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When a man was caught stealing $500 worth of comic books from dealers at the 1973 Comic-Con, no one knew what to do with the thief. No one, that is, except the convention’s treasurer. “Call the police,” Ken Krueger insisted.
The founder of Comic-Con International, an event that has become an increasingly important part of the pop culture landscape, has died at age 76.
James Cameron has been showing a lot of Avatar : He's screened footage at Comic-Con and on "Avatar Day," revealing action scenes, and there was a teaser trailer, then an extended trailer. But there are still plenty of action scenes and creatures awaiting viewers when the film opens, we learned in interviews on Monday.
Police and fire cuts loom.
The Beachland Ballroom (15711 Waterloo Rd.) will host the first Genghis Con , a different kind of comics convention, Saturday, November 28. The locally organized event will welcome independent and small-press cartoonists, zinesters and artists from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles, in addition to some big names in Cleveland cartooning.
"All of the technology in this pioneering film is used in a story about the human heart."
The "Inside Gaming Awards" Created for Global Gaming Audience
Shel Dorf, the founder of Comic-Con International in San Diego, one of the biggest comic book conventions in the world, has died at age 76, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76.
Want to show off your sci-fi love, but don't want to get a tattoo like the hardcore fans we showed you last week? Then a vanity license plate is definitely the way to go—and it's a heck of a lot less painful, too!
Sheldon Dorf, Who Founded the World Famous Comic-Con International Comic Book Convention, Died of Kidney Failure
Like you'll even be able to hear anything over all the shrieking Chris Weitz comes on board to direct Twilight ’s hotly awaited sequel, New Moon , but the second bite doesn’t sate quite like the first. Bella (Kristen Stewart) celebrates her 18th birthday with vampire boyfriend Edward (Robert Pattinson); when she gets a paper cut at the party.
Smallville (TV) Lois' trip to the future is finally revealed.
Supernatural "Changing Channels" November 5, 2009 The CWKramer bursts through their door, he's likely to get a face full of rock salt. THEN: "You've got a Trickster on your hands. They're immortal, and they can create things out of thin...
Comic fans everywhere are mourning the loss of Sheldon "Shel" Dorf, 76, the founder of San Diego's largest convention Comic Con. Dorf died Tuesday at Sharp Memorial Hospital of complications from diabetes. He was buried Wednesday at the Home of Peace Cemetery in Mount Hope. Dorf's brother Michael said he would miss most his brother's big, generous heart.
Been searching for the coveted Issue 27 of "Detective Comics," the 1939 book that introduced the world to Bruce Wayne's alter ego, Batman? You just might luck out at the second annual Tucson Comic Con.
The fans' enthusiasm for the show starting from the first season to the fifth is included in the bootleg version of the new promo.
Sheldon "Shel'' Dorf, the man who founded the now- world famous San Diego Comic-Con International, died Tuesday. He was 76.
Dick Tracy, Charlie Brown and the entire comic strip pantheon lost a friend yesterday, with the death of a Comic-Con founder.
The man who founded Comic-Con has died. Shel Dorf died Tuesday at Sharp Hospital after a long illness.
ROBERT Pattinson ditched girlfriend Kristen Stewart to hang out with the guys in Manhattan, New York, on Friday night. The Twilight Saga: New Moon star and his pals went to dinner at LaEsquina and hit the lounge at the hip Bowery Hotel, according to Radar Online. On Thursday night, Rob, 23, and Kristen, 19, managed to catch [...]
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