THE CHECKERED DEMON NEEDS YOU

As frequenters of www.RCHarvey.com/Rancid Raves know, S. Clay Wilson, creator of some of the most savory unsavory comics characters ever to be beloved by fans, has been in the hospital for months, trying to recover from a serious Traumatic Brain Injury. His medical bills are too much for him to pay single-handedly even with his medical insurance, and some of his friends, led by cartoonist David Chelsea, have determined to raise funds to help Wilson and his family cope.

Says Chelsea: “S. Clay Wilson is a major figure in American comics, a founder of the underground comix movement. Wilson is known for aggressively violent and sexually explicit panoramas of lowlife, often depicting the wild escapades of pirates and bikers. He was an early contributor to Zap Comix, and Wilson's artistic audacity has been cited by R. Crumb as a liberating source of inspiration for Crumb's own work, and I can say as much for myself. I’d like to give a little back to the bad boy of comics..." Chelsea devoted his well-known 24-Hour Comic Challenge this year to raising money for Wilson.

Anyone who would like to extend a helping hand to the man who gave us The Checkered Demon, Star-Eyed Stella, Ruby the Dyke, and Captain Pissgums should visit the S.Clay Wilson Trust site.