While @ the VVCBF wandering up from artist alley into the upper halls I stopped by the Critical Care Comics table. What caught my attention was the fact that they were giving away FREE Steve Rude comics - how could anyone pass that up?
Checking out their site and from what I gathered at the table they essentially collect old back issues that get donated too them and they put those same comics in the hands of kids in hospitals. Pretty cool idea, right? Some comics aren't even worth the paper they are printed on and this is a good way to unload all those books you don't read anymore or have collected in an omnibus and the like. Now I know what you're thinking... "Whoa, great I can finally dump all my old 90's Extreme Studios books!" ..NOT SO FAST, if you were a sick child recovering in a hospital the last thing you'd want is a copy of Youngblood #0 sitting in the same room as you -would smell of grave-mold, rot and broken dreams- though I suppose even that book can inspire (artistic) hope in some.
I thought it was a really cool charity/donation and fully intend on gutting my comic boxes and cleaning out the clutter. I remember back through the fog of time I once donated a ton of toys to a charity like this. Though they were old toys I remember as a kid that with just my imagination I could make even pinecones and twigs come to life -old toys can be just as good if not better (least-ways better made) than new toys. One thing I've continued to indulge in over the years; when I do have a sick day and I'm just laid-up in bed I usually haul out all my old Legos and just start building things. I can totally see how comics and toys can help pass time while in recovery +1
