35 years ago, NOW.

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July 1-5 at the Philadelphia Sheraton.  Lucky kid me was there, but didn't get to meet Guest of Honor John Stanley, which still brings adult me down.  But a good time was had, and consequently, to me, July 4th = FUNNYBOOKS.  


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  1. BooksteveJuly 16, 2012 at 3:55 AM

    I was there, too! Didn't meet Stanley, either. My biggest memory was discovering a room full of giant Jeff Jones paintings! In ore recent years, I was able to become an online friend of the now-late artist and I'm quoted on her website!

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  2. Sandy JarrellJuly 17, 2012 at 7:58 AM

    I remember a room of Jones/Wrightson/Kaluta/Windsor-Smith art at the following year's show in NYC. Probably off my funnybook radar in '77 :)

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