Season’s Greetings From Shel Dorf (c. 1994)
Season’s Greetings From Shel Dorf (c. 1994)
More Pictures of Shel’s Giant Greeting Card from Artist Matt Lorentz
Artist Matt Lorentz sent in the following two new pictures of the giant greeting card that he took around Comic-Con 2009 so that many artist friends and admirers of Shel could sketch on it for…
R.C. Harvey Article About Shel
There’s a lengthy article about Shel by R.C. Harvey posted to The Comics Journal web site at http://www.tcj.com/?p=1479. It contains a lot of good biographical information and kind words of appreciation as well a…
Shel Dorf and Ken Krueger Produce King Kon in 1974
Inside Comics #2, August 1974 (published by Galaxy News Service) featured a Mark Evanier article titled “The Mini-Cons That Attacked Southern California!” The article focused on one-day mini-conventions, in particular Greg Koudoulian’s First Sunday Club…
Cartoonist Jim Whiting Remembers Shel Dorf as Cartoonist Society MVP
The Southern California Cartoonists Society (SCCS) web site presents some very nice things written about Shel Dorf. One example is reproduced below (with the permission of the author). It is by cartoonist and SCCS member…
Shel and Jack Kirby Discuss California Living in 1970
We thought you might enjoy hearing Shel Dorf’s voice as recorded during a December 1970 visit by San Diego fans to Jack Kirby’s house in Thousand Oaks, California (where the Kirby family had bought a…
Almost Famous, Thanks to Shel
Southern California Cartoonist Society member Charlie Roberts detailed his friendship with Shel in another posting on this site, but here’s a follow-up to the birth of the “Baby Thid Thez” panel cartoon, which Shel inked…
One of the More Interesting Trips with Shel
Shel Dorf adopts a new look in the 80’s while on a trip with Charlie Roberts.
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…
Portrait of Shel by Jack Kirby
Here’s a portrait of Shel by Jack Kirby from June, 1989. (Scanned image of portrait provided by Charlie Roberts.)