Dallas Fantasy Fair
dallas fantasy fair annual multigenre fan convention held dallas texas show demise home harvey award ceremony heyday show one largest comic convention country third attendance behind san diego comiccon chicago comicon dallas fantasy fair took place three day friday sunday convention featured large range pop culture element primarily comic book also science fictionfantasy filmtelevision animation anime manga toy horror collectible card game along panel seminar workshop comic book professional dallas fantasy fair often featured preview upcoming film evening event costume contest convention featured large floorspace exhibitor including comic book dealer collectible merchant show included autograph area well artist alley comic artist signed autograph sold produced free sketch despite name artist alley could include writer even glamour model organizer lankford known generosity regard artist alley often giving even marginal creator free table convention antecedent dallas fantasy fair included southwesterncon held alternately dallas known dcon houston known houstoncon late dcon produced larry lankford born june –died dec went three year later found dallas fantasy fair first dallas fantasy fair held four day june – lankfords bulldog production business name fantasy fair programming coordinator paul mcspadden mcspadden later went become coordinator harvey award early year show – convention held independence day weekend additional show added fall season thanksgiving weekend bulldog production held three iteration fantasy fair spring summer fall throughout summer addition dallasbased convention lankford put twoday convention austin houston san antonio austin event also known austin fanfair became annual affair late typically attracting – attendee dallas convention meanwhile averaged visitor mark walter promoter later dallasarea convention dallas comic toy fest aka dallas comic show est copromoter dallas comic con est attended first convention fantasy fair soon went work lankford eventually rose secondincommand – bulldog production put monthly oneday dallas minicons area generally attracted attendee per show march presentation harvey award fantasy fair occurred shortly death award namesake harvey kurtzman much show form fundraiser help pay continuance award year also dallas fantasy fair held june – summer edition dallas fantasy fair held dallas market hall saw record attendance show hitting attendee time thirdlargest show united state behind san diego comiccon chicago comic con bulldog put three iteration show april august harvey award presented november summer show featured guest rob liefeld jaime hernandez al williamson alex ross james obarr jim steranko show scheduled july – market hall dallas cancelled short notice due money management issue harvey award scheduled presented never publicly presented instead mailed winner dallas collector con put together substitute event plano centre suburban plano texas coordinated bobby briggs bruce spiegelman joined john fairless j david spurlock james mayfield official guest bernie wrightson bill sienkiewicz howard cruse rob liefeld kurt busiek complex city convention page dallas fantasy fair tribute dff organizer larry lankford death