Comments on: Help John Ostrander keep his eyesight

by: Kid Kyoto

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:11:30 +0000

I gave $50, I’ve been loving his stories for more then 20 years.

by: Trav

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:50:14 +0000

I’m definitely contributing. John has written some of my favorite comic book series, and it’s time I gave a little somethin’ back to him.

by: Rich Faber

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 05:09:23 +0000

While it did not have the critical acclaim of other work of John’s, I had the privilege of working with him on Quicksilver back in 1998, and got to know him as a wonderfully kind person. John was always very nice to me, at a time when writers did not always necessarily regard inkers as part of the creative process. To his credit, and my gratitude, John always included me in plotting sessions, and was an extremely gracious teammate.

While my wife’s illness prevents me from contributing monetarily at this time, I will be looking through my original art for something to contribute to the cause. We’ve received so much support from this incredibly generous industry in our time of need, and it’s only right to give back to a friend. I only hope that whatever contribution I can make will help put things over the top for John. I know firsthand how difficult medical expenses can be, and I hope enough money can be raised to make this operation happen.

Best,
Rich Faber

by: Neal

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:48:56 +0000

The Spectre is my all time favorite series followed by Suicide Squad. I was moved to a lot of self exploration with the Spectre and would say that it influenced who I am as a person.

by: Rob Barrett

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 03:26:29 +0000

John gave Jim Corrigan one of the best treatments a Golden Age hero ever got, so it’s only fair that fans of the JSA give back to John.

by: Ali T. Kokmen

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:02:28 +0000

John Ostrander was one of the first comics scribes of whom I considered myself a bona fide fan. On new comics day, I had a habit of putting the comic I was most looking forward to reading at the bottom of the stack so I could savor it last; his Suicide Squad was always my bottom-of-the-stack book those weeks it shipped.

I loved–and still do!–the proto-Vertigo horror-ish anthology series he did with Del Close WASTELAND, which has some of my absolute favorite comics stories of all time. (Ostrander’s Sonnet LXVI, done to Shakespeare’s 66th Sonnet for one.)

And his cold war era work on Firestorm, and the nuanced storytelling of Hawkworld that was so good it made folks set aside all the continuity problems, and Spectre, and GrimJack…yeah, I owe Ostrander for a lot of reading pleasure. I’ve scraped together something for a Paypal donation, and hope it does a little way toward doing a lot of good for him.

by: Garnet

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:40:38 +0000

Mark Coale has it exactly right. I owe John Ostrander for Suicide Squad.

by: Mark Coale

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:58:57 +0000

link fixed.

The legion of fanboys who clamor for the return of Suicide Squad should all give a few dollars.

John did a store signing where I worked a few years ago and was great to everyone.

by: Matt D

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 22:20:56 +0000

Just chiming in to thank those putting together something for Mr. Ostrander. Great cause for a great guy.

by: gail

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:55:18 +0000

I was just at the Superman Celebration with John in Illinois, and a kinder, nicer, smarter guy you could never hope to meet.

Please take a moment and look at the link,

comix4sight.com

and see if you can possibly help John Ostrander, one of the best writers
this business has ever had.

And thank goodness for people like Adriane and Mike!

Gail Simone

by: Alan Coil

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:55:00 +0000

http://www.comix4sight.com/

by: Scott Rowland

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:50:51 +0000

Thank you for posting this. Folks, it’s really easy to go and donate via Paypal and you’ll feel good about it.

Best wishes, Mr. Ostrander, and thanks for Grimjack and all the other stories!

by: Brian Jacoby from Secret Headquarters Tallahassee, Florida

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:22:36 +0000

That link is blank.

by: Phil Hester

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:17:19 +0000

I’m donating. I’ll be bidding, too, so give me something choice to buy, folks.

by: Drew Geraci

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:45:13 +0000

I plan to donate, having glaucoma myself (in my case, it’s easily treated with eyedrops twice a day) it really hits home.

Heidi, It’s Mike GOLD not Mike God, although I could excuse the misnomer as he is doing the lord’s work:)

by: Christopher Moonlight Has Bad Eyes, Too.

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:31:10 +0000

Man, I feel for him. My sight has been going bad over the last year and it sucks. Lucky for me, I’ve finally gotten an insurance plan that will cover glasses, but for a while there, I just had to live with it. When I get off work, I’ll go over to the site and see what I can do to help. No one should have to lose their vision in this day and age.