A New “Old School” San Diego Comic Con
By Mike Towry Next year (2012) will see the 40th anniversary of the first El Cortez Comic-Con, which was held August 18-21, 1972. I was Chairman of the con that year, at the ripe old…
Comic-Con 1970
Welcome to the March 1970 San Diego Minicon
We were delighted today to receive an email from Stephen McGlone, whom we hadn’t heard from in years. Stephen and his brothers, David and Patrick, joined the San Diego Comic-Con very early on and made…
When the Friends of Hobbits were Friends of Comic-Con
Alan Scrivener has recently posted online a history of the early days of San Diego Tolkien fandom, particularly the San Diego branch of the Mythopoeic Society known as the Society of the Friends of Hobbits.…
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.
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…
Recordings of the 1970 San Diego Comic-Con #1: Listen to them Here!
The following audio recordings were made at the first, full San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con (as it was known in those heroic days of yore). The convention dates were August 1st through 3rd, 1970. The…
Comics Dealer Extraordinaire Robert Beerbohm: In His Own Words
….Entered organized comics fandom age 13 responding to GB Love’s first display advert in Marvel Comics, which caused me to send a dollar in thereby receiving RBCC #45 plus the second Comics Collector Handbook and…