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. 34 pages of their original price.
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. (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 New York City on that hot summer day in July 1964 to attend this historic event.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Story of the 1964 New York Comicon is the Story of Bernie Bubnis, Ron Fradkin, Art Tripp, and Ethan Roberts.
Now, at last - for the First time - the full Story of the world\'s First Comic Book Convention is finally told.
Bits and pieces of the Story can be found in old fanzines, but, until now, the majority of this Story has only existed in the memories of the original 56 attendees of the show.
This event was never reported by any radio channel, tv station, magazine, or newspaper.
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
