Comic-Con Co-Founder Richard Alf Dead at 59

January 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment

Richard Alf, one of the co-founders of San Diego’s Comic-Con, has died from pancreatic cancer at age 59, reports The Associated Press. Friend and fellow Comic-Con co-founder Mike Towry noted that Alf planned the San Diego convention in 1969 at the age of 17. He financed the first three cons, [...]

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