# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shel-dorf
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:12:12.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shel-dorf"
name: "Shel Dorf"
slug: "shel-dorf"
description: "Sheldon \"Shel\" Dorf was an American comic book enthusiast and the founder of San Diego Comic-Con. Dorf was also a freelance artist and graphic designer, who lettered the Steve Canyon comic strip for the last 12 to 14 years of the strip's run."
tagline: "American comic-strip letterer and freelance artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shel_Dorf.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-07-05"
deathDate: "2009-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.45
  momentum:             5.40983606557377
  historical:           6.343161333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AC%9D%E7%88%BE%C2%B7%E5%A4%9A%E7%88%BE%E5%A4%AB"
    title: "謝爾·多爾夫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%81"
    title: "شيل دورف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Dorf"
    title: "Sheldon Dorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Dorf"
    title: "Shel Dorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Dorf"
    title: "Sheldon Dorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Dorf"
    title: "Shel Dorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shel_Dorf"
    title: "Shel Dorf"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3481777"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump