Veteran comic artist Gene Colan is "on the mend," as they say…recovering from a busted shoulder and the death of his wife. I spoke with Gene yesterday and he sounded good. Put it this way: He sure sounded like a guy who's going to get past all this and get back to a normal, albeit reconfigured life. I sure hope so.
The last comic book Gene drew was an acclaimed issue of Captain America (#601) which I believe is up for an Eisner Award, three weeks from tomorrow night. Gene has authorized his agents to put some of the original art from that important book up for auction. The bidding commences over here and if you're interested, I wouldn't dawdle about leaping into the bidding. Some folks are going to bid because it's a great, historic issue. Others will bid because it's magnificent artwork. Still others will bid because it's for a good cause. The smart people will bid for all three reasons.