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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Comic Book FandomBy D AlexanderHusband really likes this publication.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. GROUND ZERO FOR COMIC !By Bonnie J BissellIt was not until I read j.ballmanns silver age marvel merchandise history, (which is an amazing book),after collecting comic books for 35 years, that I was even aware that there was a comic book convention, (the 1st) in 1964,luckily for anyone interested in the history of comic book collecting,there is now his obsessively detailed, and just full of original photos, the history and naritive of the 1st comic book convention, and from whom and how it came to be.its very well written and easy to read.if you are a comic book collector, or a of pop culture,you realy should read this book for a much better understanding of the earliest beginnings of comic book fandom.it will change how you view everything relating to what you thought you knew about the comic book market place.jim bissell2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Our team had to overcome some pretty large potholes and roadblocks along the wayBy Bernie BubnisEven if I had never helped to organize the very first Comic Con, being just a part of those early days in comic book fandom taught me a lot. Community, self worth, desire. And it sure took a lot of desire to attempt something so many others had failed trying. Our team had to overcome some pretty large potholes and roadblocks along the way. When the idea of a book about the 1964 Comicon was presented to me I really felt like it was just a fool's journey. How could anyone put together the lost pieces of that day from over a half century ago ? Memories were clouded, written material from it had vanished long ago and very little publicity ever existed from that July 27th 1964 day. Holy cow (!) was I ever WRONG !! J. Ballmann has been able to unearth lost documents we all had forgotten even existed. His detective work allowed him to interview many of the original attendees and even found attendees we never recorded as attending. And his excellent writing ability allowed him to reconstruct that daymoment by moment. He not only covers the actual convention but also the years which led up to its creation. A little detective story and a lot of history. I never thought it was possible but that long forgotten day is alive on these pages. 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 con ever held. This event was never reported by any radio channel, tv station, magazine, or newspaper. Bits and pieces of the story can be found in old , but, until now, the majority of this story has only existed in the memories of the original 56 attendees of the show. Now, at last - for the first time - the full 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, Art Tripp, and Ethan Roberts. 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 , visiting the offices of Marvel, DC, and Gold Comics, and meeting with , , , , Bill Harris, Flo Steinberg, , , , , and . 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 donate door prizes that included stacks of original art pages. They even convinced Spider-man artist Steve Ditko to attend the con - and to this day it is the only con Steve Ditko has ever attended. (Find out why.) This book tells the stories of the first comic collectors ever and how they traveled from all over the country and converged on on that hot summer day in July 1964 to attend this historic event. All the earliest-known comic dealers attended that day, including Howard Rogofsky, Bill Thailing, Claude Held, , Doug Berman, Don Foote, Marc Nadel, Malcolm Willits, and Tom Wilson. 34 pages of their original price lists from 1964 are reprinted to show what comics were for sale that day and what they were selling for. This book presents a complete blow-by-blow account of the convention - in the attendees' own words. It includes over 300 photographs and 45 pages of 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 host Paul Gambaccini, and a young , co-creator of Wolverine and Swamp Thing -- to name just a few of the comic book fans and who attended the con. Research for this book 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 complete and 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. In addition, this book contains the only published art ever drawn by George R.R. Martin along with the first three writings he ever published, and they are each reprinted in their entirety. A digitally-restored copy of the complete 1964 New York Comicon program booklet is reprinted in its entirety as well 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.

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