Look what the amazing, fantabulous, incredible Amy Mebberson made for me! (PS: You totally want to track down and buy her comic book, Divalicious. I'll review it properly when I have time, but for right now, it's two volumes -- a mere twenty dollars! -- of sheer awesome, incredibly well-drawn, and fully rockin'.) But anyway:



That's Verity Price, front and center, looking like she's about to go and kick some serious cryptid butt. The three women behind her are the three generations that came before her. In red, plaid, and a rather rabid expression (she has grenades), we have her grandmother, Alice. In green, curls, and a deceptively placid expression (she has grenades, too), we have her great-grandmother, Fran. And in yellow, ruffles, and a manic grin (her husband has grenades, she has an army of devoted followers), we have her mother, Evelyn.

Did I mention that the cast of InCryptid is sort of scary?

Art is awesome.

jimhines is a great guy, an awesome author, and generally just a neat person. This auction is a chance to get an advance copy of his upcoming book, The Stepsister Scheme -- which sounds bad-ass cool -- and help a good cause at the same time.

Things like this are why fandom is such an incredible thing.