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Gene Deitch, Jerry Beck, and Leonard Maltin at Comic-Con International 2013

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Animation legend Gene Deitch (left) made his first-ever appearance at Comic-Con International 2013, and animation expert Jerry Beck and film historian Leonard Maltin interviewed him at his spotlight panel. Deitch was also a 2013 Inkpot Award recipient.

The SAN DIEGO COMIC CONVENTION (Comic-Con International) is a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation organized for charitable purposes and dedicated to creating the general public’s awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms, including participation in and support of public presentations, conventions, exhibits, museums and other public outreach activities which celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.

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