Okay, so here's the deal... My goal for this year was to open a Savings Account for myself. And I was hoping to do it before the end of October because my bank is having a deal where they'll toss in an extra $25 (good deal!), buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut...I've done the math and I'm probably going to be about $50 short to meet the deadline. So...I'd like $50.
I've also been doing a lot of thinking about my health lately. And, although I've got some troubles (as you may have read about in my other entries), at least I can
walk.
Now, this wasn't always the case. Here's me circa 1986:
I was born with a birth defect. Ya know how you're supposed to have a ball & socket on your leg/hip? I didn't have that. So, I ended up needing to have extremely extensive hip surgery that included all sorts of bone grafting and whatnot. This, of course, was very expensive. And my parents had both been laid off from their jobs at the time...
Children's Hospital and Crippled Children's Services came to the rescue. They paid for my surgery in full. That's the only reason that I'm able to walk now.
I'd really like to repay them.
That's where the title of this entry comes in. I've made a piece of fan art and I'm selling it on eBay. I want to keep $50 for myself (to fulfill my dream of finally having a Savings Account!) and then I want to give the rest to Children's Hospital!! So... If I get $150 for my art, I'll keep $50 and give $100 to the Hospital. If I get $1,000,000 for it, I'll keep $50 and give $999,950 to the Hospital! Get it? :)
I will post pictures of the check (and probably me going to the hospital and giving it to them) after the item sells.
Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd...without further ado, here's what I'm selling:
It's a wooden box. It's eight (8) inches long, four & a half (4.5) inches wide, and one & a half (1.5) inches deep. I used acrylic paints and black ink pens to decorate it. The bottom (not shown) is black with little pieces of felt glued on so that it won't scuff up anyone's furniture. There are fourteen (14) different comic strip/book/characters represented on the box's top. These are all artists/comics/characters that have changed my life in some way or simply make me smile. I hope that some (or all!) have done the same for you at some point!
They are:
1.)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weiner
2.)
Gunnerkrigg Court by Tom Siddell
3.) Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck by
Don Rosa (Carl Barks is the original guy, of course, but I adore Rosa's work)
4.)
Archie Comics (my fave is Jughead!) by Samm Shwartz (there are a lot of artists that've done Archie comics, but he's my personal favourite)
5.)
The Farside by Gary Larson
6.)
Questionable Content by Jeph Jaques
7.) Batman (I chose to draw him in the style of the animated series--which was also the comic series I enjoyed most)
8.)
Rachel The Great by Rachel Nabors
9.)
Cowbirds In Love by Sanjay Kulkarni
10.)
Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai
11.) Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
12.) Serenity by RealBuzz Studios
13.) SKINCUBE by
Ramiro Roman, Jr.
14.) EC Comics (the "Old Witch" from the Haunt of Fear series is featured here)
Here's the listing on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170386715476HAPPY BIDDING!!! and THANK YOU!!!!!
--Lauren*
PS: This is my first eBay listing, but I used to list things in high school under my parents' eBay name (zotzcoin). So please don't be nervous about my non-existant Feedback rating on my own account at the moment. :) I also sell things on Amazon under the "littlezotz" seller name as well and I have 100% positive feedback on there!
In 1991, Wolf Team released a game for Sega Genesis called Arcus Odyssey. This original 11X14 inch acrylic painting by Lauren R. Tharp captures (hopefully!) the spirit of that wonderful game.
In 1993, Konami released a game, produced by LucasArts, called Zombies Ate My Neighbors. And those of you who have played it, whether on the Sega Genesis or on the SNES, know just how amazingly fun it was.
