Of course dieting on comics can’t eliminate the “Big C” in our lifetime, but it can help.
For over a year I’ve been trying to collect comic art for a great cause, the Comprehensive Breast Care Center of New York City’s Lenox Hill Hospital.
The center is a place where women with breast cancer can receive cutting edge treatment in a supportive and soothing atmosphere.
Breast cancer affects women of all ages and races, and it inflicts a great deal of Terri, not only in the women, but also in those that have to face the disease with them. That includes the children because often they find themselves sitting in the waiting area, alone, while their mothers meet with a doctor.
What thoughts must be going though their minds?
(More to come.)
About Alex Simmons Says
Alex Simmons is an award-winning freelance writer, comic book creator, playwright, teaching artist, and educational consultant. He’s written for Disney Books, Penguin Press, Simon and Schuster, Marvel, DC, and Archie Comics. Simmons is the creator of the acclaimed adventure comic book series, Blackjack. As a teaching artist, Simmons has created and taught creative arts workshops for students and educators in the US, Europe, West Indies, and Africa.
Simmons has served on panels and delivered lectures on children’s entertainment mediums, as well as empowering young people through the arts. Simmons founded the annual family event, Kids Comic Con, as well as three comic arts exhibits, which have traveled abroad. He is currently developing a comics and creative arts program for children all over the world.
During the past 35 years, Simmons has participated as a member of arts and education boards for several New York State nonprofit organizations, as well as one in Nigeria.
As a teaching artist Simmons has worked with youth through the Bronx Community College, the Christopher Barron Live Life Foundation, Apollo Theater In-School Arts Program, Henkel McCoy, Upward Bound, New York Council on the Arts, Children’s Art Carnival, Wings Academy, and NYU Creative Arts Team, to name a few.
He has been a panelist at many literacy and arts events, and he has been a guest speaker at numerous colleges and educational institutions here and abroad.
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