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helping the hodges

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Starting today, the National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) will be launching a fund-raising auction of original art by America’s top cartoonists who donated their work to help one of their own in his time of need. In August of 2009, Matthew Hodge, the teenage son of former Disney and Veggie Tales artist Tim Hodge, was in a car accident involving a train in rural Tennessee placing him into a coma.  After the initial stay in the hospital, the Hodge’s short term insurance policy wouldn’t cover Matthew’s long-term recovery at a nursing care facility, calling his coma a “pre-existing” condition.

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Matthew Hodge was an A student at Page High School in Franklin, Tennessee, where he enjoyed being a part of the drumline in their championship marching band. This season, the band won their sixth consecutive Division II State Championship while Matthew’s drums were silent.
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The cartooning world has rallied around Tim and his family to raise funds needed to help them through their tragedy.  Over 100 artists have donated 170 items of original art from comic strips, comic books, children’s books, animation, and sculpture that will begin to be listed on eBay on January 21. The first grouping will be listed on January 21 beginning at 10am P.S.T., with subsequent listings on January 28 and February 4.  All items for sale may be previewed at www.HelpTheHodges.com.
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The link for the ebay auctions is here. Pass on the information to anyone who you think would be interested… and bid for the good cause!