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Description of Pictures: Pros: Spawns of Fanzines & Fandom
Comic fanzines of the 60′s and 70′s were often a training ground for talented people who would soon develop into professionals in the comic industry. Join us for a lively discussion by several comics pros who came from the world of fandom, and how early participation in fanzines helped them further their careers. Panelists include Paul Levitz (former Publisher & President of DC), Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster/Breathtaker), Walt Simonson (Thor/Star Slammers), Marc Hempel (Sandman/Tug & Buster) and Rickey Shanklin (Blood of the Innocent/Blood of Dracula), with fanzine historian Aaron Caplan as Moderator.
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BCCP07_140906_05.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. Panelists (from left to right) included fanzine historian Aaron Caplan as Moderator, artist/publisher Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster/Breathtaker), artist/writer Marc Hempel (Sandman/Tug & Buster), writer/publisher Paul Levitz (former Publisher & President of DC), artist Walt Simonson (Thor/Star Slammers), and writer Rickey Shanklin (Blood of the Innocent/Blood of Dracula).
BCCP07_140906_07.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. Panelists (from left to right) included fanzine historian Aaron Caplan as Moderator, artist/publisher Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster/Breathtaker), artist/writer Marc Hempel (Sandman/Tug & Buster), writer/publisher Paul Levitz (former Publisher & President of DC), artist Walt Simonson (Thor/Star Slammers), and writer Rickey Shanklin (Blood of the Innocent/Blood of Dracula).
BCCP07_140906_09.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. Panelists (from left to right) included fanzine historian Aaron Caplan as Moderator, artist/publisher Mark Wheatley (Frankenstein Mobster/Breathtaker), artist/writer Marc Hempel (Sandman/Tug & Buster), writer/publisher Paul Levitz (former Publisher & President of DC), artist Walt Simonson (Thor/Star Slammers), and writer Rickey Shanklin (Blood of the Innocent/Blood of Dracula).
BCCP07_140906_15.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. From left to right: Aaron Caplan, Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel
BCCP07_140906_24.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. From left to right: Walt Simonson and Rickey Shanklin
BCCP07_140906_26.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. From left to right: Walt Simonson and Rickey Shanklin
BCCP07_140906_27.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. From left to right: Mark Wheatley, Marc Hempel, Paul Levitz and Walt Simonson
BCCP07_140906_33.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014: Aaron Caplan, moderator
BCCP07_140906_37.JPG: User comment: "Pros: Spawn of Fanzines & Fandom" Panel at Baltimore Comic Con Sept 2014. From left to right: Paul Levitz and Walt Simonson
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2014 photos: Trips this year:
three Civil War Trust conferences (Winchester, VA, Nashville, TN, and Atlanta, GA),
Michigan to visit mom in the hospice before she died and then a return trip after she died, and
my 9th consecutive San Diego Comic-Con trip (including Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City, Sacramento, Oakland, and Los Angeles).
Ego strokes: Paul Dickson used one of my photos as the author photo in his book "Aphorisms: Words Wrought by Writers".
Equipment this year: I mostly used my Fuji XS-1 camera but, depending on the event, I also used a Nikon D7000.
Number of photos taken this year: just over 470,000.
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