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Karen Ellis, creator of diary comic Planet Karen, lost nearly everything in a fire this weekend.
The apartment above her own caught fire on Sunday night, and while firefighters fought the blaze for three hours, tragically, the occupant was killed. Karen is physically fine, but most of her possessions, including books, clothes and drawing supplies, are ruined beyond repair. The apartment itself has suffered so much structural
damage that she's also been made effectively homeless. (See this comic
for an account in her own words.)
Karen is a valuable part of the webcomics community. If you can, please consider making a contribution via the donation button at Planet Karen
to help out. Every donation, whatever its size, really counts!
Girl-Wonder.org, the organisation that hosts Planet Karen, is also planning a fundraising auction on Karen's behalf. If you have items you think you'd like to donate, please contact Karen Healey at ten.karen@gmail.com for details.
ETA: Please repost, email etc.--just make sure to catch the links!
ETA again: PayPal is not being link-friendly, so the link above now goes to Planet Karen, which has a donation button that actually works.
...And one more time, to add a link to an awesome post by Lea Hernandez on how to help fire survivors when you're not one.
Karen Ellis, creator of diary comic Planet Karen, lost nearly everything in a fire this weekend.
The apartment above her own caught fire on Sunday night, and while firefighters fought the blaze for three hours, tragically, the occupant was killed. Karen is physically fine, but most of her possessions, including books, clothes and drawing supplies, are ruined beyond repair. The apartment itself has suffered so much structural
damage that she's also been made effectively homeless. (See this comic
for an account in her own words.)
Karen is a valuable part of the webcomics community. If you can, please consider making a contribution via the donation button at Planet Karen
to help out. Every donation, whatever its size, really counts!
Girl-Wonder.org, the organisation that hosts Planet Karen, is also planning a fundraising auction on Karen's behalf. If you have items you think you'd like to donate, please contact Karen Healey at ten.karen@gmail.com for details.
ETA: Please repost, email etc.--just make sure to catch the links!
ETA again: PayPal is not being link-friendly, so the link above now goes to Planet Karen, which has a donation button that actually works.
...And one more time, to add a link to an awesome post by Lea Hernandez on how to help fire survivors when you're not one.