The Guardian (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Devoted comic fan and historian who founded the international Comic-Con convention in the US Shel Dorf, who has died aged 76, was a fan and historian of comics and the founder of the annual Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, California. It was in early 1970 that Dorf proposed the idea of a convention to a local comics fanclub. He persuaded the comic book artist Jack...
news from me (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
R.C. "Bob" Harvey has a fine website on which he covers the world of comic books and strips, and if I haven't recommended it here lately, I should have. He's just posted a remembrance of our friend Shel Dorf and...
news from me (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Obit for Shel Dorf in the New York Times. I don't understand why the accompanying photo has a copyright line for DC Comics, either....
news from me (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Over the next few days, I'm going to be linking to several online remembrances of the late Shel Dorf, founder of the Comic-Con International in San Diego. Here's one written for the L.A. Times by someone who considered himself a...
Thinking Animation Blog (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
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. read more...
Dark Diamond Network (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
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...
news from me (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
It's one of those sad, double-obit days here. The gent above left is Shel Dorf. He is seen, as he so often was, in the company of a great comic creator — in this case, Burne Hogarth, who drew...
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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) | 11/06/2009
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.
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Sheldon L. Dorf’s drive and vision paved the way for the Comic-Con International in San Diego that we know today. As part of the tributes emerging for Shel Dorf is a Web site where his memory can be honored, celebrated and shared with everyone. The photo above of Jack Kirby and Shelf Dorf in 1969 is [...]
The Industry Standard (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
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 have lamented...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shel Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con International in San Diego, one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world, has died at age 76, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
THE BEAT (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Shel Dorf, comics fan, letterer, and the driving force behind the early years of the San Diego Comic-Con, passed away yesterday from complications related to diabetes. He was 76. Growing up in Detroit, the young Dorf organized fan gatherings and conventions, including the “Triple Fan Fest”, an interest he took with him when he moved [...]
news from me (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
This embed may not work so if it doesn't, try going to this page. It's the website of a San Diego TV station with coverage of Shel Dorf's passing and his funeral. You may have to watch a brief commercial......
Backseat Cuddler (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Founder of Comic-Con, Sheldon ‘Shel’ Dorf, has died at the age of 76 in a San Diego hospital on Tuesday from kidney failure. Sheldon Dorf had been hospitalized for the past year since his diabetes worsened. Dorf founded Comic-Con in San Diego in 1970. He moved out west from Detroit. 125,000 fans show up every year now for [...]
