The Most Important Ads in Comic-Con History
In 1969, San Diego comics fan Barry Alfonso and comics dealer Richard Alf placed the ads that led to the creation and early success of Comic-Con.
Conventions
More 1973 San Diego Comic-Con Photos: Can You Identify People in the Pictures?
I’ve scanned another batch of some of San Diego Comic-Con Founder Shel Dorf’s old film negatives. (I received the negatives from Shel’s friend and cartooning partner Charlie Roberts and I’ve got another 200 to 300…
The Birthplace of Comic-Con International
Pictures of the birthplace of Comic-Con International in the San Diego community of Clairemont.
San Diego Comic-Con #3 (1972) on Earth-Two
The cover of YUBBA #4 featured Scott Shaw!’s comic version of the goings on at “the comic convention held in San Diego of Earth-Two,” which were a more extreme version of actual events from the…
1973 San Diego Comic-Con Photos: Can You Identify People in the Pictures?
I have been scanning some of San Diego Comic-Con Founder Shel Dorf’s old film negatives. (I received the negatives from Shel’s friend and cartooning partner Charlie Roberts.) Below you will find a batch of his…
Alan White’s “Boomer’s Lament”: 50 Years of Fandom and Conventions
Artist Alan White has begun posting to his smellthefandom.com web site a personal history of his fifty-years with science-fiction and comics fandom and conventions titled “Boomer’s Lament.” As with so many others, his fan history…
Comic Fan’s Mom Bids on Kirby Drawing at 1970 Comic-Con #1 Auction and Wins!
I was there at the 1970 Comic-Con. I was 15 and my mother drove me down there from L.A. It was a big thing for me, my first contact with fandom in the flesh. I…
A Tribute to David Siegel
In 1997, Charlie heard that Shel Dorf was planning an article about comics fan extraordinaire David Siegel to be published in the Comic Buyer’s Guide. To provide information for the article, Charlie wrote the following…
My Comic-Con Trip with Dr. Timothy Leary
The San Diego Comic Convention hosted many stellar guests during its first decade, but perhaps the most unlikely among them was psychedelic guru Dr. Timothy Leary. Once labeled by Richard Nixon as “the most dangerous…
COMIC BOOKS, COMIC BOOKS, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE
In 1975, the San Diego Comic-Con committee produced two conventions: one from July 30th through August 3rd and a second from November 7th through 9th. This article is about that second convention. It originally appeared…