Back in 1969, when Mike Towry was a teenage San Diego comic dealer, he participated in the founding of Comic-Con. After the celebration for the 40th Comic-Con in 2009, he began to think it would be fun to have an old-school comic convention in San Diego. In the Fall of 2011, with the 40th anniversary of the first El Cortez Comic-Con coming up in the next year, he decided it was the right time to do it, and the San Diego Comic Fest was born. The San Diego Comic Fest is your con, it’s all about you and the things you love. You’re part of the “us” in “about us.” It’s not just a show that someone else is putting on for which you will be a mere spectator.