Phil Seuling

Phil Seuling
Seuling in 1974
Born	Philip Nicholas Seuling (1934-01-20)January 20, 1934 New York City, U.S.
Died	August 21, 1984(1984-08-21) (aged 50) New York City, U.S.
Education	City College of New York
Occupation(s)	Comic book distributor; convention organizer
Spouse	Carole Seuling
Children	2

Philip Nicholas Seuling (/ˈsjuːlɪŋ/;^[1] January 20, 1934 – August 21, 1984)^[2] was an American comic book fan convention organizer and comics distributor primarily active in the 1970s. Seuling was the organizer of the annual New York Comic Art Convention, originally held in New York City every July 4 weekend throughout the 1970s. Later, with his Sea Gate Distributors company, Seuling developed the concept of the direct market distribution system for getting comics directly into comic book specialty shops, bypassing the then established newspaper/magazine distributor method, where no choices of title, quantity, or delivery directions were permitted.