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    Comic book and film fans may be interested in the following:

    One month to go! OAFCON 2008 is almost here! The dealers are preparing their merchandise, the fans are gathering their money and soon... comic book, pulp, paperback, movie, radio and tv show collectors will arrive in Oklahoma City, October 3 and 4th for this most waited collector/dealer convention !! We're not kidding! Just look at the Big Name Fans (ok, ok, some are professionals)coming to OAFCON to share their knowledge & goodies with us:

    BILL SCHELLY (GOH) Our special guest is currently associate editor of Alter Ego and has just written the biography of Joe Kubert: Man of Rock which is being released in October from Fantagraphics. He is the author of The Golden Age of Comic Fandom, Sense of Wonder: Life in Comic Fandom, Words of Wonder: The Life of Otto Binder and the biography of Harry Langdon ! Come meet and visit with Bill !!

    RICHARD D. OLSEN.. along with BOB BEERBOHM . write the yearly Victorian & Platinum Age report for the Overstreet price guide. Want to know about OLD comics.. here are the experts !

    CRAIG YOE .. author of the acclaimed ARF comic art book series and Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings, Art of Mickey Mouse and much more. We bow to his excellence in the comic specialty publishing and premium designing field and welcome him to our little get-to-gether! Arf!

    MICHELLE NOLAN... writing about old comics as Nolan's Notes. Ya wanna know about any Romance comics? She wrote THE book about the subject and it has just been released! Or visit with her on any other comic book subject for that matter. She's a comic book encyclopedia!

    DOUG ELLIS .. chairman of the yearly Windy City Pulp & Paperback show

    DAN STEVENSON .. collector of all comics... and let me emphasize the word ALL. Please sell Dan some comic books on his want list. That's one of the reasons he's coming.

    MICHAEL VANCE .. author of Forbidden Adventures: The History of ACG; director of the Oklahoma Cartoonist Collection., and writer of comic books and comic strips.

    R.A. JONES ..wrote lots of comics in the 80's and 90's.
    Scimidar, Protectors, Dark Wolf and others

    JOHN WOOLEY author and most knowledgeable fan of B-Movies ,Pulps, Old Music,

    Dan Turner and is a legendary 1960's fanzine editor/rock star plus more writing/movie credentials than I have room for..

    BUD PLANT .. yep, the one and only. Come test his knowledge on old illustration artists and books. And his latest catalog will be on hand for you to place orders!

    LARRY BIGMAN ... Frazetta Williamson fan and collector. Started dealing comics in 1968. LARRY LATHAM .. former animator of Disney's Talespin series; pulp,comic book & cartoon fan.

    BUDDY SAUNDERS .. Mr. Lone Star Comics ! Buddy is coming to meet fans and tell old stories about the early days of Dallas fandom. Plus he will be searching for comics for his web site store.

    JERRY WEIST .. EC, Bradbury, Crumb expert, original editor of Squa Tront. This year bringing the Forrest J. Ackerman fan films to OAFcon.!

    ROGER HILL.. Original art collector and author of the REED CRANDALL biography due next year

    WILT CONINE .. owns every Fawcett comic and every Big Little Book and every...

    BRETT WEISS.. author of Classic Home Video Games 1972-84 and a collector of fanzines and comics. Come buy his book and discuss old video game systems.

    RICK KELSEY .. Full time freelance writer of popular culture features..Collector of a zillion things.

    SHACKLES THE CLOWN ... yes, the legendary 50's TV star making his final public appearance.

    BRUCE SHULTS ... Mr Popeye to everyone. #1 Popeye collector! And likes the girl in the red dress and her friend who goes Arf ! Arf !

    STEVEN FEARS ... wanna know about DC War Comics? He's the guy. Buy his CD fanzine at the con~! And there are many more!

    And here's some of the DEALERS.. who without them the con would be a lot less fun! Come support these guys who carry the inventory you want to buy! ERIC GROVES.. golden/silver age, pulps, paperbacks, newspaper stripsJOHN MCMAHON .. old comics, hardback series, paperbacks, pulps, newspapersJOHN BRYANT ...old comics, paperbacks, odd toys, nostalgia itemsBOB BEERBOHM.. gold/silver comics, pulps, comic art, Victorian, Platinum booksRICK PAYNE .. movie and tv paper, pulps, comics, unusual paper itemsCHARLIE FREDGREN... movie paper, comics, rare items.DOUG ELLIS pulps, facsimiles, magazines, books, paperbacks, ++??WALLY STAHL.... old time radio shows, books and esotericaJERRY WEIST ... what will Jerry bring? hmmmmmmmmmm?GRANT IRWIN .. collectibles, old comix, and weird wonderful paper thingsBILL CAMPBELL .. he has 5 tables and plans on loading them down with old stuff! BART BUSH .. newly found old book collection being unveiled at this con! IKE WILSON .. original comic art, comics, whatever else lying aroundROGER HILL ... original art, fanzines, and a lot of old stuff ready for sale!ROBERT BROWN.. movie paper, premiums, pulps, and much more DOUG SETTLE .. old comics, original artwork, misc paper itemsBRUCE SHULTS .. series books, popeye items, comics, misc paper collectiblesJIM GERLACH .. Burroughs hardbacks, comics, pulps, books., miscBUCK WALTON .. movie paper, comics, paperbacks,magazines, old whatever!GREG HUNERYAGER coverless golden age, original art, silver age and more! Here are some of the scheduled events. All activities are in the one big dealers room at the podium area!

    WILD SHIRT SATURDAY

    Over the years, the cons have attracted those that like to wear wild looking shirts. I've seen some killer tropical ones as well as some dynamic original ones..Wear your best wild shirt and stand in the line-up on Saturday Afternoon where the audience will pick the winners! The prizes will be enough to buy you another shirt! Yowza!

    SHOW & TELL YOUR FAVORITE COLLECTIBLE
    last year this was a big hit. Bring a favorite item from your collection and tell us about it and why its so important to you.. Friday Afternoon at the dealers room podium.

    SUDDENLY IT'S TRIVIA ....
    win prizes by knowing obscure details about comics, films, books, etc. Just blurt out the answer and you're the winner. we give away pulps, golden age comics, old books, etc in a random sort of secret way. You must be present to win. Friday and Saturday afternoon.

    OAF SUPER AUCTION SATURDAY
    Perhaps the highlight of the show for some attendees. Our legendary Golden-Silver Age Only auction !
    A hour of so of fast paced auction activity with great collectibles offered at a fraction of value!! Eric J Groves has agreed to be our auctioneer!
    YOU can submit for free also! Details at the front door. starts late Saturday afternoon.

    GOTTA SING... GOTTA DANCE...
    as an added bonus this year we'll be playing background music of OAF favorites from the 30s-60's.
    And every once in a while, some really important tune will begin; the music will rise; and we'll all be singing and dancing and having a swell time!! Just wait and see!!

    FORRY ACKERMAN fan horror films footage !!
    Jerry Weist is bringing a never before seen collection of fan made horror/monster films that were submitted to Forry decades ago. These 8mm and whatever films have been transferred to DVD and OAFCON 2008 has the first showing of this collection. Wow! Showing several times Friday and Saturday.

    DICK TRACY'S 77th BIRTHDAY PARTY
    yep, Saturday, October 4th is Dick Tracys birthday!! We will have a cake in honor of Chester Gould's famous creation! Come join the fun as we reminisce about our favorite Tracy storylines and villains. We will show off a bunch of cool old Tracy collectibles during the party! THE DRAW ARF!what does that mean? Come see it Saturday afternoon. And you will laugh! OAFCON 2008OCTOBER 3rd and 4th .. that's FRIDAY AND SATURDAY only... NO SUNDAY SHOW.Admission is $5.00 per person and good for BOTH DAYS !!!

    Con Hours: 10 am to 7pm Biltmore Hotel Oklahoma
    401 South Meridian Ave.
    Oklahoma City, OK 73108
    Telephone 405-947-7681Tell them you are with the OAF showBook early. they sold out last year!

    I-40 and Meridian Exit 145 EASY to get to!!! Free shuttle ( 5 minutes) from Airport !!

    Please remember this is not a modern day comic book show. No artist alley, no anime, no new comics. Mostly the dealers bring old comics, pulps, art, books, and etc dateing from 1900-1980. Facsimiles and modern day reprints of older material are welcome and will be available. The Oklahoma Alliance of Fans (OAF) hosted comic book, nostalgia, star trek and media conventions in the 1970's and 1980's are back after a 25 year absence.

    We enjoy old paper and entertainment collectibles which include comic books, movie posters, pulps, big little books, dime novels, original art and prints,hardback book series, paperbacks, magazines, photographs, records, radio shows & premiums, sheet music, advertising items, toys, board games, pinback buttons, etc

    Come see the diversity at OAFCON. Need more info? e-mail Bart at bbush3@cox.net SEE YOU THERE!!! Bart Bush & Robert A.BrownChairmen OAFCON 2008

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