Showing posts with label bill schelly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bill schelly. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Kurtzman Fanzine Stolen (!) at San Diego Comic-Con...


Hey Gang,
Bill Schelly, author, fandom founder and publisher of many fanzines and fanzine-related books such as: The Golden Age of Comic Fandom, The Comic Fandom Reader, Fandom's Finest Comics, Founders of Comic Fandom, Best of Star-Studded Comics plus the Art of Joe Kubert and the upcoming American Comic Book Chronicles series was a victim of theft!
In his own words:

"I was having a great time at Comic-Con International 2013 in San Diego, only to have this Kurtzman fanzine stolen from me on Thursday. Actually, it's not a fanzine per se, but a booklet put together by Harvey's first year class at the School of Visual Arts in New York City (1973). I'm going to contaqct as many dealers as possible, especially those in Southern California, so they recognize this stolen item, if anyone approaches them. Please spread the word and help me do anything possible to get this wonderful treasure back!! Thanks!!"

Lets help Bill by spreading the word of this theft around quickly to keep it from being sold to some unknowing collector or shop owner.  Be a real-life superhero and tell as many people as you can.  Let's catch this thief!
If you have any information, please post it here or get in contact with Bill directly at 
                                                     bill.schelly@facebook.com.

Here is a large scan of the stolen item for your detecting pleasure:


Friday, April 10, 2009

Alter Ego Volume 1/ Issue 11/1978...







Mike Friedrich and Roy Thomas finished Alter Ego 11 seventeen years after the first issue was published. Issue 10 had been published in 1969.
Alter Ego sponsored the first fandom awards, the Alley Awards (after Alley Oop, the 'first' superhero by virtue of his place in time). Here's one owned by Julius Schwartz!
This is the last of these, but there exists another cover for issue 10 by Sam Grainger. I will try to locate a scan to post. To hold you over, here is the original artwork for issue 10 by Marie Severin and Gil Kane!