San Diego Comic Convention

I've been attending the San Diego Comic Convention since 1985, and have many photos of comic professionals, icons, fans, models, movie stars, rock stars, and exhibitionists who mingle with the Great Unwashed every year, for 4 days straight, (usually in the muggiest, hottest time of year).

The majority of these photos were taken with an old school 35 mm Bell 'n' Howell camera that my brother gave me in 1968. I also used a hand held light meter. That's the "thing" hanging around my neck in some of the pix.

Credits to pix taken by other friends are duly noted.



Friday, November 30, 2007

2001


The Lord works in mysterious ways

2001


A touch of Vegas

2001


Lou Ferrigno
-(I could bounce a mini comic off
that arm)

2001


Kaz

2001


top: Megan Besmirched, who put
on the TRUTH SHOW
-bottom: Fleener and Gary Groth

2001


-top: Dave Cooper
-bottom: Danny Hellman

2001


ALTERNATIVE COMICS booth
-top: Jeff Mason
-bottom: Sam Henderson

2001


-top: Lorna Miller
-bottom: Dame Darcy and Lorna

2001


Megan Kelso and Renee French

2001


Action inside and outside
the Ladies Room

Thursday, November 29, 2007

1999


Batton Lash, Jackie Estrada and Charles Brownstein
at chez Fleener

1999


Batton Lash and Jackie
Estrada

1999


1999


Batton Lash

1999


YEAH!
Peter Bagge and Gilbert
Hernandez

1999


Richard Sala

1999


Tasha Lowe-Newsome

1999


Jim Pascoe

1999


Brian Biggs

1999


Gabriella Bell

1999


Amanda Padilla, Creepy Mike, and Gabriella Bell

1999


Dan and Stacia Gregor

1999


FleenerTempTat for Stacia

1999


FleenerTempTat for Dan Gregor
(using a Sharpie!)

1999


Ariel Bordeaux and Rick Altergott

1999


-top: Ariel Bordeaux and Fleener
-bottom: Peter Bagge and Dan Clowes

1999


David Walker, publisher of BAD AZZ MOFO

1999


Raven- man of many Horror movies

1999


1999


A vision of Homer

1999

1999


Kids 'n' stuff
-top: Ivy McCloud and daughter
havin' fun

1999


1999


1999


Don't call her a "plushie". Don't even go there.

1999


"Miss Bunny"

1999


T-shirts..."the kind men like"...

1999


REPRODUKT from Berlin, Germany.
-top: Dirk Rehm
-bottom: Minou Zaribaf

1999


-top: Keith Knight
-bottom: Brain Ralph

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

1998


GOT BACK??!!??
Not bad for a white chick, but in
this arena, unless you're BETTY
PAGE, forget about meeting the
INK STUD of yer dreams, baby!!

1998


Newspaper reporters from the NORTH COUNTY
TIMES: Gary Warth and Leslie Ridgeway

1998


Steve Beaupre ("Cat Head Comix")

1998


Ron Turner at LAST GASP, and
Sharon 'n' Larry Weltz at the CHERRY POP
TART booth

1998


Megan Kelso

1998


Anne Bernstein

1998


-top: Heidi MacDonald and Larry
Marder
-bottom: Chris Staros, Fleener,
and Eddie Campbell

1998


-top: Batton Lash and Jackie Estrada
-bottom: Sarah Dyer

1998


-top: S. Clay Wilson
-bottom: Ellen Forney

1998


Trina Robbins and Joyce Farmer

1998


Molly Kiely

1998

1998


1998


1998


1998


Speaking of The Devil, only an evil presence would
compel a woman to wear something as TAWDRY
as this get-up.

1998


Like most snake oil salesmen,
she had a good hook 'n' line, and
I fell for it, shelling out for 3 issues
of a lame "Christian Comic".
Ah yessss, The Devil made me do it!!!

1998


RC Harvey,(blue shirt) gets a smooch from a pal (?).

1998


1998


That's what I'm talkin' about!

1998


-top: Dan Clowes
-bottom: Clowes, Chris Ware, and
Terry LeBan

1998


-top: Richard Sala
-bottom: Jim Blanchard and
Dave Cooper

1998


Seth and Chester Brown

1998


1998


Diversity...and eternal "hope".

1994


THE GIG FROM HELL!
Everything that could go wrong,
went wrong. First, the Hotel San
Diego lied about having air conditioning
, so the joint was 100 degrees, then
the P.A. we rented blew up during
sound check. Most of the people
there were totally miserable because
of the heat and weren't into the music
at all. No one danced, and I don't blame
'em. The one shining moment was when
Buddy Blue placed 5 shots of bourbon
on the floor in appreciation cuz' we
played our asses off and got down and
dirty. I have never sweated so much in
my life, and as you can see from JR and
Wayno's shirts, neither had they. Poor
JR blew out his vocal cords because
we had to use my bass amp for a P.A.
Even so, we had ourselves a TIME!

1994


"We're gonna play a little game called 'tag"...
The Kats singing "Cocksuckers Ball"...Paul, Wayno,
Fleener and JR. Nothin' double entendre about us!

1994


Sin Alley Kats rehearsing.
Paul Therrio, Fleener, Wayno, James Spong, and
JR

1994


Road rage!!
Jim Blanchard and JR

1994


Fleener with da boyz.
-top:JR Williams
-bottom: Wayno

1994


The Sin Alley booth
-Dennis Worden, Fleener and Wayno
(the cute punk girl, whose name I
forgot, was involved in a fatal car crash).
(photo: Turtle Onli)

1993


Guitar Paul (Gary Lamb on drums)

1993


"She knows how t' WHAP-A-DANG!!"
JR and Wayno

1993


JR hits the high notes

1993


"The Sin Alley Kats" at chez Fleener
-Mary, JR, and Wayno

1993


Hyper Wayno!

1993


Wayno as Esquivel's forgotten
"love child"

1993


Wayno and JR Williams-lookin' GOOD!

1993


Fun with Devo wigs at
chez Fleener.
-JR, Worden, Wayno and
Fleener

1993


"How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm?"
-JR Williams, Kate Kane, and Paul Therrio

1993


(Photo: George Parsons)

1993


The "Autobio Nation"
party sponsered by Denny
Eichhorn in the Hotel San
Diego basement, (drunk in
public, smoking pot openly,
and half dressed women-so
what ELSE is new?)
-top: Paul Therrio, (my husband),
and Kate Kane
-middle: Erick Gilbert, Therrio,
Wayno, Fleener
-bottom: Fleener, Therrio, and
Kate
(photos: Kika (Kate) Kane)

1993


Last time I wear a get-up like this!
(photo:Jackie Estrada)

1993


1993


The faces of LA FABULA.
-right: Dennis Worden makes nice with
"Trixi La Fabula".

1993


Only the most LA FABULA read
"Slutburger"

1993


Fine Dining at the "Alfredo's" Thursday nite.
-Wayno, Fleener, Mack White, George Parsons,
Dennis Worden, Roy Tompkins abd JR Williams.
(photo: Kika Kane)

1993


Bob Crabb

1993


Kodak moments
-top: Fleener and Frankenstein
-bottom: Craig Yoe and Fleener

1993


Matso!? Stromberg

1993


-top: Bruce Hilvitz, Flower
Frankenstein and John Pound
-bottom: Wayno, Worden, and
Mark Martin

1993


The SIN ALLEY Soviet
-JR, Wayno, Fleener and Worden...(Roy Tompkins
was part of the group...he'd show up the next day)
(photo: Al Czarnecki)

1993


First year for the SIN ALLEY booth.
The cost was $775, now it's $1800!
-top: Dennis Worden, JR Williams,
and Wayno

Tuesday, November 27, 2007

1992


Dick's Last Resort.
-from left: Jeannie Martin (back), Mark Martin,
Paul Jenkins, Wayno, JR Williams, Danielle DeLeon,
and Brigham Martin.

1992


I Love The Nightlife!
Wayno and Dennis Worden take their
chances.

1992


Hanging out with Kate Kane in
her suite at the Hotel San Diego

1992


Hanging out at chez Fleener
-top: Roy Tompkins
-bottom: Fleener wears JR's leather

1992


Helena Harvilitz in basic black

1992


Makin' friends- the WAYNO WAY
-top: Helena Harvilitz
-bottom: Rebecka Wright

1992


How to schmooze, the WAYNO WAY.
-top: JR Williams
-bottom: Flower Frankenstein

1992


The Eyes Have It!
-top: Wayno
-bottom: Paul Jenkins and Wayno
The girl was in a band called "Green Jello", later
called "Green Jelly"

1992


Comics aren't just for kids anymore.
Kate Kane, Maggie Bloodstone and JR Williams

1992


Two guys in the alley.
Wayno and Jr Williams

1992


Three guys in a rental car.
-top: Roy Tompkins, Wayno, and
JR Williams
-bottom: Tompkins, Wayno, JR

1992


Rick Geary

1992


"The Steves"...
-top: Steve Lafler
-bottom: Steve Beaupre and
Lafler

1992


Scott Jackson (Revolutionary
Comics artist)

1992


Teenage Ninja Turtle does NOT
have a pistol in his pocket, as
Mary Fleener soon discovers.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

1991


Batton Lash

1991


Roger May

1991


-top: Spain
-bottom: Milton Knight

1991


MOJO NIXON on Aisle 666

1991


LAST GASP booth w/Erick Gilbert

1991


-top: Wayno and Dennis Worden
-bottom: Paul Mavrides and Peter
Bagge

1991


-top: Gary Groth (w/ ponytail!!),
Mario Hernandez, and Rebecka Wright
-bottom: Wayno, Peter Bagge, Dennis
Worden and JoAnne Bagge

1991


Wayno and Peter Bagge

1991


LONG BEACH
-top: Long Gone John
-bottom: da PIZZ

1991


-top: Roberta Gregory
-bottom: Dan Clowes

1991


Jane Oliver

1991


Kim and Lynn Thompson

1991


Dan Clowes and Wayne Honath

1991


The Canadians

1991


The women at the RIP OFF booth

1991


RIP OFF PRESS booth with
Fred Todd (Guy Colwell in bkgnd)

1991


Don Simpson

1991


Larry Marder

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

1990


"KNOCKERS UP"!!
Lisa Crandal, Fleener, and Kate
Kane

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

1990


Michael Dowers (at chez fleener)

1990


-top: Matt Madden and friend
-bottom: JR Williams, Terry LeBan,
and Angela Bocage

1990


Fleener and Worden

1990


Mr. and Mrs......
Mario Hernandez and Rebecka
Wright

1990


Matt Feazell

1990


-top: Colin Upton, Jamie Adler,
and Fleener
-bottom: JR Williams (back),
Steve Lafler, and Steve Beaupre

1990


Ray Zone

1990


-top: Wayne Honath and Dan Clowes
-bottom: Colin Upton and Dennis
Worden

1990


Worden and Wayno doin' the Man Thang

1990


CAR CULTURE
-top: Dennis Worden
-bottom: in the lucky Space #13,
Wayno, Jr Williams, and Worden

1990


Roberta Gregory

1990


Dennis Worden poses with an OWIC, ("Other
Women In Comics")

1990


Dennis Worden and Gary Groth (Fantagraphics)

1990


JR Williams

1990


The Faces of "JAH"! (pt 3)
"You want me to draw WHAT?!!?"

1990


The Faces of "JAH"!(pt 2)
-top: Angela Bocage, Matt Madden,
Mark Burbry, Fleener, ?. Terry LeBan.
Matt Feazell, JR Williams
-bottom: JR, Bob Crabb, and Dan
O'Neill

1990


The Faces of "JAH"! (pt 1)
-top: JR Williams, Steve Lafler, and
Steve Beaupre
-bottom: Wayne Honath, Rebecka
Wright, and JR

1990


JR Williams and Wayne Honath

1990


Wayne Honath

1990


Dennis Worden

1990


Oh! Superman!!
Fleener :"hard, all right, but no enchilada".

1990


1990 Hammer of Justice!
-top:Jamie Adler, Fleener, JR
Williams, and Dennis Worden
-bottom: Fleener and Worden

Monday, November 19, 2007

1989


-top: Dennis Worden and Long
Gone John
-bottom: Jamie, Mario Hernandez
and Wayno

1989


-top: Ray Zone, Krystine Kryttre, and
JR Williams
-bottom: Gary Groth reads an "art
sabotage" book while JR Williams pops
a tic tac

1989


Larry Weltz (back), Wayne Honath, George
Parsons, Carol Lay, Don Donahue, Dennis Worden,
and JR Williams

1989


Rip Off Press con party.
Wouldn't be the a party without
a fire eatin' belly dancer!
-top: Bruce Hilvitz

1989


Erick "I am French" Glibert
(Phoebe Gloeckner in background)

1989


Joe Blow and Wayne Honath

1989


Dennis Worden, Krystine Kryttre,
and Fleener fool around with some
black mosquito netting. So what else
is new?

1989


Fleener as a Shepard Fairy poster

1989


The Pizz and JR Williams

1989


The arm and bust of Angela
Bocage

1989


Mark and Jeannie Martin

1989


The year the Ninja Turtles took off.
-top: Mark Martin
-bottom: Wayne Honath

1989


Lux Interior (The Cramps), and
Wayne Honath

1989


Ed Brubaker

1989


-top: Ray Zone and Fleener
-bottom: Fleener and Paul Mavrides

1989


The Rip Off Press booth and it's
many exposures.
George Parsons, Fred and Kathe
Todd, publishers

1989


The Rip Off Press booth
Kathe Todd and Fleener

1989


-top: Wayne Honath, Paul Mavrides,
Guy Colwell, Phoebe Gloeckner,
Kathe Todd, and Carol Lay
-bottom: Carol Lay (back), Kathe
Todd, Guy Colwell, and Phoebe
Gloeckner

1989


Kathe Todd, Rip Off Press publisher

1989


The many moods of
Krystine Kryttre

1989


RL Crabb (but you can call him
"Bob")

1989


-top: JR Williams, Steve Lafler
-bottom: da Pizz

1989


-top: George Parsons, Bob and
Kate Crabb
-bottom: Bruce Hilvitz

1989


George Parsons and Bob Crabb

1989


Phoebe Gloeckner, Guy Colwell, and Krystine
Kryttre

1989


At the old convention center, on
2nd and "B" Street, there
was a nice li'l bistro right outside...
a place to hang and drink beer.
top: Wayne Honath, Paul Mavrides,
and Guy Colwell
bottom: Kate Crabb, Don Donahue,
and Phoebe Gloeckner

1989


Wayno got me a Lucky Voodoo
Chicken Foot charm from New
Orleans so, we started chanting
to our success every year during
Comic Con. Here we are in the
midst of a ritual ceremony.
Fleener, Dennis Worden and
Wayne Honath (Wayno)

1989


The "Underground Comix" audience was more
interesting than the participants. OH, those ar-teests!
It's like pulling teeth to get them to talk about
themselves.
-front row: Gary Groth, Kate Crabb, JR Williams,
Rebecka Wright, ?,?,?, Sam Henderson
-second row: Mark Burby, Angela Bocage, ?????
-???, George Parsons

1989


"Underground Comix" panel pals
top: Sam Henderson, Marc
Arsenault, Bruce Hilvitz, Fleener,
Adam Alexander, Krystine Kryttre
bottom: Paul Mavrides, Hilvitz,
Bob Crabb, Kryttre, Pizz, JR
Williams, and Dennis Worden

1989


Marc Arsenault, Dennis Worden, Sam Henderson,
Mark Martin, mystery man, Wayne Honath

1989


1998 Hammer of Justice
JR Williams, Wayne Honath and Dennis Worden

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

1988


1988 Hammer of Justice.
Some wall in San Diego with:
Dennis Worden, Fleener and Krystine Kryttre

1988


Winding down at FILIPES in Little
Italy...the best slop in town!
top: Wayne Honath, Dennis Worden.
and Carol Lay
bottom: on the left, behind Jim
Valentino, is Wayne Honath,
Carol Lay, and on the right, Bob Crabb,
Don Donahue, Krystine Kryttre,
Kim Deitch and Dan Clowes

1988


More fine dining at FILIPES

top: Dan Clowes and Kim Dietch
bottom: Fleener w/ Pete and Joanne
Bagge

1988


top: Dennis Worden, Kate and Bob
Crabb
bottom: Edd Vick- the Comics F/X guy

1988


Carol Tyler

1988


top: Brian James Riedel, Ray Zone,
and Fleener
bottom: Gail Zone, Don Donahue,
and Carol Lay

1988


Fantagraphics Panel
top: Jaime Hernandez, Dan Clowes.
Peter Bagge
bottom: Bagge, Peter Kuper, Dennis
Worden

1988


Hanging out at Chez Fleener before
the Comic Con Festivities.
top: Wayne Honath, Dennis Worden
(Wayno's first visit!)
bottom: Fleener and husband, Paul
Therrio

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

1987


top: Dan O'Neill and Krystine Kryttre
bottom: Steve Lafler, Bob Crabb
and Kryttre

1987


Dori Seda as a "Shepard Fairy"
poster (Photo originally shot by
Adam Alexander)

1987


JR Williams

1987


top: Bob abd Kate Crabb show
off Pizz Art
bottom: Crabb and Fleener

Friday, November 9, 2007

1987


GARY WRAY'S IN TOWN!!
top: Dennis Worden, Bob X, Brian James Riedel and Gary Wray
middle: Wray
bottom: Bob X, Riedel, and Wray

1987


art spiegelman and francoise mouley

1987


Paul Mavrides, Dennis Worden and The Pizz

1987


A PARTY WAITING FOR A HOTEL ROOM TO HAPPEN

top: Angela Bocage
middle: Bob X
bottom: Fleener, Larry Weltz in background

1987


top/bottom: Carol Lay and Jr Williams

1987


Mary Fleener and Joyce Farmer

1987


top: Bob X w/ Dennis Worden
middle: Al Greenier w/ Worden
bottom: Brian James Riedel w/ Worden

1987


The many moods of the Pizz

1987


Krystine Kryttre

1987


Kate Kane, (f. "Crabb"), and Krystine Kryttre

1987


THE LAST GASP BOOTH
top: Ron Turner
bottom: Erick Gilbert

1987


STEVE LAFLER and Ass. Pt 1.
top: Steve Lafler, Dori Seda, and Scott Nickel
middle: Lafler, Fleener and Dennis Worden
bottom: Lafler, Al Greenier, and Worden

1987


top: JR Williams (back), Dennis Worden, Carol Lay (back), Dori Seda, and Krystine Kryttre
middle: Joe Sacco (back), Krystine Kryttre, Dori Seda, and Ed Smith
bottom: art spiegelman, Dori Seda

1987


Dan O'Neill and Krystine Kryttre

1987


Will Eisner

1987


top: Ray Zone
middle: Matt Feazell
bottom: Rick Geary

1987


(top + bottom) Fleener, Erick
Gilbert and Dori Seda

1987


Scott McCloud

1987


Matt Groening and Anne Marie at Last Gasp

Thursday, November 8, 2007

1986


Paul Mavrides and George Di Caprio

1986


Krystine Kryttre

1986


Dori Seda.

1986


THE COMIC CON NIGHTLIFE

The Hotel San Diego had cheap
rooms, thin walls, drunks, creeps,
bedbugs, and a "no hassle" policy
towards anyone who wanted to
entertain in their rooms. This
was the perfect atmosphere for
after-hours Comic Con parties.

Dennis Worden and
I take moment to pose within
the faux gold leaf mirrors that
adorned every hallway.

1986


Fleener and Joyce Farmer. This was the year
we co-edited the last issue of TIT'S 'n' CLITS,
(which was started by Joyce and Lyn Chivley
in 1972.)
photo: Clay Geerdes

1986


Hard to believe, but here we all are, taking a
"Smoking Break", INDOORS, at the old Con-
vention Center, despite the new no-smoking
rules that were posted everywhere. The Pizz,
Fleener, (not me! I quit in 1984), Carol Lay and
Mystery-Man.

1986


Artists drawing stuff for one of Roger May's
mini-con-comix...Carol Lay, The Pizz, Mystery-Man, and in
the back, Don Donahue and Kate Crabb.

1986


Roger May-he'd make mini comics
at the con, for the con, and during
the con. Each year there'd be a
different theme, and the artwork
spanned genres and styles.

1986


The LAST GASP booth, with Ron Turner,
Erick Gilbert, The Pizz, and Leslie Sternbergh
in the lovely polka dot dress.

1986


Carol Lay and Fleener

1986


Pizz and Fleener

1986


The Pizz and Paul Mavrides, with
JR Williams in the background.

1986


Ron Turner and Rob't Williams explain "comix"
to an ambitious filmaker.

1986


Pizz talkin' turkey with Rob't Williams

1986


Gail and Ray Zone

1986


Fleener and Krystine Kryttre.

1986


Dori Seda, (1951-1988), reading
"Bongo Dick" by Dennis Worden.

1986


Dennis Worden with painting,
Bob and Kate Crabb, and
Krystine Kryttre.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

1985

  • JoAnne and Peter Bagge meet Fleener for the
  • first time at Last Gasp booth.
  • (photo:Dennis Worden)

1985

  • The Pizz and Ray Zone
  • (photo: Dennis Worden)