TV News Interview from 1970 about Comic-Con #1
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…
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San Diego Comic Fest at Comic-Con 2015!
Thanks to the good folks at Comic-Con International, San Diego Comic Fest will again have a fan table at Comic-Con. We will be on the Mezzanine level at space MZ-19. Come on by to see…
San Diego Comic Fest 2014
Create some great new comic-convention memories at this year’s San Diego Comic Fest, which will held October 17-19, 2014. To find out more, please visit the Fest web site at www.sdcomicfest.org.
San Diego Comic Fest 2013
The first San Diego Comic Fest was a great success and we plan on making this year’s Fest an even greater experience for all our attendees, professional guests, and dealers. We invite you to come…
San Diego Comic Fest 2012
This year will see the 40th anniversary of the first San Diego Comic-Con to be hosted at the legendary El Cortez Hotel. That con, which was held August 18-21, 1972, set the pattern for a…
Greg Bear Remembers Richard Alf
Richard was so important to our small group of enthusiasts way back then—a young fellow, younger than me, who already had far more sense than me—and a strong business sense as well. I wonder how…
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…
1974 San Diego Comic-Con Photos (Batch 2): Can You Identify People in the Pictures?
Here’s the second batch of scans from Shel Dorf’s negatives from the 1974 San Diego Comic-Con, which was held at the El Cortez Hotel with Bill Lund as Chairman. Guests, fans, and committee members pictured…
1974 San Diego Comic-Con Photos (Batch 1): Can You Identify People in the Pictures?
Here’s the first batch of scans from Shel Dorf’s negatives from the 1974 San Diego Comic-Con, which was held at the El Cortez Hotel with Bill Lund as Chairman. (I received the negatives from Shel’s…
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.…