Over the next 6 days we're going to be showing progressive stages of our ROM Tribute image, which will be appearing in the upcoming SpaceNite 2 book. The proceeds from sales of SpaceNite 2 will be going to a very good cause; to help support the family and carers of ROM's creator Bill Mantlo.

This is stage 1 of our tribute image [link] We'll be uploading another stage every day, so check back to see how the image develops.

Here's a bit more info about Bill Mantlo from Wikipedia:
"On July 17, 1992, Mantlo was struck by a car while rollerblading. (The driver of the car fled the scene and has never been identified.) Not wearing a helmet at the time, Mantlo suffered severe head trauma and spent over two weeks in a coma. He has since been institutionalized, and is not expected to fully recover. Mantlo now resides in the Queens Nassau Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, where he must have 24-hour assistance. His care has long since used up his health insurance. In 2007, cartoonist David Yurkovich released the benefit book Mantlo: A Life in Comics, with all proceeds from the book donated to Mantlo's brother and caregiver, Michael Mantlo, to help toward the costs of maintaining Mantlo's care. In addition, Floating World Comics sponsored Spacenight: A Tribute to Bill Mantlo, an art show made (almost) entirely of various artists' interpretations of ROM, to help raise funds for Mantlo's care."

You can see more artists renditions of ROM at the SpaceNite 2 blog [link]
And don't forget to buy your copy of the SpaceNite 2 book when it is released!