{"id":24106,"date":"2017-09-25T12:05:46","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T16:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/?p=24106"},"modified":"2017-09-26T09:37:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-26T13:37:11","slug":"help-me-id-this-1975-convention-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/25\/help-me-id-this-1975-convention-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Help me ID an unfamiliar face from this 1975 convention photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 1975, when I was working in the Bullpen at Marvel Comics, I flew to Toronto to appear on a panel at CosmicCon along with Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, and &#8230; someone whose name I no longer remember.<\/p>\n<p>Neither does Marv.<\/p>\n<p>And since the reason I dug out this photo was as part of my mourning process for Len, we&#8217;ll never know if <em>he<\/em> might have remembered.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarvLenScottandUnknown.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarvLenScottandUnknown-300x241.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarvLenScottandUnknown-300x241.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarvLenScottandUnknown-768x616.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/MarvLenScottandUnknown-1024x822.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When I recently shared the image on Twitter and Facebook in the hopes someone could identify the face at the far right, suggestions included Bernie Wrightson and Howard Chaykin (I blame the sideburns), but &#8230; it wasn&#8217;t either of those two.<\/p>\n<p>If you happen to know who that is, please let me know!<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATED 9\/26\/2017:<\/strong> Thanks to Ron Kasman, who wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/joeshusterawards.com\/2015\/01\/19\/york-universitys-cosmicon-one-of-canadas-earliest-comics-conventions\/\">this article about the history of CosmicCon<\/a>, I learned that&#8217;s Jim Craig, who worked for Atlas Comics at the time, and went on work for Marvel on such titles as <em>Master of Kung Fu<\/em> and <em>The 3-D Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a photo of him which appeared a couple of years later in <em>FOOM<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JimCraigFOOM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JimCraigFOOM-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-24119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JimCraigFOOM-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.scottedelman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JimCraigFOOM.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Internet, for solving this mystery!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1975, when I was working in the Bullpen at Marvel Comics, I flew to Toronto to appear on a panel at CosmicCon along with Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, and &#8230; someone whose name I no longer remember. 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