OrlandoCon, also known as O'Con, was a long-running comic book and comic strip fan convention which was held annually between 1974 and 1994 in Orlando, Florida. The first comics convention held in the Orlando area, OrlandoCon billed itself as the "Central Florida comic art convention and early TV/film festival."[2][3] Captain Marvel-creator C. C. Beck was a regular guest of the show; as were many other Golden Age comics creators who lived in the Orlando area.
The founders of OrlandoCon were regional chairman of the National Cartoonists Society Jim Ivey[4][5] (1925–2022)[6][7][8] and local enthusiasts Charlie Roberts, Rob Word,[9] Richard Kravitz, and Neil Austin.[10][7][11][12] Most OrlandoCons took place over a September weekend.
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^"Central Florida Comic Art Convention, TV & Film Festival". OrlandoCon '78 convention booklet. Orlando, Florida: Orlandocon. 1978.
^"Honoring Florida's 75 Great Cartoonists!". Orlandocon '82: Central Florida Comic Art Convention and Early TV/Film Festival convention booklet. Orlando, Florida: Orlandocon. 1982.
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^"James Ivey Collection: An inventory of his Collection at Syracuse University". Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center. In the 1970s he started the annual Orlandocon convention.
^Holtz, Allan (July 19, 2022). "Rest in Peace James Burnett Ivey". Stripper's Guide.
^ abZablo, Craig (July 14, 2022). "RIP: Jim Ivey". CraigZablo.com.
^Black, Bill (July 14, 2022). "JIM IVEY passed away last night". First Comics News. He was the original founder of our beloved OrlandoCon which ran over 20 years.
^Marschall, Rick (July 21, 2022). "Another – 30 – : JIM IVEY". Yesterday's Papers. Jim was omnipresent in those places – and subsequently at OrlandoCon, the legendary annual comics fest he started with Charlie Roberts and Rob Word.
^Roberts, Charlie. "The Frazetta 1977 Exhibit". FritzFrazetta.blogspot.com. In 1973 I moved to Orlando, Florida and became a co-founder of 'OrlandoCon' with Jim Ivey, Richard Kravitz, Rob Word, and Neil Austin.
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^"Article on debut of OrlandoCon". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. December 8, 1974. p. 237. Orlandoco ... sponsored by Ivey and four fellow collectors from the Orlando area.
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