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Dan Farr (born February 15, 1967) is an American technology entrepreneur. He is known as co-founder of Daz 3D, a 3D content and software company, and for founding Salt Lake Comic Con.
Dan Farr (born February 15, 1967) is an American technology entrepreneur. He is known as co-founder of Daz 3D, a 3D content and software company, and for founding Salt Lake Comic Con.
Career
Dan Farr co-founded Daz 3D Inc. in 2000. It develops and publishes 3D digital content and software for creative professionals and hobbyists. Two of the products Farr helped create while at DAZ were Daz Studio and Genesis Platform. In 2005 Farr, along with his partners at Daz 3D, created an illustrated Christmas book entitled ''Mr. Finnegan’s Giving Chest'' using Daz 3D's products and featured actorDick Van Dyke
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Shortly after leaving Daz 3D in the spring of 2012, Farr began planning Salt Lake Comic Con, a biannual comic book convention
A comic book convention or comic con is a fan convention emphasizing comic books and comic book culture, in which comic book Fan (person), fans gather to meet creators, experts, and each other. Commonly, comic conventions are multi-day events h ...
. The name of the convention was changed to FanX after a lawsuit was filed by Comic-Con International (CCI), the nonprofit that runs San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a comic book convention and multi-genre entertainment event held annually in San Diego, California, at the San Diego Convention Center. Founded in 1970, originally showcasing primarily comic books and science fiction/fant ...
. In 2018, Farr announced he would reduce his roles in FanX after allegedly mishandling a sexual harassment complaint.
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