Peter David, the best-selling writer behind cult favorites and mainstream hits like Young Justice, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor, is facing a massive tax bill, and after recently asking fans to help him out via crowdfunding, he’s been offering some rewards to those who contribute — including a look inside of his archives at some unreleased and unpublished material.
David says that he owes more than $80,000 in back taxes and fees from income earned during his time as the co-creator of Space Cases, a series that ran in 1996 and 1997 on Nickelodeon. Due to a personal crisis at the time, money he had saved to pay the taxes disappeared, and he has been in arrears ever since.
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On his GoFundMe page, David recently released a short story, the first in a number of potential “rewards” offered for goals hit by his fundraising campaign.
Next up, he said, was a look at Space Cases itself — complete with some pretty recognizable faces.
“When we hit level $55,000, I will put up on Youtube the never-before-seen gag reel from the second season of Space Cases,” wrote David. “Walter Jones, the Black Power Ranger, as our lead Harlan. A teenage girl named Jewel Staite as our engineering genius (yes, we reached through time and space and ripped off Joss Whedon ten years early.) Plus the rest of our wonderful cast who brought each script to life. Watching it brought back all manner of pleasant memories of the series, its cast and crew and my collaboration with the immortal Bill Mumy.”
Fans rallied to David’s side once before already — to help him with unexpected medical bills after he had a serious stroke in late 2012. Then, with less apparent urgency on payment deadlines, he mostly urged anyone who wished to help to buy his books directly through his website to increase his profit margin. This time around, hoping to cut out the middle man, he’s offered fans who send him a check or money order the opportunity to send along any of his comics or books that they’d like signed, and he will sign and return them.
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