Publisher Jeff Mason Reveals He Has Crohn’s; Alternative’s Future Detailed

In a thread on The Comics Journal Message Board yesterday, publisher Jeff Mason of Alternative Comics revealed that any recent perceived delays in his company's output may be due in part to his struggles with Crohn's Disease, and in particular a late February surgery designed to potentially help correct the course of the ailment. Mason reprinted a letter he sent to contributors and announced that he continues to publish comics, with two due this spring, a new issue of Sam Henderson's great humor title Magic Whistle and a collection of Karl Stevens' Boston Phoenix strip, Whatever (sample from its serialization pictured). Mason is widely perceived as one of the nicer guys in the alt-indy comics realm, and Crohn's has a terrible reputation for lingering malfeasance, and thus the news has been hard-hitting at each level as it's been heard. We wish him all the best.
 
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