{"id":1404,"date":"2009-07-22T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=1404"},"modified":"2009-07-21T01:00:54","modified_gmt":"2009-07-21T05:00:54","slug":"comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic Writer John Ostrander Needs Your Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"John Ostrander at ComicBookDB.com\" href=\"http:\/\/comicbookdb.com\/creator.php?ID=108\" class=\"broken_link\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"John Ostrander and Suicide Squad\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/suicide_squad_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/>John Ostrander<\/a> has written some of the greatest comics produced in the last 20 years. Some of his best known work includes: <em>Suicide Squad<\/em>, <em>Star Wars Legacy<\/em>, <em>The Spectre<\/em>, <em>Legends<\/em>, <em>Grimjack<\/em>, <em>The Kents<\/em>, <em>Hawkworld<\/em>, <em>Martian Manhunter<\/em>, <em>Eternal Warrior<\/em>, <em>Magnus Robot Fighter<\/em>, <em>Manhunter<\/em>, <em>Firestorm<\/em>, and the list goes on and on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John has been battling glaucoma for years now.\u00a0 If he loses this battle, he loses his eyesight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John recently had some very expensive surgery.\u00a0 Without the surgery, he would not have been able to retain his sight.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the resulting medical bills are more than John can afford.\u00a0 This is where we come in&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A benefit auction has been announced to raise money to pay the medical expenses of John Ostrander.\u00a0 His friends and colleagues Mike Gold, Adriane Nash and Peter Katz have organized the benefit auction with the aid of Wizard Entertainment to help pay the medical bills after John&#8217;s insurance ran out. The event will take place on the Saturday night (August 9) of Wizard World Chicago Comic-Con in a nearby hotel.\u00a0 If the auction isn&#8217;t an option for you, they are taking donations as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">John continues to give us excellent comic book adventures.\u00a0 This is your chance to give something back to him.\u00a0 I feel this is important enough that I&#8217;m posting it both here on ONCE UPON A GEEK and on my other blog, <a title=\"Firestorm Fan\" href=\"http:\/\/firestormfan.com\/\">FIRESTORM FAN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please visit <a title=\"Comix4Sight - Raising funds for John Ostrander\" href=\"http:\/\/www.comix4sight.com\/\">Comix4Sight.com<\/a> for all the details and how to help.\u00a0 Anything you can give would be appreciated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1404\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1404\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-1404\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/22\/comic-writer-john-ostrander-needs-your-help\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Ostrander has written some of the greatest comics produced in the last 20 years. 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