Shel Dorf, the founder of San Diego’s Comic-Con International, passed away this Tuesday reports Reuters. He was 76 years-old.
He had spent the past year being treated for diabetes.
The first Comic-Con International was held in 1970 and was attended by 300 or so people. This past year Comic-Con was attended by 125,000 and has come to encompass more than comic books.
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“Shel had notable foresight in not only believing these people needed some public acknowledgment,” says David Glanzer, a Comic-Con spokesperson, “but that this truly was an American art form that Americans knew very little about.”
Dorf has not been directly involved in running Comic-Con for the past couple of decades.
Comic-Con founder Shel Dorf dies at age 76 [Reuters] [Pic]
