News: New Teen Titans #8 Tribute Prints For Charity Fri, 15 Sep 2006 18:29:42 CST [ submitted by Vu ]

 From Tornado Toth

NEW TEEN TITANS #8 (Jun 1981) NEW TEEN TITANS #8 TRIBUTE (Aug 2006), art by Layne Toth

"Hi, Layne (and Peri and everyone else in Toth Land):

I just returned from a convention in Atlanta and just opened the package with your awesome gift. Boy, was I ever surprised and impressed. My wife Carol was also impressed. I had to remind her that the cover was based on the one from issue 8 of THE NEW TEEN TITANS-- the issue I was working on when I had my first date with her. It really is a very special gift and I will definitely treasure it. I will send you one signed copy as you asked when I return from another convention in Baltimore this coming weekend (busy, busy, busy). I also think that putting one up for the Pittsburgh Comicon 2007 Make-A-Wish Art Auction is a splendid idea (with BOTH our autographs!) and I'll set one aside for that as well.

Thank you so much for your kindness and friendship,
Love,

Uncle George"

About the artist: 9-year-old LAYNE TOTH is known by others as The Hardest Workin' Kid in Comics(tm) and has had her art & stories published in FAITH: WARRIOR PRINCESS(tm), MEOW-WOW!, PATRICK THE WOLF BOY and SIMPSONS COMICS, among others. She has been featured in TIME Magazine, The SUN supermarket tabloid, NPR and on the BBC. She also contributes conventions reports to Comicon.com/PULSE. Check out her Official Websites at: www.sisterscomics.com AND www.myspace.com/sisterscomics

GEORGE PEREZ & his wife CAROL FLYNN own the original pencil & ink artwork, original color artwork, and 23 of the 25 signed & numbered prints. LAYNE TOTH owns 1 of the 25 signed & numbered prints and will not part with it. The PITTSBURGH COMICON 2007 MAKE-A-WISH Charity Art Auction may be your only chance to own one of these rare prints. And the money raised will go towards a good cause! For details, watch: www.pittsburghcomicon.com