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... in 2008 and never left. His brother Michael was with him when he died.
Mark Evanier, of course, has a nice tribute to Dorf peppered with memories dating back to before that first convention. There's also an extensive Shel Dorf Tribute website, and a memorial banner topping the Comic-Con International homepage. The photo above, of Dorf with Warren Beatty on the set of the 1990 Dick Tracy movie, is borrowed from Alan Light's Flickr stream. [The San Diego Union-Tribune] ...
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... in 2008 and never left. His brother Michael was with him when he died. Mark Evanier, of course, has a nice tribute to Dorf peppered with memories dating back to before that first convention. There's also an extensive Shel Dorf Tribute website, and a memorial banner topping the Comic-Con International homepage . The photo above, of Dorf with Warren Beatty on the set of the 1990 Dick Tracy movie, is borrowed from Alan Light's Flickr stream . [ The San Diego Union-Tribune ] Publishing | Tor.com , Macmillan's science fiction and fantasy ...
Nov. 4, 2009: Super Satan
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[Top Story] Life in interesting times
San Diego Comic-Con founder Shel Dorf died yesterday at the age of 76, from diabetes-related complications. Mark Evanier offers an eulogy. Funeral services will take place at San Diego’s Home of Peace Cemetery on 3668 Imperial Avenue — those who knew and worked with Dorf are encouraged to attend.
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RIP Shel Dorf
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... the letterer for Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon newspaper strip for the last 14 years of its run, something he was very very proud of, and he was the inspiration for the character Thud Shelley. Jack Kirby, with whom Dorf is pictured above, on the right, included him in Mister Miracle as Himon.
There’s a Shel Dorf Tribute website, which was set up during his illness, with remembrances of the early days of the con, photos and more. The Comics Reporter and The San Diego Tribune have further obituaries.
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Remembering Shel
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... Remembering Shel Obits and tributes pour in for our friend Shel Dorf and by "our friend," I mean he was a friend to everyone who ever cared about comic books or strips, whether they knew him or not. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a good obituary and others I know are coming. The Comic-Con website has a particularly meaningful proclamation... Shel Dorf's love for comic books and their creators had no equal. It was his appreciation of this art form and his keen foresight that helped to create what it Comic-Con. It is with a heavy heart that we -- the Board of Directors, ...
Vegas, Baby
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... Remembering Shel Obits and tributes pour in for our friend Shel Dorf and by "our friend," I mean he was a friend to everyone who ever cared about comic books or strips, whether they knew him or not. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a good obituary and others I know are coming. The Comic-Con website has a particularly meaningful proclamation... Shel Dorf's love for comic books and their creators had no equal. It was his appreciation of this art form and his keen foresight that helped to create what it Comic-Con. It is with a heavy heart that we -- the Board of Directors, ...
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... Remembering Shel Obits and tributes pour in for our friend Shel Dorf and by "our friend," I mean he was a friend to everyone who ever cared about comic books or strips, whether they knew him or not. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a good obituary and others I know are coming. The Comic-Con website has a particularly meaningful proclamation... Shel Dorf's love for comic books and their creators had no equal. It was his appreciation of this art form and his keen foresight that helped to create what it Comic-Con. It is with a heavy heart that we -- the Board of Directors, ...
RIP Sheldon Dorf, San Diego Comic-Con Founder
iFanboy —
... The San Diego Union Tribune has a very nice piece on the man to whom we owe all of that week-long July craziness that has become such a staple of the comic book world. ...
Today's Political Musing
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... Remembering Shel Obits and tributes pour in for our friend Shel Dorf and by "our friend," I mean he was a friend to everyone who ever cared about comic books or strips, whether they knew him or not. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a good obituary and others I know are coming. The Comic-Con website has a particularly meaningful proclamation... Shel Dorf's love for comic books and their creators had no equal. It was his appreciation of this art form and his keen foresight that helped to create what it Comic-Con. It is with a heavy heart that we -- the Board of Directors, ...
A Friendly Nudge
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... Remembering Shel Obits and tributes pour in for our friend Shel Dorf and by "our friend," I mean he was a friend to everyone who ever cared about comic books or strips, whether they knew him or not. The San Diego Union-Tribune has a good obituary and others I know are coming. The Comic-Con website has a particularly meaningful proclamation... Shel Dorf's love for comic books and their creators had no equal. It was his appreciation of this art form and his keen foresight that helped to create what it Comic-Con. It is with a heavy heart that we -- the Board of Directors, ...
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