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Below are photos of ads for comic book conventions from the leading fanzine of the early 1970s, The Buyer's Guide for Comic Fandom aka TBG. The photos all from issues published in 1972 - 1975.

San Diego Con
TBG #58, 1974
It just keeps getting bigger and bigger. I don't think "Peanuts" Charles Schulz creator attended to many comic book conventions.
Detroit Triple Fanfare
TBG #67, 1974
Four big name guests all still alive as of 2012.
Bay Con I
TBG #84, 1975
Joe Kubert died in 2012.
Rivercon '75
TBG #86, 1975
Famous science fiction author Philip Jose Farmer died in 2009. I'm a big science fiction an but I've only read one of his books, The Gates of Creation.
Tele-Fantasy Con '75
TBG #86, 1975
As of 2012 Noel Neil is still alive. She appeared at many conventions over the years.
San Diego Con
TBG #100, 1975
San Trek Convention
TBG #102, 1975
I like the 1960s TV show Star Trek but I've never been to a Star Trek convention. I did meet science fiction author Hal Clement at a sci-fi show in Roanoke, Virginia in the late 1990s. He saw my Astounding Science Fiction pulps on my dealer display wall and said he had some but didn't seem to eager to sell them to me.
Famous Monsters Convention
TBG #104, 1975
Peter Cushing died in 1994.
Miami Con I
TBG #105, 1975
Star Trek: Houston
TBG #108, 1975