Comments on: San Diego Comic-Con #3 (1972) on Earth-Two http://www.comicconmemories.com/2010/02/08/san-diego-comic-con-3-1972-on-earth-two/ A venue for all your comic-convention memories, pictures, and praises Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:38:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Barry Alfonos http://www.comicconmemories.com/2010/02/08/san-diego-comic-con-3-1972-on-earth-two/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Barry Alfonos Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:07:13 +0000 http://www.comicconmemories.com/?p=112#comment-45 Of course, it is wonderful to see a page of the legendary Yubba once again. It must be said, however, that this publication took extreeeeeme license with the truth, as in the case of asserting that I was "sunk into the pages of a Big Boy comic book" during the great '72 El Cortez blackout. Also, I cannot vouch for whether Richard Alf devoured "a pizza's cold corpse" at some point, as was alleged. But Yubba did manage to express a higher TRUTH, as all great literature must. PS: 38 years later, please explain the significance of "SNUK"... Of course, it is wonderful to see a page of the legendary Yubba once again. It must be said, however, that this publication took extreeeeeme license with the truth, as in the case of asserting that I was “sunk into the pages of a Big Boy comic book” during the great ’72 El Cortez blackout. Also, I cannot vouch for whether Richard Alf devoured “a pizza’s cold corpse” at some point, as was alleged. But Yubba did manage to express a higher TRUTH, as all great literature must.
PS: 38 years later, please explain the significance of “SNUK”…

]]> By: Robert Beerbohm http://www.comicconmemories.com/2010/02/08/san-diego-comic-con-3-1972-on-earth-two/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Robert Beerbohm Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:31:31 +0000 http://www.comicconmemories.com/?p=112#comment-44 Ah, the first El Cortez show. Many many fond memories of 1972 comicons, there were 9 in the circuit that year which Bud Plant and I caravaned to culminating with San Diego, then the World SF con out at the LA air port a couple weeks later which Bud talked me into driving up the San Jose and during that two weeks, he, John Barrett and I conjured up the Berkeley Comic Art Shoppe at 2512 Telegraph Ave, the flag ship to the chain store operation we opened during the coming year I remember some one offered me the centerfold double page splash to Steranko's Hound of the Baskerville story out of Shield #3 for a hundred dollars. I thought it too much at the time, heck, Adams Kirby Ditko pages could be had for under $20, more like $10 a page, oh, well -:) When i got there, cashed check in hand, the comicon promoter crew had forgot to mark me down as having a table. So, some one, i forget who, got the bright idea of setting me up right at the front door with one of those large round banquet tables from the other room. That is where i set up that year. and that is where a fellow walked up to me saying he had left a funeral, had to get cheered up a bit, and bought a Walt Kelly Brownies Dell Four Color 293 from me for $2. The one with the dog getting a bath on the cover - fun stuff Twas Tom French, who went on to run the dealer's room for a couple decades. I surely miss this old friend a lot as well. Oh yeah, some where i have a couple Yubbas buried in a box from 72. One day they will resurface Ah, the first El Cortez show. Many many fond memories of 1972 comicons, there were 9 in the circuit that year which Bud Plant and I caravaned to culminating with San Diego, then the World SF con out at the LA air port a couple weeks later which Bud talked me into driving up the San Jose and during that two weeks, he, John Barrett and I conjured up the Berkeley Comic Art Shoppe at 2512 Telegraph Ave, the flag ship to the chain store operation we opened during the coming year

I remember some one offered me the centerfold double page splash to Steranko’s Hound of the Baskerville story out of Shield #3 for a hundred dollars. I thought it too much at the time, heck, Adams Kirby Ditko pages could be had for under $20, more like $10 a page, oh, well -:)

When i got there, cashed check in hand, the comicon promoter crew had forgot to mark me down as having a table. So, some one, i forget who, got the bright idea of setting me up right at the front door with one of those large round banquet tables from the other room. That is where i set up that year. and that is where a fellow walked up to me saying he had left a funeral, had to get cheered up a bit, and bought a Walt Kelly Brownies Dell Four Color 293 from me for $2. The one with the dog getting a bath on the cover – fun stuff

Twas Tom French, who went on to run the dealer’s room for a couple decades. I surely miss this old friend a lot as well.

Oh yeah, some where i have a couple Yubbas buried in a box from 72. One day they will resurface

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