Comments on: Jim Harmon, Author and Comic-Con Guest, Writes About Shel

By: Patrick Culliton

Patrick Culliton — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:04:20 +0000

Shel did me a thousand kindnesses–at least.
He introduced me to many wonderful people, including many greats.
Thanks to Shel, I got to stand behind Milton Caniff while Milton went from a blank piece of paper to an inked Sunday page while I took slides for a show Shel was preparing for Caniff’s alma mater in Ohio.
We had a great deal of fun together over the years, but, one night stands out for me and that was the night Shel took me and my step-daughter to see Josephine Baker and he introduced us to her.
He was a pioneer. He was a wonderful friend, and he’d sure done his work. I’ve been missing him for awhile because he preferred to be alone which I understood.
He was always organizing these amazingly fun, very educational, kinds of things: a trip to visit the Kirbys or Forrie Ackerman’s, countless fun journeys.
Patrick Culliton

By: Wendy All

Wendy All — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:32:23 +0000

If Shel Dorf and Comic Con had not existed, I would be a Geologist, not a Toy Designer. That time in the 1970s in San Diego at Comic Con and the El Cortez Hotel were strange, wonderful and amazing. I remember a Saturday with him and a group of fans driving up to June Foray’s house, meeting Ray Bradbury and ending up at Harlan Ellison’s house… (Shel took pictures!)

By: Jim Gorham

Jim Gorham — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:28:15 +0000

Shel told me that Fay Wray story too. I was always wanted to go to Cinecon as well, Shel talked how he loved that show.

By: Philip Haxo

Philip Haxo — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:13:23 +0000

What a beautiful tribute. I only knew Shel peripherally through my work with Steve Schanes. I did the color separations for a number of the Dick Tracy reprints…and Shel was always the nicest most generous of souls. Incredibly gracious and complementary of the work I did. I feel lucky to know him.