Hey all. First off, thanks for the warm welcomes I have recieved as a new member of Deviant Art (I think the name of it turned me off for awhile- "deviant" isn't a word a father of four girls likes to be called.). A HUGE THANKS, especially, to my pal Sean "Cheeks" Galloway for putting my DA link in his Journal with a great shout out, so his watchers would see my stuff. Cheeks, you must have a ton of fans, cause hundreds of people have come by here in a few days! I hope you all keep coming back, I'll do my part to add stuff from my sketchbook as I go. I'm trying to keep this area more about my personal work and less about my company work I do as partner of Funnypages Productions. If you want to see some of that go to our website at: [link].

Back to what I wanted to tell you all about....my brother (Tony Bancroft, yes, he was also a Disney animator, my twin, and directed MULAN) and a friend (Chad Frye) are putting together a huge Ebay art auction for the Hodge family and their son, Matt. Tim Hodge (the dad) is a long time friend (my family has know their's since our kids where babies!) and Tim is a former Disney storyboard artist and Big Ides Productions director. His son, Matt, a 17-year old senior in high school was in a terrible accident when his car was hit by a train a couple months ago. He is still in a coma because of the head trauma. Their family is in need of financial help. Thus, the art auction.

The plan is to have the auction hit Ebay in about a month (beginning of December). We have sent out notes to some of the biggest names in animation, comic books, comic strips, and illustration for donations. We are getting in great artwork every day! (I met with John Pomoroy yesterday, who contributed a signed animation drawing!)

Please go to our preview site at: [link] to see what has come in so far and keep going back for more and more artwork as it comes in and updates about the auction. I'm counting on all of you to spread the news about this site and auction! Tell all your friends, these will make GREAT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS!

Some of the artists that have donated or have promised to are: J. Scott Campbell, Chris Sanders, John Pomeroy, Drew Struzen, Peter DeSeve, Stephen Silvers, Charles Schutz's family, Patrick McDonnell, and so many more!

Oh, and me.