Die erste Comic Convention der Welt

Pickie · 18.08.2016, 19:17

Bin über eine interessant klingende Neuerscheinung aus diesem Jahr gestolpert.

"THE 1964 NEW YORK COMICON: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Convention"

Nach der Inhaltsbeschreibung* eine ebenso akribische wie spannende Dokumentation.

Unter den 56 Teilnehmern unter anderem der 15-jährige George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones) ...

Irgendwelche vergleichbaren Arbeiten zum frühesten deutschen Comic-Fandom im Gange?

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* THE 1964 NEW YORK COMICON:
THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE WORLD'S FIRST COMIC CONVENTION tells the greatest story never told: the story of the first comic book convention ever held. This event was never reported on any radio channel, on any tv station, or in any magazine or newspaper. Bits and pieces of the story can be found in old fanzines, but, until now, the majority of this story has really only existed in the memories of the original 56 attendees of the convention. Now, at last - for the first time - the full fascinating story of the world’s first comic book convention is finally told. The story of the 1964 New York Comicon is the story of Bernie Bubnis, Ron Fradkin, Ethan Roberts, and Art Tripp. Four boys who, like an early 1960s Kirby kid gang of boy commandoes, took Comic Fandom by storm by writing and publishing their own fanzines, pillaging used-book stores and flea markets for back-issue comics, visiting the offices of Marvel, DC, and Gold Key Comics, and meeting with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Julius Schwartz, Bill Harris, Flo Steinberg, Curt Swan, Mike Sekowsky, Don Heck, Gil Kane, and Joe Giella. Tired of hearing about other fans’ failed attempts to stage a convention for years, these four boys took it upon themselves to make a convention happen. They pooled their resources and used their contacts with the comic professionals they knew to get them to attend and to donate door prizes that included stacks of original art pages from the Silver Age. They even convinced Spider-man artist Steve Ditko to attend the convention - and to this day it is the only comic convention Steve Ditko has ever attended. This book tells the stories of the first comic book collectors ever and how they traveled from all over the country and converged on New York City on that hot summer day in July 1964 to attend the world’s first comic book convention. All the earliest-known comic dealers attended that day, including Howard Rogofsky, Bill Thailing, Claude Held, Phil Seuling, Doug Berman, Don Foote, Marc Nadel, Malcolm Willits, and Tom Wilson. 34 pages of their original price lists from 1964 are reprinted in this book to show what comics were for sale at the show and what they were selling for. This book presents a complete blow-by-blow account of the convention so that those who weren’t there can experience it for themselves. It includes over 300 photographs and 45 pages of known biographical information about this amazing group of 56 original attendees that includes a fifteen-year-old future Game of Thrones writer George R. R. Martin, the world-famous radio broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, and a young Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing -- to name just a few of the comic book fans and collectors who attended the show that day. Research for this book primarily includes dozens of interviews with original attendees and all four organizers as well as information mined from complete runs of old 1960s comic book fanzines, such as The Rocket’s Blast, Alter-Ego, The Comicollector, The Comic Reader, Jeddak, Comic Art, Masquerader, Hero, Yancy Street Journal - and more. Featured in this book are unedited early 1960s interviews with Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Julius Schwartz, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Giella, and Gold Key editor Bill Harris. Also included is long-lost art by Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and Curt Swan. A digitally-restored copy of the complete 1964 New York Comicon program booklet is reprinted in its entirety for the first time since 1964. Also reprinted in their entirety are Progress Report #1 (8 pages) and Progress Report #2 (2 pages) and all ads for the convention. The story of early comic book fans’ struggle to organize their first comic convention is a tale of epic proportions - one that is long overdue to be told - for it is Comic Fandom’s greatest story. And now, for the first time, comic fans everywhere can read about the convention that started it all: the 1964 New York Comicon.

Pickie · 03.10.2016, 09:38

Gestern bestellt. Werde es voraussichtlich "zwischen den Jahren" lesen

und dann noch mal 'ne kurze Anmerkung schreiben.

eck@rt · 03.10.2016, 13:05

Zitat:

Zitat von Pickie

Irgendwelche vergleichbaren Arbeiten zum frühesten deutschen Comic-Fandom im Gange?

Vielleicht kennst du die einleitenden Kapitel zu meinem Buch "Die deutschsprachige Comic-Fachpresse"? Und aktuell: Anfang Dezember erscheint "Deutsche Comicforschung" 2017. Darin ein längerer Beitrag zum 1. Deutschen Comic-Congress Berlin 1973.

Über die Anfänge des US-Fandoms gibt Bill Schelly: The Golden Age of Comic Fandom ganz gut Auskunft (Seattle, erw. Ausg. 1999. 176 reich illustrierte Seiten).

eck

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Pickie · 03.10.2016, 13:18

Hey, vielen Dank!

a) kenne ich noch nicht, den Hinweis zu b) habe ich über den Patrimonium-Thread gesehen und c) habe ich.
So cool.

Pickie · 07.01.2017, 12:23

Habe das Teil jetzt durch. Ist gut aufgebaut - chronologisch von der ersten Erwähnung der Comic Con-Idee in einem Amateur-Fanzine über die einzelnen Organisationstreffen und -pannen bis hin zum Comic Con-Booklet 1964 (anschließendes Report-Heft als Souvenir; wurde ebenfalls zur Tradition) - und ziemlich faszinierend.

Alles mit den entsprechenden Quellen bildlich belegt.

Eine wundervolle Orts- und Zeitreise einschließlich diverser Fan-Besuche bei den angesagtesten Zeichnern und Verlagsverantwortlichen (mit vielen Fotos) - in den Redaktionen und privat zu Hause!

Für Fans, die wissen wollen, was alles möglich ist, auch durchaus inspirierend.

(wie erwartet)

18.08.2016, 19:17	#1
Pickie Mitglied Beiträge: 497	Die erste Comic Convention der Welt Bin über eine interessant klingende Neuerscheinung aus diesem Jahr gestolpert. "THE 1964 NEW YORK COMICON: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Convention" Nach der Inhaltsbeschreibung* eine ebenso akribische wie spannende Dokumentation. Unter den 56 Teilnehmern unter anderem der 15-jährige George R. R. Martin (Game of Thrones) ... Irgendwelche vergleichbaren Arbeiten zum frühesten deutschen Comic-Fandom im Gange? __________________________________________________ * THE 1964 NEW YORK COMICON: THE TRUE STORY BEHIND THE WORLD'S FIRST COMIC CONVENTION tells the greatest story never told: the story of the first comic book convention ever held. This event was never reported on any radio channel, on any tv station, or in any magazine or newspaper. Bits and pieces of the story can be found in old fanzines, but, until now, the majority of this story has really only existed in the memories of the original 56 attendees of the convention. Now, at last - for the first time - the full fascinating story of the world’s first comic book convention is finally told. The story of the 1964 New York Comicon is the story of Bernie Bubnis, Ron Fradkin, Ethan Roberts, and Art Tripp. Four boys who, like an early 1960s Kirby kid gang of boy commandoes, took Comic Fandom by storm by writing and publishing their own fanzines, pillaging used-book stores and flea markets for back-issue comics, visiting the offices of Marvel, DC, and Gold Key Comics, and meeting with Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Stan Lee, Julius Schwartz, Bill Harris, Flo Steinberg, Curt Swan, Mike Sekowsky, Don Heck, Gil Kane, and Joe Giella. Tired of hearing about other fans’ failed attempts to stage a convention for years, these four boys took it upon themselves to make a convention happen. They pooled their resources and used their contacts with the comic professionals they knew to get them to attend and to donate door prizes that included stacks of original art pages from the Silver Age. They even convinced Spider-man artist Steve Ditko to attend the convention - and to this day it is the only comic convention Steve Ditko has ever attended. This book tells the stories of the first comic book collectors ever and how they traveled from all over the country and converged on New York City on that hot summer day in July 1964 to attend the world’s first comic book convention. All the earliest-known comic dealers attended that day, including Howard Rogofsky, Bill Thailing, Claude Held, Phil Seuling, Doug Berman, Don Foote, Marc Nadel, Malcolm Willits, and Tom Wilson. 34 pages of their original price lists from 1964 are reprinted in this book to show what comics were for sale at the show and what they were selling for. This book presents a complete blow-by-blow account of the convention so that those who weren’t there can experience it for themselves. It includes over 300 photographs and 45 pages of known biographical information about this amazing group of 56 original attendees that includes a fifteen-year-old future Game of Thrones writer George R. R. Martin, the world-famous radio broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, and a young Len Wein, co-creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing -- to name just a few of the comic book fans and collectors who attended the show that day. Research for this book primarily includes dozens of interviews with original attendees and all four organizers as well as information mined from complete runs of old 1960s comic book fanzines, such as The Rocket’s Blast, Alter-Ego, The Comicollector, The Comic Reader, Jeddak, Comic Art, Masquerader, Hero, Yancy Street Journal - and more. Featured in this book are unedited early 1960s interviews with Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, Julius Schwartz, Mike Sekowsky, Joe Giella, and Gold Key editor Bill Harris. Also included is long-lost art by Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and Curt Swan. A digitally-restored copy of the complete 1964 New York Comicon program booklet is reprinted in its entirety for the first time since 1964. Also reprinted in their entirety are Progress Report #1 (8 pages) and Progress Report #2 (2 pages) and all ads for the convention. The story of early comic book fans’ struggle to organize their first comic convention is a tale of epic proportions - one that is long overdue to be told - for it is Comic Fandom’s greatest story. And now, for the first time, comic fans everywhere can read about the convention that started it all: the 1964 New York Comicon. Geändert von Pickie (19.08.2016 um 09:22 Uhr)

03.10.2016, 09:38	#2
Pickie Mitglied Beiträge: 497	Gestern bestellt. Werde es voraussichtlich "zwischen den Jahren" lesen und dann noch mal 'ne kurze Anmerkung schreiben.

03.10.2016, 13:18	#4
Pickie Mitglied Beiträge: 497	Hey, vielen Dank! a) kenne ich noch nicht, den Hinweis zu b) habe ich über den Patrimonium-Thread gesehen und c) habe ich. So cool.

07.01.2017, 12:23	#5
Pickie Mitglied Beiträge: 497	Habe das Teil jetzt durch. Ist gut aufgebaut - chronologisch von der ersten Erwähnung der Comic Con-Idee in einem Amateur-Fanzine über die einzelnen Organisationstreffen und -pannen bis hin zum Comic Con-Booklet 1964 (anschließendes Report-Heft als Souvenir; wurde ebenfalls zur Tradition) - und ziemlich faszinierend. Alles mit den entsprechenden Quellen bildlich belegt. Eine wundervolle Orts- und Zeitreise einschließlich diverser Fan-Besuche bei den angesagtesten Zeichnern und Verlagsverantwortlichen (mit vielen Fotos) - in den Redaktionen und privat zu Hause! Für Fans, die wissen wollen, was alles möglich ist, auch durchaus inspirierend. (wie erwartet)