http://www.windycitizen.com/tag/writing The latest reader-recommended stories from Chicago. en http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/people/2009/11/22/good-ol-fashioned-chair-drive <img src="http://www.windycitizen.com/files/files/chair_0.jpg" style="height:72px;" align="right"/> <p><!--paging_filter-->Shhhhh!</p> 826chi.org <p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/people/2009/11/22/good-ol-fashioned-chair-drive">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/chicago/people/2009/11/22/good-ol-fashioned-chair-drive#comments chair Spy USD People 826chi.org dave eggers free tutoring literacy students writers writing Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:10:35 -0600 20860 at http://www.windycitizen.com http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/02/12/steve-gerber-creator-of-howard-the-duck-is-dead <p><!--paging_filter--> <p>Reports say the hard-living, acerbic comic book writer died Sunday in a Las Vegas hospital due to complications from pulmonary fibrosis. He was 60 years old. Writer Mark Evanier, a longtime friend and colleague of the writer has written <a href="http://www.stevegerber.com/sgblog/?p=407">an official announcement post</a> on Gerber's blog. Fans and pros from the comic-book world are paying their last respects in the comments below. </p> <div class="og_rss_groups"><ul class="links"><li class="first last og_links"><a href="/blogs/wishyouwerehere" class="og_links">Wish You Were Here</a></li> </ul></div><p><a href="http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/02/12/steve-gerber-creator-of-howard-the-duck-is-dead">read more</a></p> http://www.windycitizen.com/2008/02/12/steve-gerber-creator-of-howard-the-duck-is-dead#comments comic books comics howard the duck steve gerber writers writing Wish You Were Here Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:16:13 -0600 370 at http://www.windycitizen.com