| Denver Minicon | ||
|---|---|---|
| August 23, 1980 | Ground Round Restaurant | |
| Notes | First meeting of Dan Mares, Dennis Pimple, and Kevin Robinette | |
| Colorado Comic Art Convention I | ||
| May 3, 1981 | Rocky Mountain School of Art | |
| Guest of Honor | Kirk Alyn - the 1st movie Superman in two serials, 1948 & 1950 | |
| Programming | Slide Show by UG cartoonist Darrel Anderson | |
| Art Instruction by Bill Farquhar (RMSA) | ||
| Program Book | Art by Robinette, copy by Robinette & Pimple | |
| Notes | Kirk Alyn gave us more media attention than any comic book personality - even Stan Lee - would have. | |
| This was our first encounter with John Severin, one of the great EC Comics artists and a Denver resident. His assistance in procuring guests, program advertising, and art for display would prove invaluable. He remains one of the true gentlemen of the industry. | ||
| Stan Lee Speech | ||
| June 23, 1981 | East High School | |
| Notes | First meeting of Fantasian group with those who would become the core of Acme Comics - T Motley, George Doro, Joel Millsapps, Phil Normand, et al. | |
| I suspect the timing of the Lee visit (sponsored by Mile High Comics) was to undermine the convention (it was heavily advertised for months), but the opposite happened. Less than 100 people attended the speech. | ||
| Colorado Comic Art Convention II | ||
| June 5-6, 1982 | Rocky Mountain School of Art | |
| Guest of Honor | Jim Payne, proprietor of Denver's 1st comics retail store | |
| Guests | Bob Layton, Marvel Comics Artist/Writer | |
| Michael Golden, Marvel Comics Artist | ||
| Programming | Animated short by Artie Romero and Jan Johnson of Everyman Studios | |
| Art Instruction by Kevin Robinette, Bill Farquhar, Richard Vincent | ||
| Program Book | Art by Millsapps, Normand, Layton, Golden, Albanese, Motley, & Jan Johnson, | |
| copy by Pimple & Mares | ||
| Notes | We'd hit the big time, getting Marvel to partially pay for the guests. | |
| We made fast friends with Bob Layton by having my wife take his girlfriend out sight-seeing instead of sitting around at the convention all weekend. | ||
| Sunday night Robinette and Normand helped him catch up on his artwork (on his 1st Hercules mini-series) by inking backgrounds. | ||
| Colorado Comic Art Convention III | ||
| June 25-26, 1983 | Rocky Mountain School of Art | |
| Guest of Honor | Phil Normand, SF and Comics illustrator | |
| Guests | Marshall Rogers, Comics Artist/Writer | |
| Larry Mahlstedt, DC Comics Inker | ||
| Gil Kane, Legendary DC & Marvel Comics Artist | ||
| Ron Wilson, Marvel Comics Artist | ||
| Edward Bryant, Local SF writer made good | ||
| Programming | Special art workshop by Gil Kane | |
| Art Instruction by Bill Farquhar | ||
| Book signing by Edward Bryant and Phil Normand | ||
| Program Book | Art and Design by T Motley, Art by Normand, Rogers, Mahlstedt, Kane, & Wilson, | |
| Copy by Pimple & Edward Bryant | ||
| Notes | Norm Dwyer's portfolio caught Marshall Rogers' eye, but nothing came of it for a couple years. | |
| Motley suspects Gil Kane was hinting at wanting some (a-hem!) female companionship for Saturday night. Luckily he didn't ask me outright; the convention treasury might not've been able to handle it. | ||
| Colorado Comic Art Convention IV | ||
| June 23-24, 1984 | Auraria Campus Student Center | |
| Guests | Bill Sienkiewicz, Marvel Comics Artist | |
| Joe Kubert, Legendary DC Comics Artist | ||
| Ed Stein, Rocky Mountain News Editorial Cartoonist | ||
| Drew Litton, Rocky Mountain News Sports Cartoonist | ||
| Programming | Special art workshop by Bill Sienkiewicz | |
| Art Instruction by T Motley | ||
| Gaming | ||
| Japanimation | ||
| Program Book | Story & Copy by Pimple, Pencils by Dwyer, | |
| Inks by Millsapps, Letters by Denise Pimple | ||
| Notes | We had outgrown the RM School of Art, so we joined forces with the Auraria DND club to get the Student Center for cheap. | |
| The program book was my highlight of this year's con. I wrote a story featuring Norm Dwyer's character Muscle Man and worked all the pertinent information into it. | ||
| Colorado Comic Art Convention V | ||
| June 22-23, 1985 | Auraria Campus Student Center | |
| Guests | Mike Kaluta, Marvel Comics Artist | |
| Elaine Lee, Marvel Comics Writer | ||
| Stan Phillips, professional animator | ||
| Drew Litton, Rocky Mountain News Sports Cartoonist | ||
| Special | Frank Albanese, Bob Conway, | |
| Recognition | Norm Dwyer, T Motley, Phil Normand | |
| Programming | Special art workshop by Mike Kaluta | |
| Art Instruction by T Motley | ||
| Program Book | Copy by Pimple, Art by Kaluta & Litton | |
| Notes | Our last hurrah. | |