Let's have a moment of silence and pour some off the top for Sheldon Dorf. Dorf founded the Comic-Con International comic book convention. He died at 76 of complications related to diabetes.
Dorf was a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, and founded Comic-Con in San Diego in 1970. In the ensuing years, he saw the gathering grow from a small collection of comic book hobbyists to one of the biggest public relations events of the year for movies, TV shows, comic books, video games and other forms of entertainment. Nowadays, Comic-Con draws over 125,000 a year. Although Mr. Dorf ended his involvement with the Con in the mid-1980s, the current owners of San Diego Comic-Con have added a black-bordered tribute of Dorf on the official website.
In memorial of Dorf, please enjoy G4's Comic-Con coverage. R.I.P. Mr. Dorf!
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Completist
I think there will be a Comic Con next. Mr. Dorf would want it to continue.
Patchiz
R.I.P
papajon555
you would be rememberd Mr.Dorf, man i wonder how comic-con 2010 is gunna be =(
vanapes
Thank you Mr.Dorf
G4Sterling
Thank you, Mr. Dorf.
superelite777
that's bad so i wonder if there's gonna be comic-con 2010
RandyMercer
Sad day in the Geek k community, we wouldn't be walking through smelly hallways, hecking out the coolest stuff in entertainment early and staring at beautiful women dressed as comic book heroes. R.I.P. Mr. Dorf
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