Mark Evanier remembers Shel Dorf who passed away this week, founder of one of the most famous comics gatherings in the world, the San Diego Comic Con: “It was his friendship with so many heroes that led him to help put on the Detroit Triple Fan-Fairs in the sixties and then, when he moved to San Diego, to rally fans there to start something similar. I met him in late 1969 or maybe early 1970, shortly before a one-day con that he organized as a kind of “dry run” for the larger convention he hoped to stage. He was enthusiastic. He was optimistic. He was passionate, not just about the convention but about the wonders that could occur just by assembling so many talented creators and fans in the same building. As it turned out, he was right.”
(Shel Dorf with Jack Kirby in 1969, pic borrowed from the Shel Dorf tribute site)
Wed, Nov 4, 2009
Comics and cartoons