More 1974 Comic-con memories
Via Sean Chen, more photos from Eugene Gordon, taken at a comic book convention at the Biltmore in New York, 1974.
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Brief links
§ John Jakala runs into the kind of people who reflexively defend the superhero genre while observing:
The superhero comics that do stand out are...
FOUND: New York Comic Con c. 1974
Artist Sean Chen wrote to us with a real comic book history mystery. It seems that Sean's neighbor is a man named Eugene Gordon,...
The very last links
§ Just for the record. Everyone -- but everyone -- sent us these links to Triumph the Insult Comic Dog at SDCC. Part 1...
The future of The Land of Wanders
Graeme McMillan rounds up all of the complaints and dark sides and whatnot in a fairly brilliant post all should read:
It was the con...
SDCC: a few last nibbles
Gordon Bennett! It takes a whole week just to catch up with all the Comic-Con stuff online! We are done after this -- we...
SDCC: Scrum facts
In a sad reminder of declining faculties, it is no longer possible forThe Beat to write a cogent, well-reasoned essay about anything longer...
More thoughts, more memories
You can't stop after just 300. Just some random linkage and so on; by reading a few of these, you begin to see the...
Seek the DVD set
Apparently there was some kind of viral game for AMC'S PRISONER remake going on at Comic-Con, and they were responsible for the skywriting:
AMC...
Why we fight
When you see a picture like this, it is really impossible not to want to go to San Diego, despite the crowds and expense,...
Rorschach’s SDCC journal: Ha, bloody, ha
RECOMMENDED: Neil Kleid does Rorschach’s SDCC Journal:
Meeting with Warners left bad taste in mouth. Pampered and decadent, betraying even their own shallow, poor understanding...
SD08 Pictures
Okay, we lied. We're going to put good photo sets we find in this one link, so keep checking. First up, Beaucoup Kevin's always...













