In need of equiptment and aid.

Hello, My name is Mark Propst.

That name won't mean anything to most of you but I have been doing comics for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and many of the smaller publishers since 1984.

Worked with some of the greatest talents in the industry. Many of the books I worked on have been turned into movies but since most of the big projects I was only the inker on there was no financial boon to doing so.

Ruka's Wonder Woman, Morrison's Action run, Waid's Tower of Babel,..ect... Too many to list here. My art was in Mr. Glass. Arranged by the publisher so I knew nothing and saw nothing from this happening. Guess legally it's his art to do with as he pleases.

Anyways After Spending ten years caring for my mother until she passed, and then immediately Raising my son alone for 18 years, I was in no shape to lose everything when Hurricane Sally hit and destroyed the house I was renting. No FEMA help because Florida made it impossible for us to file. Same stunt they did to unemployment at the time.

So I walked away from that and moved to start a new life in Arkansas. By myself with no more than my clothes.

But I am getting ahead of myself.

The real hardship started when I wasn't able to keep up with the times. I was on Action Comics in 2012. But after waiting on pages for over six weeks the pages came in all at once. I was asked how many I can get back to them in a week. Bear in mind this was my paycheck I had waited to earn for six weeks and was being asked how much of it I can earn in 5 days due to Allowing for overnight each way to be factored in.

But No, the guys who had a blue line printer got most of those pages due to the deadline now being so close and the ability to not have to overnight pages like I had to.

I was asked back again within the year to do Wonder Woman with the same talent but had to decline. Can't make them top priority if they don't turn out to be enough work by the time it's all said and done.

So here I am In Arkansas now, 58 (59 likely by the time you read this), alone, with no car, no public transportation No cabs, No uber and trying to make a 9 to 5 cashier job pay for my bills and failing miserably. That happens when your income is less than your bills.

I have forty years of making comics and because of financial hardship, I am forced to walk away and it looks like I'm going to die in poverty.

I am still asked back so I know it's not talent that has me here but circumstance.

But without the equipment needed to go back to the job I worked my entire life, I can not compete with those that have it.

I have hundreds of books out there.

I am currently about to be evicted. The only hope I have is this Gofundme.

I need the equipment and enough to resume my career before it's too late.

Failing means I walk away on foot with whatever my out-of-shape 58-year-old body can carry with nowhere to go or even head towards.

No friends, no family, they have all passed, No where to go but to try and find a men's shelter that has room. None do btw. The closest one is 50 miles away on foot and they are full. No destination and was told by distant relatives (you know the kind, you know their names but they have never been around. You think of them about every ten years) that "this is what God wants for me" (crazy loon).

I'm not asking to be supported I want to work. I need the tools to do so. I am offered comic work from top publishers often. I worked since I was 18 doing comics professionally. Raised a son and took care of my sick mother until the end.

Money was never an issue. Not rich by any stretch but we got by.

I worked with the best every month for over forty years and hence became one of the best out there. My name meant something.

I need between 3,000 to 5,000 to recoup my bills and get new equipment so I can return to what I have done my entire life.

Large scanner/printer and a simple pc. That's going to be a couple thousand, and the bills are at about 3,000

Basics, not even hoping for a car anymore, just what I need to get back to work doing what I trained decades for.

However much you can kick in would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for reading this. It really does feel like a rescue message in a bottle.