Dark Diamond Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
This weekend comes with a feeling of great loss for geeks of all associations. Shel Dorf, Comic-Con’s founding father, has died this past Tuesday, he was 76. Beyond the rift comics and manga have, or any other flavor of geekdom, we should all be grateful for Dorf’s work to the community as a whole. Basically pioneering [...] Related posts: RIP: Gary Gygax Father Of The RPG...
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | yesterday
As a child, Dorf was an avid comic reader and collector. The first convention drew 300 people in 1970. More than 125,000 attended this year's edition of the pop-culture showcase.
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Comic book fan Shel Dorf founded the Comic-Con convention in 1970, and at the first event just 300 people showed up. This year, at the Comic-Con International event in San Diego more than 125,000 comic book, sci-fi, and video game aficionados showed up to rub shoulders with their heroes and get a sneak look at upcoming movies, TV shows and games. Though Dorf is said to...
PopCultureShock (Free subscription) | yesterday
“The Comic Torah is 54 two-page spreads; 108 pages of Biblical word balloons. It touches all the high points of the Torah, from the creation of the world to (spoiler alert) the death of Moses, and plenty of low points, too. Who remembers finding fun in Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy? Comic Torah creators Aaron Freeman [...]
The ZehnKatzen Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Hi, I'm Leigh from Top Shelf. This is a themed sketchbook I started collecting at San Diego Comic-Con 2008. The theme is Herge's Tintin -- any character from the series. So far I've filled up one whole book and moved into a second volume... 100 interesting departures (including a graphic-novel-style realistic Tintin I quite enjoyed can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phthoggos/sets/72157606566029871/...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Sheldon Dorf, 76, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic-book convention, died at a San Diego hospital Tuesday from kidney failure.
Media Decoder (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
A tribute to Sheldon Dorf, a Comic-Con tribute.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As a child, Dorf was an avid comic reader and collector. The first convention drew 300 people in 1970. More than 125,000 attended this year's edition of the pop-culture showcase. Shel Dorf, a prominent comic-book collector who was the architect behind the pop-culture showcase in San Diego now known as Comic-Con, has died. He was 76.
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As a child, Dorf was an avid comic reader and collector. The first convention drew 300 people in 1970. More than 125,000 attended this year's edition of the pop-culture showcase. Shel Dorf, a prominent comic-book collector who was the architect behind the pop-culture showcase in San Diego now known as Comic-Con, has died. He was 76.
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Shel Dorf, the founder of San Diego's Comic-Con International, passed away this Tuesday reports Reuters. He was 76 years-old. He had spent the past year being treated for diabetes. The first...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Shel Dorf, founder of San Diego's annual Comic-Con gathering, died Tuesday of complications from diabetes, a spokesman said Wednesday. He was 76. Dorf's first convention in...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
SAN DIEGO — Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76. A longtime friend, Greg Koudoulian, says the Dorf died at a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. He had diabetes and had been hospitalized for about a year. Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, founded Comic-Con in San...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
SAN DIEGO -- Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76.
Sideshow Collectibles (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Sideshow was saddened to hear about the passing of Comic-Con founder, Sheldon Dorf. Greg Anzalone, CEO of Sideshow Collectibles, says of Sheldon, “Sheldon Dorf was an inspired visionary. His concept of a convention to celebrate the comic arts, support artists of all stripes, and raise the profile of an often misunderstood medium, was the potent [...]
Kotaku (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Shel Dorf, the founder of San Diego's Comic-Con International, passed away this Tuesday reports Reuters. He was 76 years-old. He had spent the past year being treated for diabetes. The first...
