San Diego Comic-Con was founded in 1990.
San Diego Comic-Con . It was founded as the Golden State Comic Book Convention in 1970 by a group of San Diegans that included Shel Dorf , Richard Alf , Ken Krueger and Mike Towry ; later , it was called the `` San Diego Comic Book Convention '' . Since 1974 , Comic-Con has bestowed its annual Inkpot Award on guests and persons of interest in the popular arts industries , as well as on members of Comic-Con 's board of directors and the Convention committee .