In this June 29, 2006 picture, Sheldon Dorf holds a Dick Tracy comic book in Ocean Beach, Calif. near San Diego. Dorf, a freelance artist and comic strip letterer, who founded the world famous Comic-Con International comic book convention in 1970, died Tuesday Nov. 3 in San Diego. The convention draws 125,000 fans a year and is a major gathering for comic book fans, artists, writers and movie stars.