Comic-Disadvantage co-founder dies

Richard Alf, among the co-founders of San Diego's Comic-Disadvantage, has died from pancreatic cancer at 59. Alf became a member of track of a gang of volunteers in 1970 to begin the now-annual convention honoring comics. Friend and fellow Comic-Disadvantage co-founder Mike Towry states Alf fronted a couple of 1000 dollars to cover the convention for that first 3 years and gave other co-founders rides in the vehicle. In 1970, the very first Comic-Disadvantage was relatively modest in comparison towards the convention that now draws a lot more than 125,000 individuals to North Park every summer time for any 3-day extravaganza. Alf also founded the Comic Kingdom shop in Hillcrest within the seventies. Alf was identified with advanced pancreatic cancer in December. He's made it by his mother. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com