Once upon a time...before the Internet and publishing on demand, a hearty group of comics lovers produced their own publications, called "fanzines," and comics fandom was born. Spinning off Comic-Con's 50th anniversary celebration of the birth of comics fandom, these pioneers of the fanzine will talk about those heady days and what it was like to publish their own zines. Panelists include
Jean Bails (the widow of Dr. Jerry Bails, creator of
Alter-Ego),
Richard Kyle (
Graphic Story World),
Paul Levitz (
The Comic Reader),
Dick and
Pat Lupoff (
Xero),
Roy Thomas (
Alter Ego),
Maggie Thompson (
Comic Art), and some surprise fanzine publisher-type guests. Moderated by
Bill Schelly, a fanzine editor himself and the guy who wrote the book on fandom (
The Golden Age of Comic Fandom).
For more on the Golden Age of Fanzines, check this year's Comic-Con Souvenir Book
for a special feature! http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_search_results.php?strShow=30&strRec=3484
