Dave Simons has been struggling along with esophageal cancer and needs to intensify his treatments in order to extend his life. While the medical portion of his expenses looks like it’s mostly covered, which is a wonderful thing, he could use the extra work or cash to help make day to day expenses. All the information you should need is in the link. His site, including an “art for sale” page, is at http://www.dave-simons.com/index.html.
Tom Spurgeon over on The Comics Reporter has also written about Dave.