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A Gravestone For Shel Dorf, The Founder Of Comic Con?

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Shel Dorf basically founded the San Diego Comic Con, now a massive media event event, bringing in billions of dollars. Dying in 2009, he is buried in an unmarked grave in Home of Peace Cemetery. During the Detroit Fanfare convention, …

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Bleeding Cool Wins Shel Dorf Award For Best Comic Blogger (Other People Win Things Too)

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Rich Johnston

You might have thought outing Shel Dorf, co-founder of San Diego Comic Con as a gay man, online, might have disqualified us from this one. Seems not… But at the Shel Dorf Awards held at last night at Detroit Fanfare, …

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What If The Founder Of Comic Con Was Outed And Nobody Noticed?

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Rich Johnston

This year’s San Diego Comic Con was huge as always, and Bleeding Cool had more people on the ground than ever before, at one point posting stories every ten minutes. But it seems one or two articles may have disappeared …

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