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RIP Shel Dorf, Comic-Con Founder > http://tinyurl.com/y9zjqfs #comics #comiccon # #comicbooks 14 days ago |
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creator of comic-con just died... i wonder how many comics he owned.. http://bit.ly/43vWIE 14 days ago |
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Shel Dorf, the dude who made Comic-Con happen, has passed away :-( http://bit.ly/3CYTFB 14 days ago |
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... . 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... And here's the obit in the Los Angeles Times . I spoke today to the New York Times which has already run a brief item and will have a formal obituary tomorrow. I feel like I should write something more about Shel but I may take a few days to decide what it is I want to say. Shel was a complex guy, and I feel that while all these obits and tributes are accurate, even mine and the ones that quote me aren't saying all that I think ...
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... . 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... And here's the obit in the Los Angeles Times . I spoke today to the New York Times which has already run a brief item and will have a formal obituary tomorrow. I feel like I should write something more about Shel but I may take a few days to decide what it is I want to say. Shel was a complex guy, and I feel that while all these obits and tributes are accurate, even mine and the ones that quote me aren't saying all that I think ...
Comics A.M. | The comics Internet in two minutes
Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... Passings | The Comic-Con International website posts a tribute to late co-founder Shel Dorf written by R.C. Harvey for the convention's 2009 souvenir book. The Los Angeles Times also has an obituary for Dorf, who passed away this week at age 76, while Mark Evanier returns with ...
Comics A.M. - The Comics Internet in 2 Minutes
Comic Book Resources —
... ] Passings | The Comic-Con International website posts a tribute to late co-founder Shel Dorf written by R.C. Harvey for the convention's 2009 souvenir book. The Los Angeles Times also has an obituary for Dorf, who passed away this week at age 76, while Mark Evanier returns with ...
Comicon's founder passes away at 76
The Four Color Media Monitor —
Shel Dorf, who founded the SanDiego ComiCon back in 1970, is now dead at age 76 . It's sad to see him go. Most amazing about Dorf is that he understood the problem of Hollywood's infiltration: Publicly, he complained that it was an ordeal to oversee an event that had grown so large. He also felt that "Hollywood had hijacked it," a reference to the convention broadening to reflect a wider range of entertainment that included anime and video games. And it's understandable if he was bothered about Hollywood's takeover, because since then, it's served only to minimize the impact ...
