In the Spirit of Thanksgiving…

That's my pal Christy Marx, who is best known for the Jem cartoon series, though goodness knows she's written lots of other TV shows, comic books, videogames and other things. She and her husband Randy could use some financial assistance.

They live just outside Paradise, California — or rather, they lived (past-tense) there. Paradise is that community in Northern CA that was almost completely obliterated by fire recently. They got out with their lives and not much else and though there'll be insurance money and maybe some government aid, you just know it ain't gonna be nearly enough or soon enough. That's why some friends of my friends have set up a GoFundMe campaign to try to get some bucks soon to these great people.

You've been watching the news. I don't have to tell you how horrifying it's been up there. If you're in a "Thank Goodness it didn't happen to me" state of mind, you probably want to help out some people it did happen to. You can read more and give whatever you can afford on this page.

I don't plug a lot of these things but this one is certainly worth your attention and your donation.