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President's Mess.
Karyl Miller,
Prez, SCCS
Karyl Miller,
Prez, SCCS
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Fabulous TV Interview w Jorge Pacheco about Comic-Con and SCCS! click here! Then scroll down LIST on Right side of page for link to "Comic Con Day One - Jorge Pacheco" |
SICK BAY 9/12/09 Our dear friend Jack White is still in the hospital with leg problems. He and wife Lynn Stedd have been SCCS' staunchest and most generous supporters for years. Lynn serves as our Treasurer and is our link to the San Diego Blood Bank. Jack lends us his fabulous Magic and Toy Museum and our annual SCCS Winter Holiday Party is a gift of the couple. Please send your get well cards or letters to their home and Lynn will deliver them to the hospital. Jack White 4288 Arguello, San Diego, CA 92103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Charlie Roberts - "We did a road trip to Las Vegas on Monday, and stopped by halfway in Barstow to visit Paul Gringle. Though the room he shares has limited space, Paul was in good spirits.....which became even better spirits when we offered to take him out to eat. As you may already know Paul's favorite pastime is food, followed closely by pretty girls. Thus, a pretty waitress would make Paul's day perfect. Well, the waitress wasn't too pretty....unless you like mustache's....but the food portions were incredible with reasonable prices. If you're on the road around Barstow and get hungry, I heartily recommend "Mega Tom's" on Main Street. Paul ordered the "Fish Dinner", which must have weighed in at 6 pounds 11 ounces or thereabouts. Paul ate approximately three ounces, and took the rest back to the Veteran's Home. I imagine there was a food fight after we left. Picture a re-enactment of the Battle of the Bulge, but with breaded fishsticks, toast and cole slaw flying through the air instead of bullets. We had some laughs, and Paul said to give everyone his best. Am attaching photos of Paul and a pretty girl (Joan) at "Tom's" and Paul at the entrance to the Veteran's Home ( the tank is not loaded !) . Paul always enjoys company and "cartoon talk". If you can't visit, send him a card or a note when you have time." The address is : Arthur Paul Gringle Veteran's Home of California 100 East Veteran's Parkway Barstow Ca 92311 760-252-6205 |
NEXT MEETING: Wednesday: November 11, 6:30 PM Guest Speaker: Andrew Mitchell Videogame artist, cell phone cartoonist, award winning children’s book illustrator. His book Draw 50 Magical Creatures (RandomHouse) was just released. Andy is president, Cartoonists of Orange County.
Guests, visitors, first timers = $5 San Diego Blood Bank 440 Upas Street, San Diego, CA |
Wheel O' Food Explanation: if your last name is Disney, bring small cola or bottled water |
SCCS Past Presidents Jim Whiting, Janet Williams, Matt Lorentz, Dean LeCrone |
SCCS Braintrust at SCCS Gallery at Grandma Bebes
Hilltop Hideaway Restaurant Oceanside CA.
l to r: Paul Gringle, Paul (Aquaman) Norris d. 2008,
Jim Whiting, Charlie Roberts
| MEMBER NEWS 10.30.09 As many of you know San Diego Comic-Con founder Shel Dorf has been seriously ill in Sharp Hospital in San Diego for over a year. Richard Alf and Mike Towry, two of the original people who helped Shel start Comic-con, have a new website devoted to Shel and early con history. If you have a story or two about Shel or Comic-con, or know someone who does, they would appreciate your input. Just click on the link below. Thanks ! My Best, Charlie Roberts http://www.sheldorftribute.com/ ====================== October News Major Boo-Hoo Our dear friend and member Frank Mitchell has moved to Ventura. We will miss his sparkling personality and especially his Tikis! **************************************************** From Stan Brown - "On July 1, 2009 I posted by 1,000th doodle to MY site Doodle-A-Day.com. ... and on July 25, 2009 I hit 1,000 days the site had been live and updating daily. (The discrepancy comes from the days on which I've posted "bonus doodles.") Since October 29, 2006 I've only missed one daily update ... so things have gone quite smoothly, everything considered (in fact, I can't believe it's really been going on for so long)." Stan! stan@stannex.com stannex.com ... the Home of All Things Stan! doodle-a-day.com ... Scribblings from the Ballpoint Pen of Stan! StoryTimeWithStan.com ... Writing, Drawing, and other Nonsense, updated M-W-F ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ From Werner-Wjep Olsen "I have a rather strange and macabre story to tell in connection with the release of the terrorist responsible for the Pan Am Flight 103's crash at Lockerbie in Scotland on December 21, 1988. At that time I was still living in Denmark, my home country. My comic strip "The Tales of Hans Christian Andersen" was syndicated in 30-40 US and Canadian papers by Asterix Features. Once a week I mailed my strips by Special Mail to American Color in Buffalo. And so I did on December 21. A few weeks after Christmas I got a call from Tim Rosenthal at American Color. They were missing my package. I checked with Special Mail and they could only track my letter to London. After that they lost track of it. Apparently it had disappeared into thin air. Six months later I got a letter from the FBI. The content was the package I had mailed on December 21. FBI had found it in he wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103. It was intact but for few smoke-colored spots here and there. The package is still in my files reminding me that even though most of us normally find ourselves far, far away from major world events, we are often closer than we wish for." ---------------------------------------------------- From Jon Caimaisa "SETHIUS.COM is a website dedicated to promoting comics, zines, toys, and other collectibles while also providing a forum to discuss the latest news about art. please visit www.sethius. com and enjoy the many features this budding site contains. the sales floor is undergoing maintenance. but if you would like to sell your book or product on SETHIUS then please email me for details: sethius.com@ hotmail.com Just recently, i interviewed Neko Press owner Billy Martinez. He is an overall nice guy and cool artist. His interview can be found in the 'news and features' section. please contribute your thoughts on my newly invented message board. all you have to do is register. it can be found by going to the main page and clicking on 'forums'. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ From Michael Aushenker - Two new websites My website: http://www.CartoonFlophouse.com My blog: http://cartoonflophouse.blogspot.com |
Dear Friends,
SCCS has come a long way in the
three + years I’ve been president.
And even though it’s been fun, it’s
time for a change. We're looking
for a new president! Know
anybody? How about you? You're
welcome to nominate anyone
(including yourself)! I'd be happy to
show that person the ropes and
share with him or her or you - the
many secret passwords we've
collected to do all of the above. In
the meantime, we'll be having a
reduced meeting schedule.
I thank you for all your support.
Karyl
Karyl@MillerReport.com
SCCS has come a long way in the
three + years I’ve been president.
- We've created a small but vital
executive board. - We’ve had myriad Guest
Speakers, parties, drawing
lessons and caricaturist
volunteer events. - Our SCCS Comic-Con party is
now a cool NCS event too. - We created video art lessons.
- We increased our membership
while reducing (by half) our
dues and meeting fees. - We can pay dues online.
- We have an SCCS t-shirt store.
- Our bank account is healthy.
- We canceled our newsletter but
beefed up and made current,
our website. - We created a valuable member
database and zipcode directory. - We’ve got business cards and
Membership cards. - We are well-fed at meetings.
- We’ve amplified SCCS presence
via our website sccs-online.org,
our Yahoo Group, our Meet-Up.
com, our Facebook page,
Evites and press releases in
our local and on-line
newspapers. - We've finally got a permanent
meeting place at the SD Blood
Bank (thanks to Lynn Stedd)
And even though it’s been fun, it’s
time for a change. We're looking
for a new president! Know
anybody? How about you? You're
welcome to nominate anyone
(including yourself)! I'd be happy to
show that person the ropes and
share with him or her or you - the
many secret passwords we've
collected to do all of the above. In
the meantime, we'll be having a
reduced meeting schedule.
I thank you for all your support.
Karyl
Karyl@MillerReport.com
MEETINGS 2009 November 11 - Blood Bank November 24 - San Diego Charger Blood Drive - Town and Country Convention Center, December - no meeting, no party Meetings 2010 February 10 General meeting and guest speaker, Blood Bank April 24 Saturday - Cartoonist Day, SD Blood Bank July 24 – Thursday – Comic- Con Kick-Off Party , Buster’s Beach House September – 8 Wednesday – General Meeting and Guest Speaker Blood Bank November 23 Tuesday – Charger Blood Drive December 8 Wednesday – Holiday Party North County Meetings at Grandma BeeBee's Hilltop Hideaway remain the same |
| 11/3/09 Shel Dorf RIP I just spoke with Shel's brother Mike. Shel passed away at 1:15 PM Pacific Time today, Tuesday November 3rd at Sharp Hospital in San Diego after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be held at 1 PM this Wednesday at the "Home of Peace" cemetary located at 3668 Imperial Avenue San Diego, Ca 92123 ( Ph: 619-583-8850). Mike said that any friends of Shel are more than welcome to attend the service. Respectfully, Charlie Roberts Mark Evanier tribute link below http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2009_11_03.html# 018000 |
| SHEL DORF FUNERAL 11/5/09 Shel's passing away and the funeral services 24 hours later perhaps caught many or our SCCS and NCS members off guard; at least it did for me. I was not online in the afternoon of the day that Shel left us. Perhaps like you, I missed the online announcement of his passing and the funeral until the next morning. I was fortunately able to attend because my time is usually flexible. A representative number of SCCS members were able to attend, perhaps about ten, which included our Prez, Karyl and yours truly. I would estimate there were about 40 to 50 in attendance, so Shel was clearly loved and respected by many, especially considering such short notice and being a workday. Three TV film crews and interviewers were also there to document it. Hopefully you saw the news sound bites that evening. If you go to their websites I'd Imagine you can locate the footage. It was a somewhat cloudy afternoon with bits of warm sunlight constantly peeking through. That appropriately reflected the mood of everyone as we talked before the service and shared memories of Shel himself as a warm person, his great achievements which continue to shine, and his failing health which perhaps accounted for the few raindrops that fell onto us and Shel's grave site as everyone began to leave. This was my first Jewish Funeral Service, so I found the funeral customs and religious clothing of the Rabbis particularly interesting. Thank goodness Karyl was there to answer my questions. Shel's traditionally simple yet elegant pine coffin was a perfect analogy of Shel's life, always humble and understated. The Rabbi read passages in Hebrew and then English. I preferred the wonderful sound of the almost songlike cadence he put into the Hebrew. I was fascinated with and loved when after Shel was lowered into the grave two Rabbis began to shovel earth into the grave from a large pile . No small symbolic shoveling mind you, they were very intent on filling that grave and heartedly worked at it. It initially surprised me, then almost immediately it made perfect sense. I experience for the first time the sounds of dying as the shovels were filled and then the hollow sound of earth landing on the wooden casket. In its own way, it was a beautiful sound as it was repeated over and over almost like a beat to a song while everyone watched in silence. We then were all invited to join in. Everyone took turns using shovels that were provided, some just a shovel full, others for a while longer. An image I will always carry with me is the last corner of the covering to Shel's casket slowly disappearing under 'my' final shovel full... then Shel was gone, under the covering of a reddish brown blanket of earth. Some moments in life find a special place in our memory, this for me was one of them. Once everyone had the opportunity to join in as long as they needed and the grave was almost full, caretakers used equipment to quickly fill in the rest as we all watched. I learned that a Jewish funeral is not over until the person is completely buried. I really like that! The experience caused me to realize that leaving a funeral before the grave is filled in gives far less closure. Having participated in the burial by shoveling earth into the grave gives a feeling of true finality. We will all miss Shel, however he lives on through his cartooning achievements, the Comic-Con, and the many people he has touched, most of whom never actually meet him, but benefited by his life. ~Joe Schmidt |
| Shel Dorf New Talent Fund 11/5/09 As many of you know, Shel Dorf the founder of Comic-Con International ( formerly The San Diego Comic-Con) , passed away on Tuesday November 3 after a lengthy illness. Shel's brother Michael Dorf has asked Shel's long time friend Michael Towry to set up the " Shel Dorf New Talent Encouragement Fund" in Shel's honor. Michael Towry, along with Richard Alf and several other young comic collectors, were part of the original convention committee and helped Shel with the first several Comic-cons. Richard Alf was Comic-con Chairman in 1971 and Michael was Comic-con Chairman in 1972. If any of you reading this ever went to the San Diego Comic-con / Comic Con International, enjoyed Shel's many columns over the years in "The Comic Buyer's Guide", read the "Steve Canyon" comic strip which Shel lettered for many years, or just plain love comics and the graphics medium this would be a great way to say "Thank You" and help a most worthwhile charity in the process. Donations may be sent to: Shel Dorf New Talent Encouragement Fund c/o Michael Towry PO Box 232497 San Diego, Ca 92193 You might also enjoy checking out Micael's excellent Shel Dorf Tribute website: WWW.ShelDorfTribute.com Thanks for your time and consideration. Respectfully, Charlie Roberts |
Shel Dorf Funeral Flowers - True Story! 11/5/09 With just hours before Shel's funeral I needed to order flowers from SCCS pronto, so I phoned a flower shop near the cemetary figuring they would be best suited to do the job on time. The lady on the phone seemed nice enough and smart enough so against my better instincts of sending her an Email, I just carefully conveyed our message to be spelled out on a ribbon. "SCCS misses fellow cartoonist and good friend," I said. I even had her read it back to me to make sure she got it right. Below is a photo of the flowers and the message. (I just know Shel would have laughed. ) Karyl Miller |
