthdays.

Huntress Vol. 3 #1 (Dec 2011)

I don’t recognize the month abbreviation as a real abbreviation, but from the visible letter O I’m going to assume it means October. If it is, then the date is 20 October 1985. Sidenote: a 1985 birthdate during 2011 could put her age at about 26, which is actually quite close to how old she could’ve been based on pre-Flashpoint! 1985 has been given as Helena Wayne’s death year before, so it’s an interesting choice of a birth year for her. (Thanks to DC’s sliding timescale, though, birth years don’t actually mean anything in the comics.)

They don’t show her complete US passport, but I can see a “22” in line where the day of the month should be for her birthdate. This already contradicts the previous passport. This one uses Helena Bertinelli’s actual name, though–does that make it more relevant than the Carol one or this all still ridiculous because of the discrepancies?

Worlds’ Finest Vol. 1 #1 (Jul 2012)

We can try to glean the US passport birth month from the passport number at the bottom. The first two digits (“12” here) indicate the agency that issued the passport. 12 means the Honolulu agency. Right after “USA” is supposed to be the birthdate plus an extra number, in the order of year/month/day with the year being the last two digits of a year. Here we encounter another problem. It says 810228. This would imply her birthdate is 1981/02/28. That’s February 28, 1981. Since the earlier line indicated her birthday fell on a 22nd, this already contradicts itself.

Interpreting a Machine Readable Zone (MZR) on a Machine Readable Travel Document (MRTD)

However, I’d bet comic writers and artists aren’t always well versed in passport numbers (it’s already a stretch for me to bother checking it…). If they put the extra digit before the birthdate instead after, and the date is formatted month/day/year (the most common format in American English, so probably their first instinct), then we can drop the first 8 and it’s 10/22/8[?] with the last digit unknown. This would put her birthday as October 22, sometime in the 1980s. The 22 matches the earlier line, the October might match the previous passport if that really did say October (but contradicts the 20th), and the 1980s year could be 1985 to match the Italian passport.

At the end of the day I’m personally just going to let Helena Bertinelli be a Valentine’s born baby and call it a day, unless/until she gets a better one in the comics. For Helena Wayne I’d easily pick September 7th.

(My question is: did they give the crossbow vigilante a Valentine’s birthday as a Cupid joke??)

Dick Grayson

Dick has probably had the most birthdays of everyone (unless Bruce has more I don’t know about). All of them have their drawbacks.

In a main comics continuity, his most popular and most recent is “the first day of spring” so probably March 20th. This comes from Robin Annual 4 when his mom says she calls him Robin because he was born on the first day of spring. That presents some problems since there are other explanations given for the origin of “Robin,” including that his mom said he was “always bobbin’ along” (Dark Victory #12, page 17) or the original inspiration of Robin Hood (Detective Comics #38, p3).

Robin Annual 4 (Jun 1995)

Before that, in Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50 (Aug 1990), Marv Wolfman wrote a version of Dick’s origins where Dick turned 10 a week before his parents died on Halloween. That would make his birthday October ~24th (presuming that “a week” before Halloween literally means 7 days here).

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #50 (Aug 1990)

The first drawback of the October birthday is that it’s tied to Dick being 10 when his parents die on Halloween. Dick’s age and the date his parents die change a lot depending on the writer (Nightwing Vol. 1 #1 says his parents died June 27th, Dark Victory #8-9 says May, etc.). The second drawback is that few people remember this version of his birthday even exists.

Dick’s birthday is November 11th in Super DC Calendar 1976. Note: Despite being a non-diegetic calendar from almost 50 years ago, this source remains well known and used among comic enthusiasts (including those working at DC). Generally, I would say it should mainly apply just to pre-Crisis continuity, but it is also useful for characters that haven’t gotten updated birthdays ever since (like Roy Harper, Barbara Gordon, or Selina Kyle, for example).

Super DC Calendar 1976

Sidenote: Since Damian doesn’t have a canon birthday, November 11th is favorite to steal for my own fan canon Damian birthday. Dick has plenty birthdays to share and I think it’s cute. @ DC, give Damian and Steph birthdays, they’ve been birthday-less for decades!

Indeed, DC writer Tim Sheridan and editor Mike Cotton debated whether Dick’s birthday was in March or November. They favored March 20th and wrote a birthday scene in Teen Titans Academy #1 (published March 23rd, 2021). The publishing time near Dick’s birthday was intentional, though the date isn’t mentioned within the comic itself.

Link to tweet

The above birthdays were all meant to apply to a main comics continuity at some point. However, Earth-16, better known as the animated Young Justice universe (therefore outside of main comics continuity), says YJ Dick’s birthday is December 1st.

Young Justice Vol. 2 #20 (Nov 2012)

Unlike Helena Bertinelli, Dick has plenty of comics birthdays to choose from, so personally I’ll only count Dec 1st as being the birthday for YJ animated/Earth-16 Dick Grayson until or unless it’s ever mentioned to apply to main comics continuity.

Barbara Gordon

Super DC Calendar 1976 says Barbara’s birthday is September 23rd.

Super DC Calendar 1976

Since then, the only time I recall her birthdate hinted at is in Secret Origins #20 when her adoptive mom says her birthday is in the fall. This could support her birthday being September 23rd.

Secret Origins Vol. 2 #20 (Nov 1987)

Although she has celebrated her birthday on panel since then (the end of Nightwing Vol. 2 #153), she hasn’t been given any other actual birthdate. So I’ll keep September 23rd and call it a day.

Selina Kyle

Super DC Calendar 1976 says Selina’s birthday is March 14th. Once again, although it hasn’t been mentioned within a comic, it’s stuck around in popular consciousness (see: Catwoman actress Zoë Kravitz wishing Selina a happy birthday on March 14th).

Super DC Calendar 1976

Selina celebrated a birthday on panel in Catwoman (2002) #37 but the date was never mentioned. I don’t know of any other reference to her birthday, but my reading of Selina is thus far more sparse than my reading of the others.

Kate Kane

Kate’s birthday options all come from outside of the comics themselves.

In “An Un-Birthday Present,” season 1 episode 11 of Batwoman, a parallel version of her twin Beth had a driver’s license showing her date of birth as January 26, 1990. She and Kate later celebrated their birthdays on an episode aired Jan 26th, 2020. I don’t keep up with live action DC shows so I unfortunately can’t offer a screenshot (if anyone has one or the timestamp, please let me know!).

(I kinda wonder if somebody looked up Batwoman’s birthday for these episodes, saw Batgirl’s (Cass’s) birthday, and just ran with it. Batwoman and a Batgirl sharing a birthday is just. Ughhh.)

In 2012, one of her comic writers tweeted to choose a random date for her birthday and picked March 21st, which so far as I know has never been used as her birthday in comics.

Link to tweet

Bruce Wayne

Bruce’s most popular birthday is February 19th, but his most recent one is October 7th from the digital-only comic Legends of the Dark Knight. I believe that’s the only time October 7th has been referenced, but I’ve heard the animated show The Batman said his birthday was in October (can’t confirm, haven’t watched it recently).

Legends of the Dark Knight #10 (Jun 2021) - Note: two pages have been combined into one for this post

Still, even associates of DC seem to remember his February 19th birthday better. In February 2023, Warner Bro’s Gotham Knights game did a sale for Bruce’s birthday. I’ve also heard the birthday was used in the Gotham TV show, but again, I don’t watch much live action DC shows.

The February 19th birthday appears to come from the 70s and 80s. It’s his birthday in the Super DC Calendar 1976, and in Batman Family Vol. 1 #11: “Suprise, Suprise!” (May 1977). Bob Rozakis (known as DC’s “Answer Man”) said Feb 19th was Bruce’s birthday in the letter column of Detective Comics #494 (Sep 1980).

Letter column of Detective Comics #494 (Sep 1980)

Batman Family Vol. 1 #11: “Suprise, Suprise!” (Jun 1977)

Super DC Calendar 1976

Way back in the 40s, his birthday was in April, possibly April 7th. During a birthstone murder mystery, Bruce says his birthstone is a diamond, which is traditionally the April birthstone.

World’s Finest Comics #33/6 (Mar-Apr 1948): “The 5 Jewels of Doom!”

Star Spangled Comics #91 (Apr 1949) might imply the exact date was April 7th but we’d have to assume the party is on his birthday and that “this month” refers to the publishing month of April. I believe this is where people get the April 7th birthday when they bring it up.

Star Spangled Comics #91 (Apr 1949)

Early April also shines in Batman: Year One where it shows Bruce’s first night out as Batman being either the night of April 6th or the early morning of April 7th (Batman #405). So although the April Bruce birthday hasn’t been used in decades, it’s still a Batman birthday in a way.

I have also heard people say Frank Miller considered Bruce’s birthday to be in November. However, I have yet to find an original source of him saying that, and honestly (just like the “March 21st” birthday for Kate) if he never used it in any canon material I don’t put much weight in that.

Jim Gordon

The only birthday I’ve ever seen for Jim is January 5th from Super DC Calendar 1976.

Super DC Calendar 1976

Alfred Pennyworth

Alfred’s birthday in Super DC Calendar 1976 is April 8th.

Super DC Calendar 1976

In the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe (an alternate reality where the video game of the same name is set in), they show Alfred’s birth certificate, where it says his birthday is August 16th, 1943.

Injustice: Gods Among Us Year Five #26 (Jun 2016)

Maybe you’ll notice that August 16th is Jason’s birthday. A little funny considering the issue features Alfred refusing to share his birthday only for us to learn it’s the same date as Jason’s. Still, annoying. There are so many days in the year! Stop choosing the same ones!

This Alfred birthdate runs into a similar problem Helena’s birthdates did: it’s not part of main comics canon, it’s an alternate universe, so it may not be applicable to the main comics universe.

Note: if we calculate that 1943 birth year from Jun 2016 when the comic was published, that’d make Alfred 72 soon to be 73. Does that mean anything in canon? Probably not, but oh well. Also...token British character born by Windsor Castle? …of course.

Personally, I would rather go with the April 8th birthday than the Injustice one, since Injustice is an alternate universe. Also, outside of the humor of it, the idea of Alfred and Jason sharing a birthday is a bit too much for me. Still, it’s up to people’s own cherry picking.

Chronology

The birthdays in publishing order alongside notable reboots. A soft-reboot refers to reboots that only changed a few details with minor consequences, keeping the overall continuity mostly intact. A major reboot has significant effects on continuity (too many to list).

1935-1986: Pre-Crisis era (Golden Age begins ~1946, Silver Age runs from late 50s--early 70s)

Mar-Apr 1948: Bruce’s birthday is in April

Apr 1949: Bruce has a birthday party on the 7th of “this month”

Skipping a good three decades because I barely even know what’s in there. Sorry lol

Mid 70s to early 90s: Bronze Age era

1976: the super dc calendar says Bruce’s birthday is February 19th, Alfred’s is April 8th, Dick’s is November 11th, Babs is September 23rd, Selina’s is March 14th, Jim’s is Jan 5th

Jun 1977: Bruce celebrates his birthday on February 19th

Sep 1980: letter collumnist says Bruce’s birthday is February 19th

Oct 1984: Helena Wayne’s birthday is on September 7th, 1959

Mar 1986: the major Crisis on Infinite Earths reboot (begins post-Crisis/New Earth era, many previous comics are now considered Earth-2 instead)

Nov 1987: Babs birthday is in fall

Aug 1990: Dick turns 10 a week before Halloween (probably October ~24th)

Sep 1994: Zero Hour soft reboot (Batman and Robin become urban legends so Robin is not allowed on video, Bruce’s parents’ murderer is changed to unknown instead of Joe Chill, Selina is no longer a once-prostitute)

Apr 1995: Dick’s birthday is the first day of spring (probably March 20th)

Oct 2002: Cass learns her birthday is January 26th

April 2003: Cass turns 18 on January 26th

Sep 2003: Tim turns 16 on July 19th

Mar 2004: Jason turns 18 on August 16th

Jun 2006: Infinite Crisis soft reboot (Joe Chill is restored as the arrested Wayne family murderer, Superboy-Prime's punch retroactively resurrects Jason)

Apr 2010: In the Batman: Brave and the Bold universe, Helena Bertinelli celebrates her birthday February 14th

Oct 2011: the major Flashpoint reboot (end of post-Crisis/preboot, begins the New 52 and changes the primary universe to Prime Earth; significant character/timeline changes and erasures)

Dec 2011: Helena Wayne’s fake Carol Bertinelli passport seems to list October 20th as a birthdate

Jul 2012: Helena Wayne’s fake Helena Bertinelli passport lists some 22nd unknown month, Oct 22nd, or Feb 28th birthday

Sep 2012: Batwoman writer J.H. Williams III randomly picks Kate’s birthday as March 21st on Twitter

Nov 2012: Earth-16/YJ animated Dick Grayson celebrates his birthday on December 1st

Jun 2016: In the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe, Alfred’s birth certificate says his birthday is August 16th

Jul 2016: Rebirth reboot (restores some pre-Flashpoint continuity, some characters regain previous histories but now semi-synchronized with the New 52 era)

Jan 2020: Batwoman TV show Kate celebrates her birthday on January 26th

Mar 2021: Writer Tim Sheridan says he & his editor chose March 20th as Dick’s birthday over the November option

May 2021: Infinite Frontier holds all previous continuities as potential canon, restoring more of pre-Flashpoint

Jun 2021: Bruce says his birthday is October 7th in a digital-only comic

Feb 2023: Gotham Knights game has a sale for Bruce’s birthday

[pridequest64]

Anarky Reading Order

This is, based of my research the complete reading list in release order for all Anarly Comics as of October 1st 2024. Release dates were used when available but compromises were made with cover date when necessary. If you see anything that is wrong or needs new additions feel free to let me know!

(Comic Vine was a massive help in this Project!)

1. Detective Comics #608 November 1989

2. Detective Comics #609 December 1989

3. Detective Comics #620 August 1990

4. Batman #456 September 18th 1990

5. Detective Comics #627 March 1991

6. Batman Annual #15 April 18th 1991

7. Robin Annual #1 July 23rd 1992

8. Superman & Batman Magazine #1 Q3 1993

9. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #16

10. September 1993

11. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #17 September 1993

12. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #18 October 1993

13. Green Arrow #89 August 1994

14. Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #2 September 1994

15. The Batman Adventures #31 April 1995

16. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #40 May 16th 1995

17. The Batman Chronicles #1 May 30th 1995

18. The Batman Adventures #36 October 1st 1995

19. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #41 June 20th 1996

20. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #50 May 1st 1996

21. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #66 September 1st 1997

22. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #67 October 1st 1997

23. Batman: Shadow of the Bat #73 April 1998

24. DCU Heroes Secret Files February 1999

25. Anarky #1 May 1999

26. Anarky #2 June 1999

27. Anarky #3 July 1999

28. Anarky #4 August 1999

29. Anarky #5 September 1999

30. Anarky #6 October 1999

31. Anarky #7 November 1999

32. Anarky #8 December 1999

33. Sins of Youth: JLA, Jr. May 2000

34. Young Justice: Sins of Youth #1 May 2000

35. Young Justice: Sins of Youth #2 May 2000

36. Green Arrow #51 August 2005

37. Robin #181 December 17th 2008

38. Robin #182 January 21st 2009

39. Robin #183 April 1st 2009

40. Red Robin #3 August 12th 2009

41. Red Robin #13 June 3rd 2010

42. Red Robin #15 August 4th 2010

43. Red Robin #16 September 9th 2010

44. Red Robin #17 November 10th 2010

45. Red Robin #18 December 8th 2010

46. Red Robin #19 January 12th 2011

47. Red Robin #20 February 9th 2011

48. Red Robin #21 March 16th 2011

49. Red Robin #22 April 13th 2011

50. Red Robin #23 May 11th 2011

51. Red Robin #24 June 8th 2011

52. Beware the Batman #1 October 23rd 2013

53. Green Lantern Corps #25 November 13th 2013

54. Detective Comics #38 Janurary 7th 2015

55. Detective Comics #39 February 4th 2015

56. Detective Comics #40 March 4th 2015

57. Detective Comics: Endgame March 11th 2015

58. Detective Comics #957 May 24th 2017

59. Detective Comics #963 August 23rd 2017

60. Detective Comics #964 September 13th 2017

61. Detective Comics #966 October 11th 2017

62. Detective Comics #968 November 22nd 2017

63. Detective Comics #970 December 13th 2017

64. Detective Comics #971 December 27th 2017

65. Detective Comics #972 January 10th 2018

66. Detective Comics #973 January 24th 2018

67. Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Red Hood vs. Anarky June 20th 2018

68. Harley Quinn #61 May 1st 2019

69. Harley Quinn #62 June 5th 2019

70. The Imfected: The Commissioner December 18th 2019

71. DC Nation Presents DC Future State November 24th 2020

72. Future State: The Next Batman #1 Janurary 5th 2021

73. I Am Batman #1 September 14th 2021

74. I Am Batman #2 October 12th 2021

75. Robins #4 February 15th 2022

76. Detective Comics #1054 February 22nd 2022

77. Batman: Urban Legends #22 December 20th 2022

[zaiaam]

Since its kinda been a thing to say the Joker Cards were once human, here's my personal human Riddlebox headcanons.

RIDDLEBOX

• Dob: February 27th 1976

• Date of Death: October 10th 1995 (Age 19)

• How did he die? He died in a car crash, as shown in the Riddle Box intro. Don't ask me how in the intro, his soul somehow judges itself. Shut up.

• Due to his death by car crash, he has motion sickness, and isn't able to ride most of the attractions in the Dark Carnival without feeling incredibly ill.

• His death by car crash is also why he's associated with toyboxes and machinery.

• He was the one driving, and he was intoxicated from alchohol. Its why he's associated with question marks. (When he's drunk, he can't remember shit)

• Yeah he was driving drunk at 19. He died young. Poor guy.

[livingforstars]

Voyager's Preview of Galileo at Ganymede - June 27th, 1996.

"NASA's robot spacecraft Galileo began its long voyage to Jupiter in October of 1989. In December of 1995, it arrived in the Jovian system, beginning its unprecedented, detailed exploration by dropping a probe into the gas giant's atmosphere. By early on June 27th, 1996, it would have accomplished another milestone in its ambitious mission. In orbit around Jupiter, Galileo would make its first close flyby of Ganymede, Jupiter's (and the Solar System's) largest moon. Having approached to within 524 miles, it would make a series of high resolution images of the surface, which would reveal features as small as 33 feet across. This close-up colour image from the Voyager 2 flyby in 1979 previewed sights Galileo would see in greater detail. Showing features as small as 3 miles across, it revealed a variety of terrain on Ganymede's icy surface, including impact craters with bright rays and long strips of light grooved structures, suggesting large scale motions of the frozen crust."

[darkpeacemusic]

ℂ𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕪𝕡𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕒 ℍ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕔𝕒𝕟𝕠𝕟𝕤: 𝔹𝕚𝕣𝕥𝕙𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕤 (+𝔸𝕘𝕖𝕤)

Jeff the Killer - June 2nd, 2000 (Age: 24)

Homicidal Liu - December 21st, 1991 (Age: 33)

Sully - December 21st, 1991 (Age: 33, though he's seven minutes younger than his twin, Liu)

Randy - July 25th, 1990 (Age: 34)

Keith - September 23rd, 1991 (Age: 33)

Troy - July 27th, 1991 (Age: 33)

Jane - September 1st, 1993 (Age: 31)

Mary - May 10th, 1992 (Age: 30)

Ben Drowned - April 23rd, 1990, died April 23rd 2002 (Age: Permanently 12, 34 if he were still alive today)

Ticci Toby - April 28th, 1994 (Age: 30)

Masky/Tim - June 19th, 1988 (Age: 36)

Hoodie/Brian - April 18th, 1989 (Age: 35)

Kate the Chaser - June 25th, 1995 (Age: 29)

Laughing Jack - Unknown but he was created on Christmas Eve, 1800s (Age: 200+)

Eyeless Jack - November 13th, 1994, died May 20th, 2011 (Age: 17 physically, actually in his 30s)

Slenderman and his brothers - Honestly no one ones. Some say they've been around since the 1600-1700s (Ages: 1000+)

Sally - April 5th, 1958, died April 5th, 1966 (Age: Permanently 8, 66 if she were alive today)

Dr Smiley - October 20th, 1984 (Age: 40)

Nurse Ann - October 31st, 1983 (Age: 41)

Nina - February 2nd, 1997 (Age: 27)

Candy Pop - Unknown but is said to have been created sometime in the 1400s (Age: 500-600+)

Jason the Toymaker - November 15th, 1940, died August 2nd, 1959 (Age: 19 by the time of his death, 84 if he were alive today)

The Puppeteer - July 25th, 1974, died November 30th, 1994 (Age: Permanently 20, 50 if he were still alive today)

Clockwork - November 6th, 1996 (Age: 28)

Rouge - January 7th, 1990 (Age: 34)

Wilson - August 27th, 1988 (Age: 36)

Zalgo - Unknown. He's been around since the beginning of time. (Age: Millions of years old)

Nathan - October 29th, 1990 (Age: 34)

Bloody Painter - October 1st, 1992 (Age: 32)

Kagekao - December 29th, 1994 (Age: 30)

Laughing Jill - Unknown, possibly around the same time as Jack (Age: 200+)

Sadie - October 21st, 1996, died March 12th, 2014 (Age: Permanently 18, 28 if she were alive today)

Hobo Heart - August 31st, 1900s (Age: 100+)

Cat Hunter - January 16th, 1990 (Age: 34)

Chris the Revenant - December 28th, 1999 (Age: 25)

X-Virus - December 12th, 1996 (Age: 28)

Dollmaker - June 13th, 2001 (Age: 23)

Frankie the Undead - September 13th, 1924, died sometime in 1974 (Age: Permanently 50, 100 if he were still alive today)

Judge Angels - April 2nd, 1998 (Age: 26)

Lifeless Lucy - April 5th, 1987, died April 5th, 1997 (Age: Permanently 10, 37 if she were alive today)

Lost Silver - June 21st, 1992, died sometime in August 2004 (Age: Permanently 12, 32 if he were still alive)

Glitchy Red - Unknown, is said to have been created sometime in 1990-1994 during the early stages of Pokemon Red/Blue (Age: Likely somewhere in his his late 20s-early 30s)

Dr. Locklear - March 7th, 1634, died sometime in 1665 during the Great Plague (Age: 30 by the time of his death, 390 if he were still alive today)

Lulu - February 15th, 1999, died sometime in 2013 (Age: Permanently 14, 25 if she were still alive)

Killing Kate - October 29th, 1996 (Age: 28)

[jeremy-blogs]

Britpop. One of the most iconic genres in history. It may be dead but it’s not forgotten. Here’s a timeline (from my opinion) of the genre from start to finish:

Britpop (October 1st, 1990 - January 1st, 2004)

Before Britpop: February 20th, 1984 - May 27th, 1990

Beginning of Britpop: October 1st, 1990 - May 11th, 1992

Rise of Britpop: March 29th, 1993 - May 15th, 1995

Peak of Britpop: August 14th, 1995 - August 11th, 1996

Fall of Britpop: February 10th, 1997 - June 8th, 1998

Post-Britpop: March 8th, 1999 - August 6th, 2001

Death of Britpop: February 1st, 2002 - January 1st, 2004

[obsoletegleam]

Smash Hits (UK) 1994

Issue 394, 5th January - 18th January 1994 Issue 395, 19th January - 1st February 1994 Issue 396, 2nd February - 15th February 1994 Issue 397, 16th February - 1st March 1994 Issue 398, 2nd March - 15th March 1994 Issue 399, 16th March - 29th March 1994 Issue 400, 30th March - 12th April 1994 Issue 401, 13th April - 26th April 1994 Issue 402, 27th April - 10th May 1994 Issue 403, 11th May - 24th May 1994 Issue 404, 25th May - 7th June 1994 Issue 405, 8th June - 21st June 1994 Issue 406, 22nd June - 5th July 1994 Issue 407, 6th July - 19th July 1994 Issue 408, 20th July - 2nd August 1994 Issue 409, 3rd August - 16th August 1994 Issue 410, 17th August - 30th August 1994 Issue 411, 31st August - 13th September 1994 Issue 412, 14th September - 27th September 1994 Issue 413, 28th September - 11th October 1994 Issue 414, 12th October - 25th October 1994 Issue 415, 26th October - 8th November 1994 Issue 416, 9th November - 22nd November 1994 Issue 417, 23rd November - 6th December 1994 Issue 418, 7th December - 20th December 1994 Issue 419, 21st December 1994 - 3rd January 1995

At Smash Hits Remembered

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

In honour of Indycar being back this weekend, here is US racing tunes (every drivers racing number). Enjoy 😊

Helio Castoneves (10th May 1975) - The Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm

Takuma Sato (28th January 1977) - Al Green - Keep Me Cryin'

Katherine Legge (12th July 1980) - Queen - Play The Game

Scott Dixon (22nd July 1980) - Jermaine Jackson - Let's Get Serious

Ryan Hunter-Reay (17th December 1980) - Harry Chapin - Sequel

Will Power (1st March 1981) - Stevie Wonder - I Ain't Gonna Stand For It

Ed Carpenter (3rd March 1981) - Barbra Streisand & Barry Gibb - What Kind Of Fool

Romain Grosjean (17th April 1986) - Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Marco Andretti (13th March 1987) - Billy Joel - This Is The Time

Colin Braun (22nd September 1988) - Bruce Hornsby - Look Out Any Window

Graham Rahal (4th January 1989) - Duran Duran - I Don't Want Your Love

Tristian Vautier (22nd August 1989) - Bad English - Forget Me Not

Agustin Canapino (19th January 1990) - Michael Penn - No Myth

Marcus Ericsson (2nd September 1990) - Brother Beyond - The Girl I Used To Know

Josef Newgarden (22nd December 1990) - Madonna - Justify My Love

Alexander Rossi (25th September 1991) - Michael Bolton - Time, Love and Tenderness

Felix Rosenqvist (7th November 1991) - K.M.C Kru - The Devil Came Up To Michigan

Conor Daly (15th December 1991) - Karyn White - Romantic

Kyle Larson (31st July 1992) - Sophie B.Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

Jack Harvey (15th April 1993) - P.M Dawn - Looking Through Patient Eyes

Scott McLaughlin (10th June 1993) - H-Town - Knockin' Da Boots

Tom Blomqvist (30th November 1993) - Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room

Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - 69 Boyz - Kitty Kitty

Pietro Fittipaldi (25th June 1996) - Michael Jackon - They Don't Care About Us

Alex Palou (1st April 1997) - 702 - Get It Together

Santino Ferrucci (31st May 1998) - Madonna - Frozen

Kyle Kirkwood (19th October 1998) - Savage Garden - Truly Madly Deeply

Callum Ilott (11th November 1998) - Jennifer Paige - Crush

Linus Lundqvist (26th March 1999) - TLC - No Scrubs

Pato O'Ward (6th May 1999) - Busta Rhymes ft Janet Jackson - What's It Gonna Be?

Colton Herta (30th March 2000) - Whitney Houston - I Learned It From The Best

Christian Rasmussen (29th June 2000) - Nine Days - Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)

Marcus Armstrong (29th July 2000) - Ruff Endz - No More

Rinus Veekay (11th September 2000) - Jagged Edge - Let's Get Married

Christian Lundgaard (23rd July 2001) - Babyface - There She Goes

Sting Ray Robb (3rd September 2001) - Dido - Thank You

David Malukas (27th September 2001) - Fuel - Bad Day

Theo Pourchaire (20th August 2003) - Matchbox Twenty - Unwell

Kyffin Simpson (9th October 2004) - Nelly ft Jaheim - My Place

Nolan Siegel (8th November 2004) - Maroon 5 - She Will Be Loved

All added to this playlist 😊

[amethystandemma]

Glasswood timeline

September 28th, 1989

First year Radiant Glasspetal goes to the Quidditch Pitch on her 12th birthday to try and steal a broom to fly. She meets 13 year old Oliver Wood, who was up practicing. He lets her fly on his broom with him.

September 29th, 1989

Oliver talks to fellow third year Percy Weasley, his dormmate, about the girl he saw. Percy tells him that she’s his cousin.

January 1st, 1990

Radiant gets into a scuffle with Slytherin Marcus Flint, a third year, after he calls her friend and dormmate Angelina Johnson a mudblood. Oliver joins the fight to help her out.

June 26th, 1990

Oliver sits with Radiant on his birthday at the End of Year Feast, asking her to write to him over the summer. She agrees.

August 25th, 1990

Oliver receives his Quidditch captain badge and the first thing he does is send a howler to Radiant. She responds with another howler, equally excited.

November 12th, 1990

Radiant’s first Quidditch match. She has an anxiety attack at the beginning of it, in which Oliver talks her down. At the end of the game, she kisses him on the cheek and calls him “Ace” for the first time.

March 8th, 1991

Radiant realizes she has a crush on Oliver and suppresses her feelings in fear of ruining their friendship.

September 19th, 1991

Oliver and Radiant give Harry Potter a lesson in Quidditch. Radiant offhandedly mentions how it feels like they’re teaching their kid, causing Oliver to get flustered.

November 7th, 1991

Radiant hits Marcus Flint on the head with the Quaffle when he knocks Oliver off his broom during a Quidditch match. Fred and George start making kissing sounds whenever Oliver and Radiant look at each other from then on.

November 10th, 1991

Oliver finds Radiant in Hogsmeade unconscious and blooded after a fight with Flint. He ends up staying in the Hospital Wing with her until she wakes up.

November 27th, 1991

Percy finds Fred, George, and Oliver in a fight with Marcus Flint and some other Slytherins during his prefect patrol. He finds out what happened with Radiant and punches Flint in the jaw.

April 21st, 1992

Oliver catches himself staring at Radiant for extended periods of time and he starts to realize he’s in love with her.

Summer of 1992

Oliver and Radiant frequently travel to each other’s homes to discuss Quidditch strategies. They grow even closer than before.

October 3rd, 1992

Radiant and Oliver duel each other in Dueling Club. Radiant finds out about how his wand was his grandfather’s, who was murdered by Ronaldo Fahlstrom protecting Theseus Scamander.

December 22nd, 1992

In the middle of Quidditch practice, Radiant and Oliver have their first kiss during Quidditch practice. She was 15, he was 16.

May 20th, 1993

Oliver asks Radiant to be his girlfriend, and the two finally start dating.

September 1st, 1993

While on the Hogwarts Express, dementors go past Oliver and Radiant’s compartment, which cause Radiant to have an anxiety attack. Oliver ends up using the patronus charm, saying that they have a lot of dementors back home.

May 20th, 1994

Gryffindor wins the Quidditch Cup. Radiant and Oliver kiss in front of the entire school, both of them bleeding from multiple spots.

August 22, 1994

Radiant and Oliver attend the 1994 Quidditch World Cup together. When attacked, Radiant almost uses an Unforgivable in order to protect Oliver.

December 25th, 1994

Fred and George Weasley sneak Oliver onto the school grounds. He and Radiant dance together at the Yule Ball.

June 24th, 1995

Radiant and Oliver sit together during the final task of the Triwizard Tournament, noting how Hadlee Euphoric is missing. They both go into the school, looking for her, along with Cedric Diggory. The three save her from Barty Crouch Jr. disguised as Alastor Moody.

September 28th, 1995

Oliver Wood proposes. Radiant accepts.

February 10th, 1996

Arthur Glasspetal dies on a mission with Oliver for the Order of the Phoenix. He tells him to protect his baby sister, which Oliver swears to do.

Arthur was 22 years old.

March 8th, 1996

Marco Glasspetal and Felicity Prewett are murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange. Oliver holds Radiant the funeral and tells her that she is always able to stay with him.

June 25th, 1996

Radiant moves in with Oliver in Upper Hogsfield.

August 13th, 1996

Radiance Beatrice Glasspetal marries Oliver Sean Wood. Zachary Glasspetal, the last remaining member of her immediate family, walks her down the aisle.

[hockeytown-gifs]

Stevie after scuffle - Wings @ Flames - Oct. 27, 1995

[starvisionsacademy]

MOONLIGHT CHERRY PROFILES

PROFILES ˙⋆✮ :

˖ ✧ ⸻ Luna Birth name : Wang Luna Position : Main Vocalist Birthday : May 16th, 1994 Zodiac sign : Taurus Height : 5,3 Blood type : A Nationality : Chinese-American Face claim : Nayeon - Twice

˖ ✧ ⸻ Queenie Birth name : Kang Sooyoung Position : Leader, Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer Birthday : December 27th, 1995 Zodiac sign : Capricorn Height : 5,10 Blood type : A Nationality : Korean-American Face claim : Kwon Eunbi

˖ ✧ ⸻ Eunji Birth name : Jung Eunji Position : Lead Vocalist, Lead Rapper Birthday : June 7th, 1996 Zodiac sign : Gemini Height : 5,5 Blood type : B Nationality : Korean Face Claim : Eunjo - Dreamnote

˖ ✧ ⸻ Soohyun Birth name : Im Soohyun Position : Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer Birthday : February 14th, 1997 Zodiac sign : Aquarius Height : 5,3 Blood type : B Nationality : Korean Face claim : Lara - Dreamnote

˖ ✧ ⸻ Lexi Birth name : Huang Sooyoung Position : Main Vocalist Birthday : July 17th, 1999 Zodiac sign : Cancer Height : 5,4 Blood type : B Nationality : Korean-Chinese Face claim : Jo Yuri

˖ ✧ ⸻ Yena Birth name : Kim Yena Position : Main Rapper, Main Dancer Birthday : August 21st, 1999 Zodiac sign : Leo Height : 5,9 Blood type : B Nationality : Korean Face claim : Choi Yena

˖ ✧ ⸻ Meko Birth name : Adachi Meko Position : Lead Dancer, Lead Rapper, Lead Vocalist Birthday : October 15th, 1999 Zodiac sign : Libra Height : 5,3 Blood type : AB Nationality : Japanese Face claim : Haram - Billie

˖ ✧ ⸻ Sooyoung Birth name : Kim Sooyoung Position : Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer Birthday : May 27th, 2000 Zodiac sign : Gemini Height : 5,4 Blood type : O Nationality : Korean Face claim : Lia - Itzy

˖ ✧ ⸻ Roza Birth name : Roza-Quartz Watanabe-Lee Position : Main Vocalist, Main Dancer, Lead Rapper, Visual, Center, Maknae Birthday : December 23rd, 2000 Zodiac sign : Capricorn Height : 5,8 Blood type : O Nationality : Korean-Japanese Face claim : Shuhua - G-IDLE

[pridequest64]

Static Shock Reading Order

This is, based of my research the complete reading list in release order for all Static Comics as of October 10th 2024. Release dates were used when available but compromises were made with cover date when necessary. If you see anything that is wrong or needs new additions feel free to let me know!

(Comic Vine was a massive help in this project!)

1. Static #1 June 1993

2. Static #2 July 1993

3. Static #3 August 1993

4. Static #4 September 1993

5. Static #5 October 1993

6. Static #6 November 1993

7. Static #7 December 1993

8. Static #8 January 1994

9. Shadow Cabinet #0 January 1994

10. Static #9 February 1994

11. Icon #10 February 1994

12. Static #10 March 1994

13. Static #11 April 1994

14. Static #12 May 1994

15. Static #13 June 1994

16. Superman: The Man of Steel #35 July 1994

17. Worlds Collide July 1994

18. Static #14 August 1994

19. Superman: The Man of Steel #36 August 1994

20. Steel #7 August 1994

21. Superboy #7 August 1994

22. Static #15 September 1994

23. Hardware #19 September 1994

24. Static #16 October 1994

25. Static #17 November 1994

26. Icon #19 November 1994

27. Static #18 December 1994

28. Kobalt #7 December 1994

29. Icon #20 December 1994

30. Superman & Batman Magazine #7 Q1 1995

31. Static #19 Janurary 1995

32. Static #20 February 1995

33. Icon #22 February 1995

34. Static #21 March 1995

35. Static #22 April 1995

36. Static #23 June 1995

37. Static #24 July 1995

38. Static #25 July 1995

39. Long Hot Summer #1 July 1995

40. Static #26 August 1995

41. Long Hot Summer #2 August 1995

42. Icon #28 August 1995

43. Static #27 September 1995

44. Long Hot Summer #3 September 1995

45. Icon #29 September 1995

46. Static #28 October 1995

47. Static #29 November 1995

48. Static #30 December 1995

49. Static #31 Janurary 1996

50. Static #32 February 1996

51. Static #33 March 1996

52. Static #34 April 1996

53. Static #35 May 1996

54. The World Needs Heroes #1 May 1996

55. Static #36 June 1996

56. The World Needs Heroes #2 June 1996

57. Static #37 July 1996

58. The World Needs Heroes #3 July 1996

59. Static #38 August 1996

60. The World Needs Heroes #4 August 1996

61. Static #39 September 1996

62. The World Needs Heroes #5 September 1996

63. Hardware #43 September 1996

64. Static #40 October 1996

65. The World Needs Heroes #6 October 1996

66. Icon #38 October 1996

67. Hardware #44 October 1996

68. Static #41 November 1996

69. Static #42 December 1996

70. Static #43 Janurary 1997

71. Hardware #47 January 1997

72. Static #44 February 1997

73. Icon #42 February 1997

74. Static #45 March 1997

75. Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #1 January 2001

76. Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #2 February 2001

77. Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #3 May 2001

78. Static Shock: Rebirth of the Cool #4 September 2001

79. 9-11 #2 February 2002

80. Terror Titans #3 December 4th 2008

81. Terror Titans #4 January 7th 2009

82. Terror Titans #6 March 4th 2009

83. Teen Titans #68 April 2009

84. Teen Titans #69 April 1st 2009

85. Titans #12 April 8th 2009

86. Teen Titans #70 April 29th 2009

87. Vigilante #5 April 15th 2009

88. Teen Titans Annual April 2009

89. Teen Titans #71 May 28th 2009

90. Superman #688 May 28th 2009

91. Titans #13 May 13th 2009

92. The Brave and the Bold #24 June 17th 2009

93. Teen Titans #72 June 24th 2009

94. Teen Titans #73 July 29th 2009

95. Teen Titans #74 August 26th 2009

96. Titans #17 September 10th 2009

97. Teen Titans #75 September 30th 2009

98. Teen Titans #76 October 28th 2009

99. Teen Titans #79 Janurary 27th 2010

100. Milestone Forever #1 February 3rd 2010

101. Teen Titans #80 February 24th 2010

102. Milestone Forever #2 March 3rd 2010

103. Teen Titans #81 March 31st 2010

104. Teen Titans #82 April 28th 2010

105. Teen Titans #83 May 26th 2010

106. Teen Titans #84 June 30th 2010

107. Teen Titans #85 July 28th 2010

108. Teen Titans #86 August 25th 2010

109. Teen Titans #87 September 29th 2010

110. Supergirl #60 January 19th 2011

111. Brightest Day #23 April 6th 2011

112. Static Shock Special June 1st 2011

113. Teen Titans #100 August 24th 2011

114. Flashpoint #5 August 31st 2011

115. Static Shock #1 September 7th 2011

116. Teen Titans #1 September 28th 2011

117. Static Shock #2 October 5th 2011

118. Static Shock #3 November 2nd 2011

119. Legion Lost #3 November 9th 2011

120. Static Shock #4 December 7th 2011

121. Static Shock #5 January 4th 2012

122. Static Shock #6 February 1st 2012

123. Teen Titans #6 February 22nd 2012

124. Static Shock #7 March 7th 2012

125. The Savage Hawkman #7 March 28th 2012

126. Static Shock #8 April 4th 2012

127. Ricanatruction: Reminiscing & Rebulding Puerto Rico May 29th 2018

128. Milestone Returns September 12th 2020

129. Static: Season One #1 June 15th 2021

130. Static: Season One #2 July 27th 2021

131. Static: Season One #3 August 31st 2021

132. Static: Season One #4 November 9th 2021

133. Hardware: Season One November 30th 2021

134. Icon & Rocket: Season One #5 January 18th 2022

135. Static: Season One #5 January 25th 2022

136. Static: Season One #6 March 1st 2022

137. Icon & Rocket: Season One #6 March 22nd 2022

138. Milestones In History June 21st 2022

139. Blood Syndicate: Season One #3 July 19th 2022

140. Young Justice: Targets #4 October 25th 2022

141. Young Justice: Targets #5 November 22nd 2022

142. Static: Shadows of Dakota #1 February 7th 2023

143. Static: Shadows of Dakota #2 March 7th 2023

144. Milestone 30th Anniversary Special March 21st 2023

145. Static: Shadows of Dakota #3 April 18th 2023

146. Static: Shadows of Dakota #4 May 23rd 2023

147. New Talent Showcase: The Milestone Initiative June 6th 2023

148. Static Team-Up: Anansi June 13th 2023

149. Static: Shadows of Dakota #5 July 18th 2023

150. Icon Vs. Hardware #4 August 15th 2023

151. Static: Shadows of Dakota #6 September 26th 2023

152. Icon Vs. Hardware #5 November 7th 2023

153. Static: Shadows of Dakota #7 November 28th 2023

[suekreandtheidiots]

Wee introduction post!

SO. Let's go.

I'm starting this blog with a little overview of the OCs who are most present in my head these days. I (more or less) recently drew a shiny line up that I still like, after all, so why not use it?

I tried to get their heights somewhat right, give or take a few inches... I'll put their heights into the descriptions, too, though, for anyone (like me) who cares about these details. :)

Avery Constance St. James (*April 1st 1995 in New York City, USA; 5'2 ft / 1,57 m): a small but fierce pharmacist who lost her heart to an irresistably lively Irishman in 2022 (who refused to give it back), and who now juggles being a loving mama and thriving in her usual chaos.

Daryl Louis McKenna (*February 6th 1993 in Galway, Ireland; 5'9 ft / 1,75 m): rockstar scientist (biochemistry) and former drug abusing idiot who recently got engaged to Avery - a special lady he just happened to find when he wasn't looking, and who unexpectedly found his greatest joy in fatherhood.

Dexter Linus St. James (*August 11th 2023, in New York City, USA): a tiny Irish-American hybrid - the son of Daryl and Avery. Named after Dexter from Dexter's Laboratory and Linus Pauling.

Orla Deirdre O'Connell (*October 28th 1992 in Galway, Ireland; 5'9 ft / 1,75 m): an eccentric tattoo artist who appreciates the most beautiful things in life and who believes in love and classic romance like no other. Grew up with three brothers - Malachy (*1980-2006), Kieran (*1985) and her twin Declan, and thus handles life like a lady, but never without the appropriate dash of assertiveness.

Michael Theodore "Mick" O'Loughlin (*December 22nd 1992 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 6'5 ft / 1,96 m): a tall and elvenlike fella who stems from an ancient bloodline of highly fascinating individuals and who may have a supernatural streak to him. Motor mechanic in everyday life and a curious and whimsical guy overall, with soulful green eyes that effortlessly see behind the things others would not even dare to question.

Alistair Lachlan "Ali/Al" Abbott (*May 28th 1993 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 6'4 ft / 1,93 m): an eccentric weirdo, very charming and always a little clueless, with a heart of gold. A former rising football star who had to give up that particular dream to an unfortunate injury, and a surprise teenage dad who loves his friends and longs to meet the love of his life; who waits tables in a restaurant by day and woos ladies - who are willing to pay for his services - by night.

Lancelot Malcolm "Lance" Abbott (*July 27th 1988 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'4 ft / 1,63 m): a true force of nature, a capable internist, strong-willed and assertive (some would say stubborn) confident and outspoken, sometimes on the brink of being plain rude. An intelligent and complex person who may be a pain in the arse at times, but who knows what is right and important in life... such as suppressing some long lasting issues, ah, haha, oh well.

Maisie Rose Boyd (*June 11th 2011 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'0 ft / 1,52 m): the surprise love child of teenage parents Ali Abbott and Nessa Boyd, who is growing into a sweet and caring young lady these days.

Vanessa Christine "Nessa/Ness" Boyd (*January 14th 1993 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'2 ft / 1,57 m): a young and smart psychology graduate who is eager to finally start her career that she had to postpone due to becoming a mother at only eighteen. Gentle and kind, but also very straightforward, never taking crap from anyone and showing bluntness in just the right moments.

Caroline Miriam "Carrie" Anderson (*August 2nd 1987 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'4 ft / 1,63 m): a somewhat restless soul, always looking for something while never quite knowing what that something is. One hell of a doctor. Caring, not making any differences between people,and eager to look behind a facade... and entertaining the thought of running her own practice soon!

Dallas Ariston Gray (*October 22nd 1987 in Glasgow, Scotland; 6'4 ft / 1,93 m): a half-Greek, hunkalicious metal lord with a voice from both heaven and hell, a primary school teacher, musician and not quite your average nice guy from next door - the unhingedness may be subtle, but it's so, so there.

Fiona Annabel "Fi" Christie (*March 4th 1994 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 6'0 ft / 1,82 m): a truly delightful creature with many talents, drawing people in with her... everything. A hairdresser and make up artist, a dancer (classic ballet, jazz, as well as adult entertainment) and a gentle soul. Her optimism may make her look naive at times, but

Jean Melissa "Melissa" Carter (*June 1st 1985 in Calgary, Canada; 6'3 ft / 1,90 m): a creative director at a local ad agency... who clicks on suspicious links in spam mails and who forgets to check whether she has enough gas before she drives distances… and strands in the middle of nowhere. May seem scatterbrained but is incredibly loveable and the apple of the eye of her wife, Donna.

Donna Yvaine Christie (*January 3rd 1985 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'9 ft / 1,74 m): older and slightly (read as: not so slightly) overbearing sister of Fiona. Has her heart at the right spot but is also used to success and getting what she wants, which makes her a little insensitive and even tactless at times; still often fails to understand that "not doing things her way" isn’t necessarily the same as "doing things the wrong way".

Graeme "Sully" Sullivan (*September 7th 1986 in Perth, Scotland; 5'11 ft /1,80 m): an incredibly creative person all around who has known his goal pretty early in life - making the world a brighter, more colourful place! Owner of a tattoo studio in town - "The Den Of Tallulah Banks" - which isn’t just a tattoo studio, but also a place where creatives can get together and local artists from town can exhibit their works without paying annoying fees.

Hallie Henderson (*April 2nd 1988 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 5'7 ft / 1,70 m): a music journalist, writing for the popular UK/Ireland based magazine "Grot Spot". Interested in pretty much anything, believes in people. Very gentle and caring... and just a little bit weird. Loves life but doesn't close her eyes to the crappy aspects of it. A realistic optimist who is far from naive but maybe a bit too forgiving sometimes.

Jett Jones (*January 15th 1984, in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England; 6'2 ft / 1,87 m): Hallie's friend and fellow Grot Spot writer. A Geordie beauty who never met her real parents but couldn't care less, as the lovely Joneses raised her well. Outspoken and blunt, appears to be afraid of nothing. Never refills the office coffee pot and would most likely survive a zombie apocalypse. Treasures her heart and shares her real name with hardly anybody.

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And, as a bonus...

1984

Craig Diarmid Abbott (*October 8th 1962 in Liverpool, England | † June 2006 in Aberdeen, Scotland; 6'4 ft / 1,92 m)

Sofia Elena Jacinta Abbott, nee Thomson (*February 11th 1956 in Mexico City, Mexico; 5'8 ft / 1,73 m)

... parents of Lance and Ali, who have their own story back in the eighties!

***

[livingforstars]

The Tarantula and the Supernova - October 27th, 1995.

"In this close-up of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the spidery looking nebula on the left is fittingly known as the Tarantula nebula. It is an emission nebula surrounding a cluster of hot, young stars called the 30 Doradus super cluster. This cluster may contain the most massive stars known (about 50 times the mass of the Sun). Such massive stars put out more than 100 times as much energy as our Sun. The bright "star" (lower right) is actually Supernova 1987a and is a harbinger of things to come for the stars within the Tarantula. Massive stars burn their nuclear fuel at drastically enhanced rates to support their high energy output. As a result, their lives last only a few million years compared to that of the Sun's few billions of years. They end in a spectacular death explosion, a supernova, like the star which exploded in 1987. Supernovae may leave behind imploded stellar cores, which form neutron stars or black holes."

[mtaartsdesign]

Happy 119th birthday to the subway! New York City’s transit history is celebrated in Jane Greengold’s “Wings for the IRT: The Irresistible Romance of Travel” (1995) at Grand Army Plaza (2,3) station, which depicts Winged Victories leading a subway car. The terra cotta bas relief mosaics and bronze plaques allude to the first logo for the Interboro Rapid Transit (IRT), which depicted a subway car with wings, while also referencing the triumphal Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch located above the station, which celebrates the Union army's victory in the Civil War.

The IRT opened for service on October 27th, 1904 with just 28 stations. Today there are 472 stations!

📸: MTA A&D/Rob Wilson