Shel Dorf

Shel Dorf
Dorf in April 1988
BornSheldon Dorf
(1933-07-05)July 5, 1933
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedNovember 3, 2009(2009-11-03) (aged 76)
San Diego, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)comic book convention pioneer, letterer
Notable works
San Diego Comic-Con
Steve Canyon (lettering only)
AwardsInkpot Award (1975)[1]
http://www.sheldorftribute.com/
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Sheldon "Shel" Dorf (July 5, 1933 – November 3, 2009) was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con.[2][3][4] Dorf was also a freelance artist and graphic designer, who lettered the Steve Canyon comic strip for the last 12 to 14 years of the strip's run.[5][4][6]

  1. ^ Inkpot Award
  2. ^ "Founder of San Diego Comic-Con dies at 76[dead link]", Associated Press, 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. Archived 4 November 2009.
  3. ^ Spurgeon, Tom. "Shel Dorf, 1933-2009", The Comics Reporter (self-published), 4 November 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. Archived 4 November 2009.
  4. ^ a b Evanier, Mark, "[1]", POV Online (self published), November 3, 2009. Accessed 4 November 2009. Archived 4 November 2009.
  5. ^ Although R.C. Harvey gives it as 12 years in the 2002 Milton Caniff: Conversations, Mark Evanier states 14 in his 2009 tribute to Dorf.
  6. ^ Caniff, Milton and Harvey, R.C., Milton Caniff: Conversations, University Press of Mississippi, 2002, p88. ISBN 1-57806-438-4