It’s hard to believe that San Diego Comic-Con #50 will be starting in less than one week, with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. Back when we started Comic-Con, we had no idea of what a major force in popular culture it would become. This audio-recording of a brief TV interview from before Comic-Con #1 should give you an idea of how modest were our expectations for our first multi-day Comic-Con, which was held August 1-3, 1970 at the US Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego.
Channel 39 Pre-Comic-Con #1 (1970) Interview of Shel Dorf (00:01:52)
by reporter Natalie Best
If you’d like to listen to some of the programs from Comic-Con #1, including talks by Ray Bradbury and Jack Kirby, you can find them at http://www.comicconmemories.com/2010/01/08/recordings-of-the-1970-san-diego-comic-con-1-listen-to-them-here/.
