TCDS is not just about Richard Thompson

by Chris Sparks

Richard Morgan has a comics store in Greenville, SC. He goes to most of the conventions in the area including Heroes Con. He met us the first year we sold t-shirts and Alice prints for fundraising. He's supported us every year because of his dad. His father passed away this morning from PD complications.

I spent the afternoon with his dad on last year's Free Comic Book Day.  He thanked us for what we do and told me how much it means to him to see us raise money through cartoons.

When I saw Richard last month, he also thanked us and told me how much TCDS efforts mean to his family.

Team Cul de Sac sends its condolences to Richard Morgan and his family.

Team Cul de Sac will be at SC Comicon March 21, 2015!

Team Cul de Sac is going regional! This month we'll be going to Greenville, South Carolina for the first annual Jeremy Dale Drink and Draw at SC Comicon. Jeremy was a wonderful artist who passed away suddenly in November and a friend of Team Cul de Sac who participated in our HeroesCon Drink and Draws.  We're sad that he's no longer with us and hope to do him proud at this new event.  We're also very supportive of his wife, Kelly Dale, and her selected charity, the Heroes Initiative.  Heroes Initiative is great charity that assists comic book creators in need from emergency medical assistance to everyday essentials.

If you've never been to a Drink and Draw, you are in for a fun event.  You don't have to drink or draw to have a good time and help raise money for two fabulous charities.  Anyone is welcome to participate in the drawing.  SC Comicon has generously provided coasters and boards for the event (although we won't say no to a donation for use of these) and artists of both professional and amateur status will be donating their works created that evening for you to purchase.  Chris and Heather will be on hand to facilitate both the drinking and drawing as well as answer any questions you may have about Team Cul de Sac.  Chris will also have copies of The Art of Richard Thompson and Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's.  

The Drink and Draw will take place Saturday, March 21, 2015 from 7pm to 11pm at Quest Brewing located at 55 Airview Drive, Greenville, SC 29607.  This is following the first day of SC Comicon which is from10am-6pm on Saturday and 12pm-6pm on Sunday.  

Still wondering what a Drink and Draw is all about? Check out these photos from past events: https://www.flickr.com/photos/54091968@N04/sets/72157645389234623/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54091968@N04/sets/72157634070783206/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54091968@N04/sets/72157630298595632/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/54091968@N04/sets/72157626784127815/

Other links as needed:

http://sccomicon.com/blog/

http://questbrewing.com/

http://www.heroinitiative.org/

To donate to TCDS use the link below!

http://www2.michaeljfox.org/site/TR/TeamFox/TeamFox?team_id=11110&pg=team&fr_id=1720

Team Cul de Sac's very own Carolyn Belefski

Support our friend and TCDS supporter Carolyn Belefski. I can't say enough about how her awesomeness inspires me! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/carolynbelefski/curls-the-ultimate-book-collection?ref=nav_search
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Art of Richard Thompson short film to be in local festival

'Art of Richard Thompson': Filmmakers 'excited' as docu selected for first NoVa Film Festival

By Michael Cavna
Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 25 2015
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2015/02/25/art-of-richard-thompson-filmmakers-excited-as-docu-selected-for-first-nova-film-festival/

Frazz likes Richard Thompson

Today's Frazz by Jef Mallett tips a candy heart towards Richard Thompson as "corn flakes inventor" -- no, as "great cartoonist" more likely.

New Eric Shansby painting for Team Cul de Sac

Washington Post cartoonist Eric Shansby has done a painting for Team Cul de Sac's fundraising effort to defeat Parkinson's disease. The painting will be auctioned this spring, but money can be donated at any time.

Shansby took over illustrating Gene Weingarten's Below the Beltway column from Richard Thompson, when Thompson moved on to doing Cul de Sac.

The painting shows Alice and Petey from Cul de Sac, climbing on Ben Franklin, an inspiration for Richard's other Washington Post strip, Richard's Poor Almanac. It is acrylic on canvas board and measures approximately 9"x12".

The painting will also be reproduced in the forthcoming fundraising book, Compleating Cul de Sac, which includes interviews, sketches and 100 Washington Post strips left out of the Complete Cul de Sac.

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