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Wednesday 4 September 2013

Great Science Fiction Comic Book Authors Are Special

By Gloria Mason


Everyone is always interested in finding out about great science fiction comic book authors. These are people who really know how to take a person deep into a fantasy that has great meaning. Anyone growing up in the 1960's are sure to know about a man named Billy Mumy. He helped to create great events on American television and continues to have success with these novels.

Charles William Mumy, Jr. Is Billy's entire name and he was brought into this world on February 1, 1954. California was his place of birth and he continues to live there even today. Billy is an artist, voice-over artist, actor and musician. People all over the globe know him as the boy named Will Robinson on the television show "Lost In Space".

Mr. Mumy was always known best for his red hair and freckles and this gained him attention from many Hollywood producers. On the series "Lost In Space" he played the youngest child of the Robinson family. Marta Kristen and Angela Cartwright portrayed his sisters on this show. Other cast members included Mark Goddard, Guy Williams, Jonathan Harris and the amazing June Lockhart.

Fans first recognized him in the "Twilight Zone" series when he starred in the episode "It's A Good Life". People were often terrified of him for this particular episode since he played a little boy who could do horrible things to individuals who did not like him. In other words he portrayed a very spoiled little brat with incredible powers.

In this episode even his parents were very much afraid of him and they did not do anything to antagonize him. In a final scene of the show his character turns one of the neighbors into a jack-in-the-box. After this episode aired many people were very careful not to alienate small children.

During his time on "Lost In Space" Billy became close with his co-stars Marta and Angela and they still have a connection like siblings even today. Billy was so fascinated by his castmates and the series itself that he sketched a novel which was based upon this series. He includes all of these major characters within his novel and everyone is drawn in a unique style.

There are plenty of new exciting adventures in his book and every story takes place in deep space. Billy wanted the original show to have a fourth season but the main producer of this series did not want this to happen. After three years on the air "Lost In Space" was canceled and the sets were taken apart. Mr. Mumy got his revenge on Irwin Allen by writing these new stories and making his television sisters the main focus of these books. Mr. Allen had always wrote many of the television stories around Jonathan Harris and this was quite unfair to the rest of the players.

Well known science fiction comic book authors would totally like all of Mr. Mumy's stories. He knows how to write strange and intriguing tales that do not confuse the reader. Cliffhangers are sometimes used in many of these tales and fans of the old series love this.




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