Day: March 20, 2004

There was some discussion of setting up a scholarship fund at a college in memory of Julie Schwartz, but Neil Gaiman suggested an alternative idea that DC has embraced. The notion will be to provide a fund (in conjunction with a college yet to be determined) which will pay for an annual lecturer of note (a different one each year, of course) to come to the university and talk about the popular arts, comic books, science fiction and fantasy, and their impact on our culture.

I will be contacting Matt Idelson, my editor on the Julie memorial comic I’ve been assigned to, and will be requesting that all monies I would have earned in connection with this endeavor be donated directly to the Julie Schwartz Adjunct Lectuerer Fund.

Anyone else interested in contributing can send donations to the Julius Schwartz Scholarship Fund (that’s what it’s currently called; it will likely change, but I figure, why confuse the people in the mail room), c/o DC Comics, 1700 Broadway, New York, NY 10019.

PAD

MJ Norton, the only person (I believe) who correctly identified my niece, Emma, was suffering from gastroesophogial reflux. The doctors concurred with MJ’s diagnosis. It’s easily controllable with medication and eventually she’ll grow out of it, so she’s already doing much better and Beth and Rande are just thrilled not having to change her into a new outfit four times a day.

Again, thanks to all concerned. And MJ, you win…well, nothing, really…unless you want, I dunno, a bag of memorial vomit. But I’m kind of doubting it.

PAD