{"id":483,"date":"2003-01-03T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2003-01-03T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/?p=483"},"modified":"2024-08-15T12:26:01","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T19:26:01","slug":"friday-flashback-002-a-blast-from-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/toucan\/friday-flashback-002-a-blast-from-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Flashback 002: A Blast from the Past!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_friflashback_1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_friflashback_1.png 700w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_friflashback_1-300x51.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-overline\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-brand-primary-color\">FRIDAY FLASHBACK<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>COMIC-CON&#8217;S VERY FIRST PROGRAM BOOK!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column cc-post-single__meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<p class=\"cc-post-single__author-label is-style-small\">Written by<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);\" class=\"cc-post-single__author-value wp-block-post-author-name has-20-font-size has-obviously-font-family\">Comic-Con International<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"cc-post-single__published-label is-style-small\">Published<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-top:0;margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--default);\" class=\"cc-post-single__published-value wp-block-post-date has-20-font-size has-obviously-font-family\"><time datetime=\"2003-01-03T11:11:00-08:00\">January 3, 2003<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"cc-post-single__updated-label is-style-small\">Updated<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal each week with\u00a0<em>Friday Flashback<\/em>\u00a0is to present rare photos and art from the Comic-Con archives. Well, we can\u2019t go back any farther than this week\u2019s featured item! Here is the complete program book from the \u201c1970 San Diego Golden State Comic-Con\u201d (Comic-Con\u2019s original name), held on March 21, 1970. This was the minicon that preceded the first official Comic-Con, which was held August 1-3 of that same year. The purpose of this minicon was to finance the bigger event later in the year, which (as you\u2019ll see in the ad on page 6 of the book, featured Jack Kirby and \u201cfans from all parts of the U.S.A\u201d). And no \u2013 we don\u2019t know who\u2019s coffee cup stain that is at the top of some of the pages. That has been lost to history, unfortunately.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cover \/ Page 1<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_sdcc1970_1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_sdcc1970_1-1.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2023\/10\/toucan_sdcc1970_1-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px\">The cover was a stock cover sheet given out by the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau and imprinted with the Comic-Con logo and minicon date. That\u2019s the California Tower in Balboa Park in the color photo, still a landmark in San Diego. This first minicon, like the first actual convention, was held at the U.S. Grant Hotel in downtown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 2<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_2.jpg 464w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_2-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">\u201cThe Fan\u2019s Fan! FJA.\u201d Forrest J Ackerman was just that for all his life and a beloved guest at Comic-Con over the years. Besides editing the fan-favorite magazine\u00a0<em>Famous Monsters of Filmland,<\/em>\u00a0Forry was an agent for science fiction authors (such as Ray Bradbury), was a member of science fiction\u2019s First Fandom, and had one of the largest and most impressive collections of movie and science fiction memorabilia in the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 3<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_3.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_3-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">The official welcome notes that \u201cThe years to come will see us grow and San Diego will take it\u2019s [sic] rightfull [sic] place in the world of fandom.\u201d That worked out pretty well, didn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 4<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_4.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_4-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">More on Forry, one of the minicon\u2019s guests of honor . . . or as they put it, \u201cGhost of Honor,\u201d since Forry had just finished a guest spot in a movie (<em>Blood of Frankenstein<\/em>\u00a0with Lon Chaney Jr. and J. Carroll Naish) in which his character was killed. Parts of Forry\u2019s impressive career are briefly outlined on this page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 5<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"461\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_5.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_5-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">Mike Royer was another minicon special guest, and he provided a self-portrait and wrote his own biography. This is probably right before Mike became the primary inker and letterer on Jack Kirby\u2019s Fourth World books for DC Comics (<em>Forever People, New Gods,<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Mister Miracle<\/em>), as his bio mentions his work as Russ Manning\u2019s assistant on the Tarzan books for Gold Key.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 6<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_6.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_6-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">Here\u2019s the ad for the first official San Diego Comic-Con in August, along with one for the science fiction convention Westercon XXIII, held in Santa Barbara, CA, in July of that year, plus the remainder of Mike Royer\u2019s bio. &#8220;Comic book artist Jack Kirby in person!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 7<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"458\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_7.jpg 458w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_7-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">Oh, to be able to travel back in time to visit some of these places! The Cherokee Book Shop in Hollywood was a legendary place with comic fans in that era, and Wahrenbrock\u2019s Book House in San Diego was a downtown fixture up until just a few years ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page 8<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/comic-con-prod-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_8.jpg 466w, https:\/\/www.comic-con.org\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2003\/01\/toucan_sdcc1970_8-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-large\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-transform:none\">The program schedule includes a couple of classic film showings (the silent version of\u00a0<em>The Lost World,<\/em>\u00a0featuring special effects by Willis O\u2019Brien, and\u00a0<em>Rocket Ship,<\/em>\u00a0the feature version of the first Flash Gordon serial), \u201cChalk Talks with Cartoonists\u201d (including guest Mike Royer), the first-ever special guest spotlight panel with Forry, and time allotted for everyone to visit the Dealers\u2019 Room again and again to buy stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large\">That\u2019s it! One day, 9:00 am to the proverbial \u201c? ? ?,\u201d a couple of great guests, a Dealers\u2019 Room filled with comics and all kinds of things to buy, some programs, and movie screenings . . . does it all sound familiar? This first-ever San Diego Comic-Con (albeit a minicon) set the stage for every show that came after it, each one increasing in size\u2014and scope\u2014over the years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Want to read more about the history of the San Diego Comic-Con? It&#8217;s all in the deluxe hardcover book,\u00a0<\/em>Comic-Con: 40 Years of Artists, Writers, Fans &amp; Friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRIDAY FLASHBACK COMIC-CON&#8217;S VERY FIRST PROGRAM BOOK! Written by Published Updated Our goal each week with\u00a0Friday Flashback\u00a0is to present rare photos and art from the Comic-Con archives. Well, we can\u2019t go back any farther than this week\u2019s featured item! 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