Help the Hodges

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Wed Jan 20, 2010 20:37 -0700

Tim Hodge is an animator, having worked at Disney and was a director of Veggie Tales. His son Matthew was in a car accident involving a train, and is in a coma. Tim's insurance will not cover long-term recovery, so artists and animators organized by Chad Frye and Tony Bancroft through the National Cartoonists Society are putting on a fund raising effort through e-Bay. The auction begins Thursday, January 21. There are over a hundred items, including ultra-rare items such as a drawing of Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz, Wallace and Gromit drawing by Nick Parks, and art by Drew Struzan. The art and collectibles will be auctioned in thirds. I donated the original art for the "Orange" print.

For more information and to view the art click on the link:

http://www.HelpTheHodges.com/

You can also make tax deductible donations through the site.

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Thu Jan 21, 2010 8:24 -0700

There are some amazing pieces on that list. I'll be going for a couple of them.

It's great to see the animation and comics community rallying like this, but then they always do.

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Fri Jan 22, 2010 10:33 -0700

The auction started yesterday and bids skyrocketed!! In the time it took me to click on an auction I was interested it jumped from $0.50 with no bids to almost $200 and 3 bids.

The jam piece that Stan contributed to is almost at a grand right now!

MIGHTYDUKE · Post by **MIGHTYDUKE** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 14:08 -0700

The orange print is up & I am the high bidder so far.

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 14:21 -0700

Here is the link for anyone interested

Also it's an original painting, not a print.

noblegear · Post by **noblegear** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 20:22 -0700

And it is up to 481 dollars plus change with plenty of days left.

/bow

Thank you, Sensei. I know the Hodges really appreciate it.

Andrew

MIGHTYDUKE · Post by **MIGHTYDUKE** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 13:43 -0700

I was still the high bidder last I looked. But it looks like all the auctions have been taken down??

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 14:17 -0700

MIGHTYDUKE wrote:I was still the high bidder last I looked. But it looks like all the auctions have been taken down??

All the Help the Hodges auctions have been taken down by eBay. I don't know why eBay suspended the auctions. The people organizing the benefit were not notified or consulted beforehand. Rest assured that the auctions will begin again once everything is straighten out in a couple of weeks.

Colin Solan · Post by **Colin Solan** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:44 -0700

The Usagi painting has been reposted!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 18:19 -0700

The painting is still up, with less than two days to go. It is at a good price--less than half of what it was when all the art was taken down about a month ago.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USAGI-YOJIMBO-Origi ... 500wt_1107

rs2 · Post by **rs2** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 19:50 -0700

it's on my watch list, and more importantly I'll have finished work when the auction ends!

truth be told, it's something I probably shouldn't even think of bidding on, as this year's already been hectic and shows no signs of abating, but...

well...

it's a beautiful piece!

Stan Sakai · Post by **Stan Sakai** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 20:13 -0700

rs2 wrote:it's on my watch list, and more importantly I'll have finished work when the auction ends!

truth be told, it's something I probably shouldn't even think of bidding on, as this year's already been hectic and shows no signs of abating, but...

well...

it's a beautiful piece!

Thank you. I don't usual push items on eBay, but the organizers just asked me to encourage bidding. And all the money goes to a good cause.

Matt, who was in the accident and for whom this all is for, still has not come out of his coma.

Post by **Mayhem** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 7:54 -0700

There'll be snipers on it, you can probably be rested assured there

rs2 · Post by **rs2** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 8:04 -0700

Mayhem wrote:There'll be snipers on it, you can probably be rested assured there

I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case!

happy, but surprised...

rowdydog4444 · Post by **rowdydog4444** » Sat Mar 20, 2010 13:51 -0700

Good cause + amazing art = my bid