Simon Paul—designer of the original "Angry Shifter Guy" and every GRM shirt for the past decade, recently lost his wife of 15 years, Karla. She had a condition that she'd been fighting for much of her life, but as those of you that have faced these situations know, that doesn't make it any easier.
He and his son are coping well. He sends his apologies that this took him off the duty of doing a new shirt this year, but we can't even fathom that being part of his attention right now.
We are going to do a limited re-run of his original Angry Shifter Guy shirt, though. Everyone seems to dig these, and it is the 10th anniversary, so it seemed somehow fitting. They'll be at the Rolex, then online shortly after that.
Is there any information regarding a fund in her name? in addition can the limited run be priced at $40-50 with a donation attached?
You know that's a great idea. Let me see what I can find out.
My condolances to him and all family and friends
Same here, sad news indeed.
Duke
UltimaDork
1/14/15 1:29 p.m.
My condolences as well. Always sad to hear of somebody losing the fight at a young age.
Brutal. I'll buy a shirt or two IF a significant portion goes to the family.
My condolences. In for a donation shirt.
stan
UltraDork
1/14/15 2:20 p.m.
Thoughts and condolences.
raise the price of the shirt, give the raise to the family? my condolences to the close and the extended family.
Thoughts and prayers for a talented guy and his loved ones.
Been there. My thoughts go out to you.
My thoughts and prayers for him and his son. That would be devastation.
For certain, let us know on the shirt deal. I'd certainly be in for a couple.
Crap. Seriously bad news. Healing energy to him and his son.
Re-run the shirt with a price bump. I would buy.
ouch. my brother lost his wife to illness at 34. life just isn't fair.
im in for a shirt, if it helps in any way.
-J0N
DrBoost
UltimaDork
1/15/15 5:09 a.m.
I'm sorry to hear the news, and I feel for Simon and his son. Terribly sorry.
I'll just put this out there. I don't want to sound like a jerk-face, but I would prefer you not inflate the shirt price to something ridiculous like 30-50 bucks please. I would love to buy a shirt, but I can't afford a $50 shirt. Truth be told, if the shirt was $20 and there was a paypal donate button I likely would donate something but not that much. I donate a significant chunk of money every month to a cause I believe in, and there's just not the money in the budget for that.
Thanks for hearing me out.
Sorry to hear that. Condolences to Simon and his little guy.
Heartfelt condolences to Simon and his son.
I'm in for a shirt in black xl.
So sorry for your loss, I will keep you and your family in our prayers
That seriously sucks. My best for Simon and his son.
DILYSI Dave wrote:
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In for a pricier 3X.
Same here, but I'm in for however we'd like to do it.
There are just no words to describe how I feel for Simon right now.
Even though most of us have never met, the community will share your loss like it was our own because that's what we do here.
Jerry
SuperDork
1/15/15 8:09 a.m.
I don't have a black shirt yet, so..........
