City Distribution opened "an expanded facility in Sea Gate's old space in Sparta, alongside the [defunct publisher Pacific Comics'] printing plant." Personal life By 1957, Seuling was married to Carole Seuling, with whom he had two daughters, Gwenn and Heather. The couple grew apart as Phil became more interested in hippie culture, separating in 1971 and eventually getting a divorce but remaining close. Carole would do a small amount of writing for comics, including co-creating, with artist George Tuska, Marvel Comics' jungle-girl heroine Shanna the She-Devil in 1972. Seuling entered a romantic relationship with Jonni Levas, a former student who was instrumental in running Sea Gate. Awards Seuling was presented with an Inkpot Award at the 1974 San Diego Comic-Con. In 1985, he was posthumously named as one of the honorees by DC Comics in the company's 50th anniversary publication Fifty Who Made DC Great. See also List of book distributors Fifty Who Made DC Great References Further reading Beerbohm, Robert. "Secret Origins of the Direct Market, Part 2: Phil Seuling and the Undergrounds Emerge." Comic Book Artist #7 (February-March 2000), pp.116-125. Eisner, Will. "Interview with Phil Seuling." Will Eisner's Shop Talk. (Dark Horse Comics, 2001) pp.283-305. McLauchlin, Jim. "The Man Who Invented Your Comic Shop (Among Other Things)." Wizard #219 (January 2010). Schelly, Bill. Golden Age of Comic Fandom (Hamster Press, 1995) Schelly, Bill, ed. Alter Ego, the Best of the Legendary Comics Fanzine (Hamster Press, 1997) American businesspeople in retailing American male voice actors Comics industry Businesspeople from New York City 1934 births 1984 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople People from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn