Portal:Speculative fiction/Anniversaries/April/April 26
Film releases
- 2002 - Jason X, science fiction/slasher film, and the tenth in the Friday the 13th film series
- 2005 - Alien Abduction, a science-fiction horror film produced by The Asylum
Television series
- 2002 - Lexx, a science fantasy television series, finishes airing on Global Television Network
Births
- 1912 - A. E. van Vogt (d. 2000), a Canadian-born science fiction author
- 1914 - H. L. Gold (d. 1996), a Canadian science fiction writer and editor
- 1914 - Paul Norris (d. 2007), an American comic book artist best known as co-creator of the DC Comics superhero Aquaman
- 1916 - George Tuska (d. 2009), an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay
- 1943 - Bill Warren, an American film historian and critic generally regarded as one of the leading authorities on science fiction, horror and fantasy films
- 1945 - Ondřej Neff, a Czech science fiction writer and journalist
- 1955 - Brad W. Foster, an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and publisher, as well as six-time winner of the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist
Anniversaries and events
- 1933 - The initial run of the science fiction comic strip Alley Oop ends
- 2006 - The term "gaslight fantasy" is coined by artist and writer Kaja Foglio to describe Girl Genius, a comic series produced by her and her husband Phil Foglio