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The Comic Art Convention was an American comic-book fan convention held annually New York City, New York, over Independence Day weekend from 1968 through 1983, except for 1977, when it was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 1978 to 1979, when editions of the convention were held in both New York and Philadelphia. The first large-scale comics convention, and one of the largest gatherings of its kind until the Comic-Con International in San Diego, California, it grew into a major trade and fan convention. It was founded by Phil Seuling, a Brooklyn, New York City, teacher, who later developed the concept of comic-book direct marketing, which led to the rise to the modern comic book store. The New York Comic Art Convention's growth in popularity coincided with the increasing media attention on comics that had been building since the mid-1960s, feeding off the then novel notions of comics being a subject worthy of serious critical study and collectibility. ==History== Circa 1961, enterprising fans including Jerry Bails, Shel Dorf, Bernie Bubnis, and future Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas began following the pattern of the long-established science fiction fandom by publishing fanzines, corresponding with one another and with comic-book editors (most notably DC Comics' Julius Schwartz), and eventually arranging informal and later professional, commercial conventions.〔Schelly, Bill. "Jerry Bails' Ten Building Blocks of Fandom," ''Alter Ego'' vol. 3, #25 (June 2003) pp. 5-8.〕 Among the first were the 1964 Tri-State Con (a.k.a. the New York Comicon)〔Schelly, Bill. ''Founders of Comic Fandom: Profiles of 90 Publishers, Dealers, Collectors, Writers, Artists and Other Luminaries of the 1950s and 1960s'' (McFarland, 2010), p. 131.〕 and that same year's precursor to the Detroit Triple Fan Fair〔Duncan, Randy; and Smith, Matthew J. ''The Power of Comics: History, Form and Culture'' (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2009), p. 183.〕〔Skinn, Dez. ("Early days of UK comics conventions and marts," ) DezSkinn.com. Accessed Mar. 3, 2013.〕 (officially established in 1965).〔Schelly, Bill. ''Founders'', p. 8.〕 The only previously known comics fandom, for the 1950s' EC Comics, did not progress so far along. As Seuling described his convention's genesis, "In 1964, about a hundred people found themselves in a New York City union meeting hall, a large open room with wooden folding chairs, looking around at each other oddly, surprised, not really knowing what they were there for, a bit sheepish, waiting for whatever was going to take place to begin. ... It was the first comics convention ever (t )hat one-day assembly ... grew step by step into an annual tradition in New York and then elsewhere."〔Seuling, Phil. 1977 Comic Art Convention program book (Sea Gate Distributors, 1977), p. 5〕 In 1965, the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors hosted a convention at New York's Broadway Central Hotel,〔Thomas, Roy. "Splitting the Atom: More Than You Could Possibly Want to Know About the Creation of the Silver Age Mighty Mite!" ''The Alter Ego Collection, Volume 1'' (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006), p. 99.〕 continuing that tradition in 1966 and 1967. The so-called "Academy Cons" featured such industry professionals as Otto Binder, Bill Finger, Gardner Fox, Mort Weisinger, James Warren, Roy Thomas, Gil Kane,〔 Stan Lee, Bill Everett, Carmine Infantino, and Julius Schwartz.〔Schelly, Bill. "The Kaler Con: Two Views: Bigger And Better Than The Benson Con Just Three Weeks Before?? (Part VIII of '1966: The Year Of (Nearly) Three New York Comics Conventions')," ''Alter-Ego'' #64 (Jan. 2007).〕 As Seuling told it, "In 1968, I became involved in () my first convention. The following year began the current series called the Comic Art Convention".〔 (The 1968 show, officially known as the International Convention of Comic Book Art, was co-produced with SCARP, the short-lived Society for Comic Art Research and Preservation, Inc.)〔Thompson, Maggie. ''Newfangles'' #6 (Jan. 1968).〕 Guests of honor at the 1968 show were Stan Lee and Burne Hogarth〔Schelly, Bill. ''Founders'', p. 107.〕 The 1969 convention, the first official Comic Art Convention, was held Independence Day weekend at the Statler Hilton Hotel in New York City, and the guest of honor was Hal Foster.〔Groth, Gary. "Editorial: Con Games", ''The Comics Journal'' #76 (Oct. 1, 1982), pp. 4-6.〕 Admittance to the convention cost $3.50 for a three-day ticket, with daily passes at $1.50.〔 Additional (Webcitation archive ), February 20, 2011.〕 Admittance was free with a hotel room rental, which cost $15-and-up per day.〔 The final two years of the 1961-1969 Alley Awards, sponsored by ''Alter Ego'' magazine and the Academy of Comic-Book Fans and Collectors, were presented at the Comic Art Convention. After the demise of the Alley, later years featured the Goethe Awards〔"The 1971 Goethe Awards" (ballot), ''Graphic Story World'' vol. 2, #2 (whole #6) (July 1972), p. 29.〕 (later renamed the "Comic Fan Art Awards").〔Miller, John Jackson. ("Goethe/Comic Fan Art Award winners, 1971-74," ) ''CBGXtra'' (July 19, 2005).〕 In 1973, Seuling persuaded Dr. Fredric Wertham, author of the industry-changing 1954 book ''Seduction of the Innocent'', to attend what would be Wertham's only panel with an audience of comics fans. By 1984, as his comic-book distribution business occupied more time, and as other comics conventions, most notably in San Diego and Chicago, became larger, more prominent, and more commercial- rather than fan-driven, Seuling segued the Independence Day-centered Comic Art Convention into the smaller Manhattan Con, which took place in mid-June.〔Grant, Steven. ("Permanent Damage: Issue #43," ) ''Comic Book Resources'' (July 10, 2002).〕 Seuling died unexpectedly in August 1984, and the Comic Art Convention/Manhattan Con died with him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Comic Art Convention」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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