If you frequent the comics blogosphere, you've probably already seen this news, but it bears repeating:
The wonderful and witty comic blogger Carla Hoffman and her husband Lance were seriously injured in the Santa Barbara, California Tea Fire. Seriously burned escaping the fire, they are now being kept sedated in intensive care. (Here's a 11/18 newspaper report on their situation.) The Hoffmans' home and all their belongings were destroyed in the fire, so it's not simply the matter of immense medical bills they'll accrue over the next several weeks, it's trying to rebuild their lives.
A Facebook group has been set up with more and updated information. By now you may be thinking "What can I do to help?" Besides keeping them in your thoughts and prayers, consider that in these tough times, it's going to be even tougher for Lance and Carla. Please consider donating money to The Lance and Carla Burn Fund, which will go directly to helping their expenses. You can send a check or money order direct. Make your check out to The Lance and Carla Burn Fund and mail it to
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
1483 East Valley Rd.
Montecito, CA 93108-1248
I highly urge you to please help Lance and Carla out—in our hobby we read about heroes every day, but here's a case where you can help these folks in need. Don't do it, however, to be a hero; don't do it for the good karma or because I said so: please just do it because it's the right and human thing to do.
