Hero Initiative Names Howard Chaykin, Walt Simonson To Disbursement Board

From a press release comes word that veteran comics makers Howard Chaykin and Walt Simonson have been named to the Board Of Directors for Hero Initiative, the charity that provides aid to older cartoonists in need. I think this is good news. Not only are both cartoonists smart guys in addition to being talented writer/artists, and not only are they generally well-liked and admired (as far as I've ever heard), I think that there will be a lot of people from their generation that may need the assistance of Hero Initiative and other charitable outlets in the next ten years or so, and I think having guys on the Board of Directors will help the transition from the early, roots-level comics creators to the those who came along when there was less of an industry to count on for a certain kind of income if you were sticking around the art form.

It's also interesting to note that Howard Chaykin's biography as folded into the press release notes his contribution to the graphic novel via a bunch of 1970s long-form comics projects he did. You'll get no argument from me.
 
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