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==Fandom== [[File:WSFS 020.jpg|thumb|The "Balcony Insurgents" who were told at the 1956 Worldcon, ''"Dave Kyle says you can't sit here."'']] Kyle, an active fan since the earliest days of organized [[science fiction fandom]], was an original member of New York's [[Futurians]]. In 1936, he published ''The Fantasy World'', possibly the first [[comics]] fanzine.<ref>Kyle, David. [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m24/kyle.htm "Phamous Phantasy Phan"]. [[Mimosa (magazine)|''Mimosa'']] no. 24, pp. 25-28.</ref> He attended the [[1st World Science Fiction Convention|first]] [[Worldcon]], and both wrote and printed the "[[Yellow Pamphlet]]" condemning the organizers. The [[manifesto]] led chairman [[Sam Moskowitz]] to ban several prominent members of the Futurians from that convention.<ref>Kyle, David. "The Great Exclusion Act of 1939". [[Mimosa (magazine)|''Mimosa'']] no. 6.</ref><ref>Kyle, Dave. [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m22/kyle.htm "Caravan to the Stars"]. ''Mimosa'' no. 22, pp. 4β8.</ref> Kyle chaired the 1956 [[14th World Science Fiction Convention]] (NyCon II), an incident at which inspired the fan [[catchphrase]], "Dave Kyle says you can't sit here." He was created a Knight of The Order of Saint Fantony in 1961, and was awarded the [[Big Heart Award]] in 1973. Kyle was also Fan Guest of Honor at ConStellation, the [[41st World Science Fiction Convention]], in 1983. In addition, he wrote hundreds of articles for various [[fanzine]]s, including regular articles for Richard and Nicki Lynch's ''[[Mimosa (magazine)|Mimosa]]''. Kyle married another fan, Ruth Evelyn Landis (whom he had met through fandom), on August 31, 1957; for their [[honeymoon]] they flew to England for the [[1957 Worldcon]] there, together with 53 friends and in-laws, on a specially [[air charter|chartered flight]].<ref>Kyle, David. [http://jophan.org/mimosa/m30/kyle.htm "A Fan-Tastic Honeymoon: An Air Wonder Story"]. [[Mimosa (magazine)|''Mimosa'']] no. 30, pp. 25β27.</ref> They remained married until her death on January 5, 2011. They had a son Arthur and a daughter Kerry.<ref>[http://northcountrynow.com/obituaries/ruth-evelyn-kyle-81-formerly-potsdam "Obituaries: Ruth Evelyn Kyle, 81, formerly of Potsdam"]. ''NorthCountryNow.com'', January 6, 2011.</ref>
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