Shel Dorf

As a child, Dorf loved comic books, and never outgrew them. In 1970, he decided to hold a convention of people like him; 300 people came, which was enough to repeat it. "I just felt that the cartoonists who entertained the popular masses were not getting their fair share of recognition," Dorf said recently, and the concept worked: this year, the San Diego-based convention, known as Comic-Con, brought 125,000 attendees, and is one of the best-known and best-attended annual pop-culture events. (In addition to comic books, it features books, TV shows, and movies based on comics, as well as science fiction and fantasy.) "He brought recognition to creators of comics at a time when no one did. It was considered a children's medium," said Comic-Con spokesman David Glanzer. "He understood the historical value of comics in addition to their artistic value." Dorf had been hospitalized in San Diego for more than a year suffering from complications of diabetes, and died November 3. He was 76. From This is True for 8 November 2009 Suggestions for further reading: How to Draw Noir Comics: The Art and Technique of Visual Storytelling by Shawn Martinbrough Amazon Price: $13.57 Customer Review: I have to say I was overimpressed with the book!!!!Excellent artwork, style, editing, etc. Shawn is very impressive with black and white. Let it be known that this doesn't teach anyone how to draw. It teaches you how to put your drawing skills to ...   DC vs. Marvel Comics by Ron Marz, Peter David, Bob Kahan Amazon Price: $12.23 Customer Review: Well, this is what you get when you leave storylines to popular votes. I recall years back in the mid-90s some low IQ marketer had voting controls installed on the theatre seats at the Emerville Century Cinema theatre. It was an experiment designed...   DC/Marvel Crossover Classics II by DC Comics Amazon Price: $12.23 Customer Review: This was one great collection of super heroes and villians, featuring the super hero that stopped Bane which I nickname him BANE-DESTROYER knightsend BATMAN, Silver Surfer, SUPERMAN BAtman captain america and the punisher. I really liked all the batt...   Essential Moon Knight, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials) by Doug Moench, Bill Mantlo, Steven Grant Amazon Price: $11.55 Customer Review: Moon Knight is an awesome character. He has so many dimensions and a lot of potential. The writers however seemed intent on not utilizing this potential as well as they could have. As I read each issue I wrote little mini-reviews of them and my thoug...   DC/Marvel Crossover Classics, Vol. 4 by Ron Marz Amazon Price: $12.23 Customer Review: I though that the Green Lantern Silver Surfer was by far the best part of the book. The Superman FF4 was also pretty good--especially when Superman becomes the herald of Galactus. Spider-man/Batman failed to explain how each of these characters belo...   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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