Once again, Bleeding Cool Rich Johnston has tuned me in to comic-world buzz that’s right up my alley, calling attention to a recent post on the official website of Barry Windsor-Smith, where the legendary comic creator puts some fanboy perspective on the need for healthcare reform in the United States. Back in the 1970’s, Windsor-Smith had a health crisis of his own, which started much like mine–with a lump in his neck, but because he lacked the nifty corporate medical coverage that I benefit from today, turned into a fiasco that saw him forced to leave the country and return to Britain for the treatment he needed. Here’s the direct link to BW-S’s post about his experience: http://www.barrywindsor-smith.com/studio2/nhs1.html.

The main take-away for comic fans–especially those who are still on the fence about “Obamacare” or who have bought into Republican opposition claiming the British healthcare model is a step toward socialism and societal collapse–is that if BWS hadn’t crossed the pond for that jolly good doctoring, he wouldn’t have been around to provide the last 30+ years of entertainment, including one particularly iconic work that has been essential to modern mainstream comics, movies, and the career of Hugh Jackman:

Do it for Barry. Do it for Hugh. Do it for Logan. http://healthcareforamericanow.org/