Marvel Comic Con in 1975 was the very first convention hosted by the Marvel Comics Group itself- and Sam Maronie was there!  Here’s a few minutes with his eyewitness account, including his meeting with Jack Kirby.  Sam shot most of the existing high quality photos from the event that you still see today- and continues photographing comics convention the nation over.   Sam’s also produced a book:  Tripping Through Pop Culture: The (Mis) Adventures of a Pop Culture writer, with a cover by the acclaimed Joe Phillips!  It’s also got a foreword from Scott Edelman, who you see in the silly picture above with legendary inker Joe Sinnott- our next guest on Creating Marvels! 

LInk to a page on Sam’s book