| Be A Character in One of My Upcoming Novels! |
[Jan. 16th, 2010|04:08 pm] |
The eBay auction to be a character in CONCRETE SAVIOR has officially started! Go here: Item number 180457374043.
Come on-- haven't you always wanted to be in a book? Here's your chance, plus it's for a good cause. Auction proceeds go to Deaf Dane Rescue, Inc. of Oakridge, Oregon.
Come and join the adventure!
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| The Things Humanity does to Humanity |
[Oct. 27th, 2008|08:17 pm] |
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This found its way into my email this morning, and it is not an Internet Rumor. Those in the comics industry may recognize Michelle's name.
Sunday, October 26, 2008 This is no internet rumor. I know the people involved, and the tragedy is real.
There is a paypal account near the bottom for donations.
Please pass this along to those who might care to help.
Thanks for reading.
-- Steve Sullivan
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To our friends --
Please pass this around and help if you can --
Our closest friends have heard of MICHELLE CALANOG PRINCIPE.
But you haven't heard the rest of it:
Michelle works in the comics industry abroad and is quite involved in many of the comics being published. She manages Glass House Graphics Asia and Studio Sakka, a creative agency and manga studio, respectively, coaching and guiding dozens of artists and colorists across the Philippines, Japan, Hong Kong, and even India. What's more, she oversees bunches of free seminars each year, bringing in experienced talent to teach hopeful young artsts about the comics biz.
Among her talent roster: Bong (Star Wars) Dazo; Carlo (Hulk) Pagulayan; Stephen (Wolverine: Manifest Destiny) Segovia; Lui (New Terminator) Antonio; Noah (Red Sonja) Salonga; Patrick (Avengers/Invaders) Berkenkotter; Harvey (Avengers: The Initiative) Tolibao; Jonathan (Battlestar Galactica) Lau; Anthony (Bratz) Tan; Wilson (Wolverine Manga) Tortosa, Tina (Space Ace) Francisco, and plenty of colorists for Marvel, Dark Horse, Dynamite, Dabel Bros., and so on.
She's also been a comic book character. Michelle is the sister of Jinky Coronado (artist of TokyoPop's Avalon High series and writer/artist of her own series Banzai Girls). Michelle has been a character in every issue of Jinky's comic book. And the two of them even appeared together in FHM Philippines. So Michelle's overall ties to the comics industry go pretty deep.
Married at the beginning of the year to her college sweetheart Rhene Principe, Michelle had a baby exactly one month ago. That should be cause for celebration, and it was. But within 12 hours of taking home newborn Reinee, Michelle found him not feeding and unresponsive. Back at the hospital, doctors discovered what they thought were blood clots in his brain. A catscan and surgery further revealed them to be inoperable deposits of calcification in his brain. Soon they also learned the baby had multiple hernias -- intestines pushing through muscle walls -- and areas of bowel that were not processing food. Young Reinee went through four weeks of painful surgeries, spending nearly every day in ICU.
Born September 26, 2008, Reinee Jaden Principe died today, October 26, 2008. But every mother's worst nightmare HASN'T ENDED.
Although Michelle and her husband emptied their savings account on hospital expenses, and Glass House's head honcho David Campiti and Jinky Coronado (they are married) have each donated thousands of dollars toward Reinee's medical expenses, the hospital wlll not release Reinee's body to Michelle for burial until she pays the remaining $9,000.00+ in medical costs.
What's more, they now have funeral expenses to worry about.
Jinky is trying to help her sister to raise the remaining money. Help from anyone -- a dime, a dollar, $10, whatever -- is greatly needed in a hurry, and appreciated. Michelle and Rhene need to bring some closure to their heartbreaking situation and, literally, put him to rest.
She has set up a PayPal donation Email specifically for this -- banzaigirlmc@gmail.com
For any generous individuals donating $1,000.00 or more, Jinky will illustrate and personalize a custom cover-quality illustration of whatever characters they want.
Your help for Michelle and her family is appreciated.
-- David |
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| Big Thank You! |
[Jul. 22nd, 2008|10:31 am] |
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Hello fellow campers! Another wonderful and educational (yes, I learned lots from the panels, and a new drink, too!) year. I loved meeting new people, especially our roomies! They were very fun. It was also awesome hanging out with old friends.
Anyways, I want to thank all of you who carted our asses back and forth from airport and back again, to bayside, hotel and to the liquor store, grocery store, mini golf, and to Lizzie's. If it hadn't been for you wonderful souls, we would have been lost and forgotten.
Special thanks to Bev, Mark, John, Morby, Brian, Dan, Mary, Dennis, Marie, and to Joe who took I don't even know how many people to how many places.
Also, thank you to Jeff and Lynne for helping us through our "dry" spell.
We totally appreciate all of the kindness and consideration from everyone. We had the best time because of you.
Hugs and gratitude! I can't wait to see all of you again next year or sooner! |
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| Hey fellow campers! |
[Jul. 16th, 2008|04:39 pm] |
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Due to unexpected flight rearrangements, we are now getting into Providence around 2:30pm tomorrow. If any of you folks are getting in around the same time and have extra space we would love a lift. We can definitely pay some gas money or rental money or whatever. Thanks and I can't wait to be there! |
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| NECON IS SOLD OUT! -- Addendum |
[Jan. 21st, 2008|04:08 pm] |
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2 slots left, might as well all be gone.
And as a follow-up (and to add to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.2) possumqueen's comment, all I can do is quote Dan Booth's last letter to Campers and Would-Be Campers alike (from 12/31/07):
" If you sent in a deposit, please remember that you need to pay the remaining balance ASAP. " (Somehow I deleted the text of the original post -- oops.)
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| VOTE FOR GOBLIN!!! |
[Jan. 17th, 2008|05:51 pm] |
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Yes, it's true -- my sweet-grumpy ol' boy has got himself up on the voting page at Danes Online. Since it is the season of politics and such, and everyone is in such a voting mood (you are, aren't you?), won't you please please please vote for him HERE? I don't think there's any prize or such to be gained, but wouldn't it just be the greatest boost to Mr. Laid-Back to be voted the cutest?
Like all these web voting thingys, one vote per day. We needs all the helps you can give -- it seems Dane Ceasar has lots of friends! And besides, you gotta love that Goblin [icon] smile! |
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| Photos |
[Nov. 18th, 2007|06:09 pm] |
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Hi everyone. Just a note-- while I much appreciate and always welcome photos from Necon to post on Campnecon.com, please Please PLEASE downsize them before you send them to me. The last batch of 12 photos I received came in at 1.4 to 1.7 mg EACH and nearly took down the Necon email server because they completely filled up the emailbox in one swoop. I also don't have time to do the downsizing, so it's likely to be quite some time before I'm able to get them up on the site. Thanks! |
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| Campnecon.com |
[Nov. 15th, 2007|06:07 pm] |
Hey folks. The coding glitch on the main webpage of Campnecon.com, which kept folks from seeing the Memories of Campnecon 2007, has been fixed. Sorry it took a couple of days -- I have been swamped swamped swamped!
Ye Necon Webmistress Von |
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