by Mike Hansen
Just saw this from Anina Bennett (Boilerplate):
Comics for a cause! Paul Guinan and I will be at I Like Comics in Vancouver, WA this Saturday. Come to their party for Karl and Myrna Kesel, a fundraiser to help pay medical bills for their adopted son. Guest schedule as follows:
Saturday 9/1:
12-3 Paul Guinan & Anina Bennett
12-4 Dan Prado3-5 Kurt Busiek
5-7 Shannon WheelerSunday 9/2:
11-1 Aaron Lopresti
2-4 Pete Woods & Rebecca Woods
2-4 Guest of honor Karl Kesel
4-7 Randy Emberlin
If you’re in the Northwest, check this out! I can attest from personal or secondhand experience that all of the creators are super-nice and super-talented, and are down with a very worthy cause.
UPDATE: Anina just alerted me to an online benefit for the Kesels as well, which ends at midnight PST tonight – check it out.
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- Karl Kesel Sells Silver Age Collection For His Son’s Medical Bills (comicbookresources.com)
- Former ‘Superboy’ Writer Karl Kesel Sells Classic Comics Collection To Pay Son’s Medical Bills (comicsalliance.com)
- Badass Dad of the Day (thedailywh.at)
- Karl Kesel Comic Collection Funds Family (neatorama.com)
- DC Comics Writer Needs Your Help of the Day (geeks.thedailywh.at)
- DC Comics Writer Needs Your Help of the Day (cheezburger.com)
- Smile alert: Karl Kesel “I’m selling my past to gain a new future.” (comicsbeat.com)
- Buy Some Silver Age Comics For The Best Possible Reason (Hint: It’s Not Just About Owning Some Great Comics) (newsarama.com)
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Sorry I haven’t been around much lately, but my book, The Bellman Chronicles, will be FREE to download on Sept. 10 – 11! Check it out on my Amazon Kindle page.. You won’t be disappointed. And if you can slip me a review, I’d be forever grateful…