Whoa, We’re Half Way There
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The Clay Jones GoFundMe account, set up by fellow editorial cartoonists Kevin Necessary and Jack Ohman to help with medical expenses as Clay recovers from his recent stroke, has reached half of its $100,000 goal.
We salute those who contributed!
Other cartoonists like John Buss, Ward Sutton, and Marc Murphy have joined in calling for assistance.
The cartoon community has been blessed for years by the friendship and camaraderie of Clay Jones, one our most gifted and madly hilarious artists . . . and favorite people. This week misfortune came calling and left him partially paralyzed with a stroke.
The AAEC has set up a Gofundme site we can all chip in to and keep him going as he recovers, which he expects to fully.
Find it below if you are a fan of Clay’s, or if you would like to be mensch to a mensch.
Clay Jones himself is communicating with the help of Facebook and a Macbook microphone.
Here he informs his clientele that he is temporarily unable to supply them with cartoons:
I’m sorry to inform you that I have suffered a stroke. And at this time, the right side of my body is partially paralyzed. This means that I cannot draw for a while. But I do hope to come back in more ferocious than ever.
My intentions at this time are not to worry you about this or bother you with invoices or billing. But I would like to do if you don’t mind if to lay off for a while as you go on to find another cartoons, but I would like to come back when I can. If you do not want me back when I’m ready, I totally understand, but at one point, you’re going to start receiving cartoons in your email again. At that point, I hope you want me back again.
Yes, the Clay Jones GoFundMe will also help Clay survive while he rebuilds his client list some of whom, like The Coachella Valley Independent and Daily Kos are informing and asking their audience to help.
Clay is resolute in regaining his motor functions and return to cartooning. He is using his Facebook account and that MacBook microphone to keep us updated … and to show he has retained his trademark humor:
Remember when Donald Trump took that cognitive test and bragged about it? Remember that he had to repeat “person, woman, man, camera, TV”. Trump said, “They said nobody gets it in order, it’s actually not that easy. But for me it was easy. And that’s not an easy question.”
He is right. It’s not an easy question when you have to answer five minutes later.
It’s not easy when the question is “bridge, Sarah, justice, banana.”
It’s not easy when you have to remember photos that include car keys, a comb, and a helicopter five minutes later.
It’s not easy when you have to remember letters and numbers in the sequence of 1, A, 2, B, 3, C, 4, D, etc, to ten.
It’s not easy to count backwards from 20.
It’s not easy to have to draw a clock and other shapes with your left hand when you’re [right] handed and your right hand is kind of dead from a stroke.
It’s not easy to do any of the stuff after having a stroke, but I did it. The thing is, nobody told me I was great or amazing for it. Sicophants didn’t fawn over me for it. Nobody threw a parade for me because I remembered five words. Idiots didn’t go [onto] late-night TV to tell me I was a genius for it.
Donald Trump wants you to treat him like a baby for remembering five words. Donald Trump never suffered from a stroke. So why was Donald Trump given this cognitive test?
Who knew that my stroke would become part of my research? Can I write this stroke off as a business expense?
Bravo to those who have contributed. Let’s all help and hope a few more bucks can be found to help Clay.
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