obitoftheday: Obit of the Day: Comic-Con Founder When Seldon Dorf came up with the idea of holding a comic book convention in San Diego in 1970 he needed two things that Richard Alf had: a car and cash. Alf, who was only 17, ran a successful mail-order comic book business out of his parents house. After Dorf approached Alf they joined up with Alf’s friends Mike Towery and Bob Sourk and local bookstore owner Ken Krueger. The first event, San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con, was held at a local hotel over three days. Three hundred people attended. The featured guests at that first event included Ray Bradbury and Jack Kirby. Forty years later Comic Con fills a convention center and hosted over 125,000 visitors. It is a pop culture mecca going beyond comics into television and films.  Richard Alf died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 59. Sheldon Dorf died in 2009 at the age of 76.  (Image courtesy of collider.com)

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Obit of the Day: Comic-Con Founder

When Seldon Dorf came up with the idea of holding a comic book convention in San Diego in 1970 he needed two things that Richard Alf had: a car and cash. Alf, who was only 17, ran a successful mail-order comic book business out of his parents house. After Dorf approached Alf they joined up with Alf’s friends Mike Towery and Bob Sourk and local bookstore owner Ken Krueger.

The first event, San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con, was held at a local hotel over three days. Three hundred people attended. The featured guests at that first event included Ray Bradbury and Jack Kirby. Forty years later Comic Con fills a convention center and hosted over 125,000 visitors. It is a pop culture mecca going beyond comics into television and films. 

Richard Alf died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 59. Sheldon Dorf died in 2009 at the age of 76. 

(Image courtesy of collider.com)

Source: utsandiego.com
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