Popular Post path4play Posted January 7, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 7, 2023 Randomly ran across this letter in an online auction and snipped the image. Maybe not a big surprise, but for those here into comic history I thought it was interesting Ray Bradbury attested in this personal 1966 letter “It is an old artform which I have loved since I as a boy collected Buck Rogers and Tarzan comics.” Jayman, jimjum12, Point Five and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cat-Man_America Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) I'm pretty sure I've never posted this ancient artifact before, but here's an early flyer for a convention that dates way back to '87 with Ray Bradbury as a featured guest. Unfortunately, the convention canceled shortly after this flyer was produced for reasons lost to the annals of time; it was an ambitious effort. The guests approached had all accepted according to the sponsors who solicited my appearance, but the promised contract never materialized. I've tried finding more historical data on this non-event, but so far even Google has shrugged. The flyer is from my fanzine and convention program collection; several copies were apparently sent to the featured guests when they were initially distributed (note: the flyer art was produced by someone associated with the convention, I think it might've been by David Means, their Fan GoH, but I'm unfamiliar with the style and unable to supply direct attribution). Edited January 8, 2023 by Cat-Man_America Ale added! waaaghboss, Turnando, Tri-Color Brian and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 9:01 PM, Cat-Man_America said: I'm pretty sure I've never posted this ancient artifact before, but here's an early flyer for a convention that dates way back to '87 with Ray Bradbury as a featured guest. Unfortunately, the convention canceled shortly after this early flyer was produced for reasons lost to the annals of time; it was an ambitious effort. The guests approached had all accepted according to the sponsors who solicited my appearance, but the promised contract never materialized. I've tried finding more historical data on this non-event, but so far even Google has shrugged. The flyer is from my fanzine and convention program collection; several copies were apparently sent to the featured guests when they were initially distributed (note: the flyer art was produced by someone associated with the convention, I think it might've been by David Means, their Fan GoH, but I'm unfamiliar with the style and unable to supply direct attribution). Looks like Matt Baker Tri-Color Brian, Cat-Man_America, AJD and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 9:03 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Looks like Matt Baker Maybe a distant relative (lol). I'm familiar with David Means as an SF fan, but not as an artist, although I seem to recall he might've done some fanzine work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatCaesarsGhost Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) On 1/7/2023 at 9:09 PM, Cat-Man_America said: Maybe a distant relative (lol). I'm familiar with David Means as an SF fan, but not as an artist, although I seem to recall he might've done some fanzine work. Cat that was a heck of a lineup you had going on this con. And is that your name I see on there? Edited January 8, 2023 by GreatCaesarsGhost Cat-Man_America 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MattTheDuck Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 Thanks a lot for referring to an artifact from 1987 as "ancient." D84, jimjum12, path4play and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/7/2023 at 11:56 PM, MattTheDuck said: Thanks a lot for referring to an artifact from 1987 as "ancient." I'm the ancient part of the artifact. On 1/7/2023 at 9:19 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said: Cat that was a heck of a lineup you had going on this con. And is that your name I see on there? Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 The letter is referring to the truly ancient, barely older than me, 1965 paperback reprint of the Bradbury EC stories. Tri-Color Brian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 (edited) On 1/8/2023 at 9:11 AM, sfcityduck said: The letter is referring to the truly ancient, barely older than me, 1965 paperback reprint of the Bradbury EC stories. I am in the same age category. Going to call out @Robot Man as in a recent post he made a comment suggesting he may be younger than me - which in my "I'm still the same age as I was in '85" - caused me to not expect - I guess its all his tremendous pop 40's-60's pop culture knowledge that threw me off. Edited January 8, 2023 by path4play sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 8:37 AM, path4play said: I am in the same age category. Going to call out @Robot Man as in a recent post he made a comment suggesting he may be younger than me - which in my "I'm still the same age as I was in '85" - caused me to not expect - I guess its all his tremendous pop 40's-60's pop culture knowledge that threw me off. He is around Eddie Van Halen’s age (RIP too young) so born more towards mid-50s than mid-60s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KirbyJack Posted January 8, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 8, 2023 Point Five, jimjum12, sfcityduck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted January 8, 2023 Author Share Posted January 8, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 12:16 PM, sfcityduck said: He is around Eddie Van Halen’s age (RIP too young) so born more towards mid-50s than mid-60s. ...RIP Eddie, and Michael, Whitney, Prince... May all of our collections be large, and long lasting. sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post fifties Posted January 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 Point Five, path4play, sfcityduck and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tri-Color Brian Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/8/2023 at 10:16 AM, sfcityduck said: He is around Eddie Van Halen’s age (RIP too young) so born more towards mid-50s than mid-60s. I don't want to give away the robot's age, but he's a little older than me... sfcityduck 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AJD Posted January 9, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted January 9, 2023 On 1/9/2023 at 1:11 AM, sfcityduck said: The letter is referring to the truly ancient, barely older younger than me, 1965 paperback reprint of the Bradbury EC stories. Fixed it for me. While I'm here, I have a few pulps with Bradbury stories in them, so this is as good a time as any to post them. sfcityduck, KirbyJack, mwotka and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbyJack Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 fifties and sfcityduck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Also these sfcityduck, AJD, Tri-Color Brian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfcityduck Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 The books referenced by Bradbury: KirbyJack, Tri-Color Brian and path4play 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat-Man_America Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 Here's another of the old comic tradition originals (A Sound of Thunder by Ray Bradbury)... KirbyJack, Jayman, fifties and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
path4play Posted January 10, 2023 Author Share Posted January 10, 2023 Awesome, now I want to collect gals in tubes covers. Checked out that Weird Science #20 - they ain't cheap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
