Airport Aviation Mural Honors Shel Dorf
The new cartoon art mural titled “The Sky’s the Limit!” at San Diego’s International Airport was unveiled on Memorial Day weekend 2011 and pays homage to San Diego’s rich aviation and comic art histories. A…
Milton Caniff
Video: Milton Caniff Draws the Dragon Lady While Talking With Shel Dorf in 1983
In 1983, fan Charlie Roberts sent Milton Caniff a request for a sketch of the Dragon Lady character from the Terry and the Pirates comic strip and enclosed a check for it, hoping it would…
Shel Dorf Interviews Milt Caniff in November 1982: Video
The following video is from the Shel Dorf Archives and was kindly made available by Charlie Roberts. The interview was originally videotaped by Tom French, who ran the San Diego Comic-Con dealers room for many…
Shel as Football Player Thud Shelley in Milton Caniff’s Steve Canyon
Shel Dorf was a great fan of Milton Caniff, creator of comic strips Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. It was a fan’s dream come true when Caniff hired him to letter the…
Charlie Roberts, Southern California Cartoonist Society Member, Writes About Shel
Charlie Roberts, Southern California Cartoonist Society Member, writes about working and being friends with Shel, Milton Caniff, Comic-Con 1983, and more.
A Note From Shel’s Cousin Donna Horwitz
Shel Dorf’s cousin Donna Horwitz remembers good times with Shel when they were children, his saving of comic strips in scrapbooks, Milt Caniff putting Dorf family members in his strip, Shel’s love of family, friends…