An author of a book diving into Comic-Con's history explains one of the founders actually took out an ad in a paper looking for people to sell and exchange comics with.
SAN DIEGO — Comic-Con is quintessential San Diego, but to understand just how strong of a connection the event has to America's Finest City, we have to go back to 1969, when a group of kids craved a community of fellow comic book fans.
Klickstein explains Barry actually took out an ad in a paper looking for people to sell and exchange comics with. Before fans packed the Convention Center and downtown, they met at Ken Krueger's bookstore in Ocean Beach. That's where the Comic-Con Committee was formed. They brought the first Con to the U.S. Grant Hotel's basement, And they called it"Golden State Comic-Minicon."
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