Updated 10/24/09: Steve Perry now has a PayPal account you can use to send him money: sandramaples48@yahoo.com. He is currently living in a house under foreclosure and has received disconnect notices for power and water. Also, I just found out he has his 5-year old son with him. This is a sad, sad situation. I’ve confirmed all of this with Steve Bissette (including the odd PayPal account name) and it is for real. If you have anything to spare, please help him out.

Updated 9/1/09: The original address was a typo…the corrected address is now printed below.

I feel obligated to pass on this appeal from artist, author and CCS professor Steve Bissette:

If you are or ever have been a fan of the work of writer Steve Perry of Time Spirits, Thundercats and Silverhawks – not to be confused with either the prolific and popular sf writer or the rock star — and you can afford to help a man on his last legs, please, do so.

Despite the best efforts of myself and others, Steve is in dire straits at this very moment, suffering terminal cancer and lack of any support, and sorely in need of any help that can be sent his way.

He has finally set up an address to receive mail after an ill-fated attempt to find shelter and re-establish himself in another part of the US.

I Express mailed cash (postal money order) myself this past week; I am trying to pull together more this coming week.

If you can spare any amount over $1, and can send it in a form Steve can cash without a bank account or online access (but do NOT mail cash; postal money orders are likely ideal), send it to:

Steve Perry
38046 8th Ave
Zephyrhills, FL 33542

More information can be found at Steve Bissette’s blog here. While he has far more readers than I do, every little bit helps.

Updated 8/22/09: I found this comic on my shelf, and look who the writer is.

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And I can’t help but include the pretty awesome theme song:

 


MDR


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