Goodbye Mr. Dorf

→  November 4th, 2009  →  Blog

I was saddened to discover, upon checking my favorite RSS reader that Sheldon Dorf, founder of the San Diego Comic Con which I have grown fond of passed away today (Yahoo News link). SAN DIEGO – Sheldon Dorf, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention, has died. He was 76. A longtime [...]

iGoogle Comics

→  July 23rd, 2009  →  Blog

Am I sad that I’m not able to go to this year’s Comic Con like I was able to last year? Yes. Thankfully, Google, in its infinite wisdom, must have sensed my sorrow and not only decorated their home page with a Google-ified version of DC’s Justice League, but they released a whole suite of [...]

A Comic-con Adventure

→  August 2nd, 2008  →  Blog

Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the San Diego Comic-Con. Make no mistake, though, although the word “comic” shows up in the name of the event, the SDCC covers a lot more than just comics. If anything, I was amazed at the diversity I saw: Gender: I had been under the impression that [...]