Help Save Len Kaminski!

Len Kaminski, writer for several major comics publishers, is in dire need of your help. In his words:

“I was in an accident last year that put me in a wheelchair - and left me trapped in a ‘crooked care’ center.

That was eight months ago. In that time, they’ve used up my insurance coverage, then proceeded to drain my bank account and divert my monthly disability payments into their account.

I lost all my money, my income, my apartment, everything. As a result, they won’t let me leave, as I no longer HAVE a home to go TO, and no resources to FIND one. So, still in the belly of the beast. Still in a wheelchair. Sick to the DEATH of this horrible place.

I turned 60 in here. I desperately do NOT want to DIE here…”

Probably most famously, he is the co-creator of the Marvel Comics’ War Machine armor (Iron Man Armor Model 11) with artist Kevin Hopgood.

At present, Len is in rehab receiving substandard care, does not have use of his legs, is severely depressed, and his financial resources have been plundered.

He desperately needs all the financial and loving help you can give.

The care at his rehab is almost laughably minimal. Physical therapy has yielded no results with his legs, and attempts to focus on his upper body have worsened his arthritis and carpal tunnel syndrome. As could be expected, his depression has not improved, either. He needs to get out of there.

There is a ragtag bunch of stalwart supporters organizing this fundraiser for Len. Our main goal is to find him a more suitable place to live where he will be able to get a correct diagnosis and the care he needs to return to independent living. This requires legal representation, research, and equipment, among others.

Help if you can.

A brief bio of Len:

Len Kaminski began writing comics professionally during the 1980s, and like many who worked in comics, he considered it something of a dream job. For decades, Len wrote for many of the industry’s top publishers.

For Marvel: IRON MAN; WAR MACHINE; WEB OF SPIDER-MAN; DOCTOR STRANGE, SORCERER SUPREME; SENSATIONAL SHE-HULK; VENOM: THE HUNGER; VENOM: SEED OF DARKNESS; MORBIUS, THE LIVING VAMPIRE; TRANSFORMERS; GHOST RIDER 2099; SQUADRON SUPREME; HELLSTROM, PRINCE OF LIES; THE ADVENTURES OF SNAKE PLISSKEN and SLAPSTICK.

For DC: JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMAZONS; JUSTICE LEAGUE OF ATLANTIS; JLAPE; JLA: FOREIGN BODIES; JLA/ WITCHBLADE; MARTIAN MANHUNTER; FATE; CATWOMAN PLUS SCREAM QUEEN; ROBIN PLUS FANG; SUPERBOY PLUS SLITHER; IMPULSE PLUS GROSS-OUT; BEWARE THE CREEPER and SCARE TACTICS.

For Valiant/Acclaim: BLOODSHOT

Over time, health concerns began making it increasingly difficult for Len to work, until eventually, he had to leave the industry altogether. It’s been years since he’s been able to work.

Len’s physical and psychological health had already been in a downward spiral prior to all of this. His legs now? No improvement, and no diagnosis. A nightmare.

Please contribute if you can. It would be so appreciated.