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dancerjodiOur friend Mark has been down on his luck lately. He's a commercial illustrator (you've probably seen his stuff in the Weekly Dig) and is responsible for this gem of a comic http://thinkingapeblues.com/ .
They live out in Lunenburg, and so they suffered the 2 weeks of no power back with the ice storm a few months ago. When the power came back there was a major surge, frying the contents of his computer and killing his data (work and personal related). They are in the midst of insurance hell right now, trying to get the funds to get the data and computer back amongst other house related things.
Then his wife was in a pretty serious car accident. It was 100% not her fault, but they are in insurance hell right now (seeing a trend?) while they are waiting for the settlement. She's had some back issues and they are paying out of pocket for a rental until the claims are done. I'm not sure if she's back at work or not (she's a public defender in Lowell), but either way, they have two young kids to care for which is work enough on top of the injury.
And then the other day Mark slipped on some mud, fell and broke his wrist. The right one. The hand he draws with (so he's not working right now on top of all of this other stuff).
He's a very creative and all-around great guy, and if anyone likes his work at http://thinkingapeblues.com/ (its very, very clever) please throw some money his way on some merch. He's one of the main reason why some of the amazing prop projects you've seen the NEG and Alderaan Base do have been pulled off (Jabba, Landspeeder, Dewback). I don't mean this to be a charity call as much as a 'help a geek out if you like his stuff' request. Or support your local artist. Or something. In fact, he'd probably be annoyed that I'm posting this in the first place, but I feel so compelled (and I'm stubborn like that). :)
They live out in Lunenburg, and so they suffered the 2 weeks of no power back with the ice storm a few months ago. When the power came back there was a major surge, frying the contents of his computer and killing his data (work and personal related). They are in the midst of insurance hell right now, trying to get the funds to get the data and computer back amongst other house related things.
Then his wife was in a pretty serious car accident. It was 100% not her fault, but they are in insurance hell right now (seeing a trend?) while they are waiting for the settlement. She's had some back issues and they are paying out of pocket for a rental until the claims are done. I'm not sure if she's back at work or not (she's a public defender in Lowell), but either way, they have two young kids to care for which is work enough on top of the injury.
And then the other day Mark slipped on some mud, fell and broke his wrist. The right one. The hand he draws with (so he's not working right now on top of all of this other stuff).
He's a very creative and all-around great guy, and if anyone likes his work at http://thinkingapeblues.com/ (its very, very clever) please throw some money his way on some merch. He's one of the main reason why some of the amazing prop projects you've seen the NEG and Alderaan Base do have been pulled off (Jabba, Landspeeder, Dewback). I don't mean this to be a charity call as much as a 'help a geek out if you like his stuff' request. Or support your local artist. Or something. In fact, he'd probably be annoyed that I'm posting this in the first place, but I feel so compelled (and I'm stubborn like that). :)
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Date: 2009-02-19 03:16 pm (UTC)wow, when it rains, it pours. :( I hope their luck changes soon!
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Date: 2009-02-19 03:49 pm (UTC)I had no idea
Date: 2009-02-19 05:31 pm (UTC)But whatever Duck needs, I'll be happy to help.
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Date: 2009-02-19 10:31 pm (UTC)Always looked forward to TAB in the Dig -- sorry to hear that he and his family have hit such hard times.