Barry Alfonso

The following audio recordings were made at the first, full San Diego’s Golden State Comic-Con (as it was known in those heroic days of yore). The convention dates were August 1st through 3rd, 1970. The site was the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego. The audio segments are presented in the order they were recorded.

Coming Attractions

December 10, 2009

In the weeks ahead, Barry Alfonso, a founding member of the San Diego Comic-Con committee and a Grammy-nominated music journalist, will be sharing his remembrances of the famous (and/or infamous, depending upon point of view) Dr. Timothy Leary’s appearance as a guest at the 1976 San Diego convention.