We Think Mateo Can
Support "Mateo Burtch Attacked by Ghost of 'Peanuts' Past" while helping homeless youth
Mateo Burtch
Support Mateo's Campaign!
The total I've raised pays for:
- 3 years of support
- and 2 housing assistance
- and 1 school application
Donations
| Name | Amount | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mateo Burtch, I'm the ARTIST, dammit! | $35 | San Francisco, CA | 03/06/2011 |
| Well, at least I'll have raised this much. Unless my credit card is cancelled. | |||
| Alyce Gershenson, Fellow word geek | $200 | Belmont, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| What a great thing to do in between writing gigs! :-) | |||
| James Kovar, Comadrona | $100 | Hershey, PA | 03/10/2011 |
| Well you did it, Mateo. You separated my money from __my kids' mouths/ __refugees/ __my IRA/ __Peter King's IRA/ __my latest eMusic purchase. Well done. | |||
| Anonymous, Friend | $35 | 03/10/2011 | |
| I don't know about this Mateo guy, but I sure like his cartoons! | |||
| Nancy sekerak, Friend of friend | $50 | San Jose, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| Tylie Petersen, Friend | $100 | Morgan Hill, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| Great work Mateo! Good to hear from you. | |||
| Moschel Kadokura, Friend | $50 | Cupertino, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| The Star Trek cartoon made me bust out laughing. I really do get it, so I must be a true fan. If it wasn't you greeting people at LGHS with "Live long and prosper," who was it? I guess it is just my warped and distorted memory! Thanks for the laugh and good luck with this project. | |||
| Sharon Sam, Friend | $50 | San Jose, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| Nice to hear from you, Mateo! You're cartoons are very good! I like 'em! | |||
| Todd Hamor, Friend of a Friend | $50 | San Jose, CA | 03/10/2011 |
| I particularly liked the red shirt Trek crew member and the drifting eskimo... | |||
| lauren asher, Friend | $25 | new york, NY | 03/11/2011 |
| got your postcard! so swamped. sorry i'm doing such a poor job of staying in touch. i saw i got married, right? | |||
| mitch mccalmon, tumultuous, raunchy, but so real | $250 | ellicott city, MD | 03/11/2011 |
| It's your love I wish to purchase. | |||
| Catherine Cameron, bootlick | $25 | San Jose, CA | 03/11/2011 |
| What? Another infernal cartoon campaign?! Jeesh. | |||
| Anonymous, Sister of a Friend | $300 | 03/11/2011 | |
| I absolutely love your sense of humor. | |||
| leslie dill, Friend | $25 | Las Vegas, NV | 03/12/2011 |
| Go, Mateo...! | |||
| Paola Rossaro, Friend | $50 | San Francisco, CA | 03/13/2011 |
| Your cartoons are too funny! | |||
| Anonymous, Friend | $100 | 03/13/2011 | |
| Anything to encourage Mateo to practice guitar. | |||
| Linan Jiang, Friend | $25 | Foster City, CA | 03/13/2011 |
| Good to hear from you, Mateo! | |||
| Katherine Sher, Friend | $25 | Oakland, CA | 03/14/2011 |
| Eugenia Kao, Barely Worthy Friend | $100 | Irvine, CA | 03/15/2011 |
| You make me feel completely inadequate. I have neither the artistic skill, nor the sharp-witted humor, much less the philanthropic tendencies. Plus your brilliance, intelligence (and your spelling) are impeccable. I hate you! *HUG* | |||
| Charles Simons, Friend | $25 | San Francisco, CA | 03/15/2011 |
| ha! | |||
| Cecile Braun-Jones, Friend | $40 | Boston, CA | 03/16/2011 |
| Tom Athanasiou, Friend | $50 | Albany , CA | 03/16/2011 |
| Mateo, this donation hasn't got anything to do with the fact that being homeless sucks. It's solely motivated by the fact that, much as you try to hide it, you are earnest and sincere. It's sweet, really. | |||
| Lisa Finley, Friend | $50 | Saratoga, CA | 03/17/2011 |
| The Star Trek piece reminds me of the bus trip to downtown San Jose with Viola Lee in 8th grade to peruse Star Trek memorabilia in the comic book shops! I believe I was the chaperone . . . Ah, good times! Keep up the writing and best wishes for your campaign! Lisa | |||
| Rebecca Chiao, Friend | $36 | Portland, OR | 03/17/2011 |
| I was looking for the San Francisco Yes We Can anchovy commando canning site, but wound up here. | |||
| Paola Lari, Friend of a Friend | $10 | San Francisco, CA | 03/17/2011 |
| Elizabeth Harris, Friend | $50 | Berkeley, CA | 03/21/2011 |
| More! | |||
| Miles Hochstein, Friend | $10 | Portland, OR | 03/21/2011 |
| Michelle Berg, Friend | $35 | El Dorado Hills, CA | 03/21/2011 |
| Don't put initials on any of those cartoons 'cause I'll take the credit. -MB | |||
| Aisling Norton, Mortal Enemy | $10 | Dublin, CA | 03/22/2011 |
| you're some man for one man! | |||
| shannon rose, Partner in Crime | $25 | aptos, CA | 03/22/2011 |
| True story- I was going to donate sooner, but lost my only credit card in a bar. Just got the replacement. Love the cartoon without words. Puts things in perspective. | |||
| Laura Hancock , Fellow iron mongers in previous life | $35 | White Salmon, WA | 03/24/2011 |
| Even though you're a crumb for not telling me you were doing this again, I'm donating--partly to prove that you have friends outside California and partly to assuage my guilt for writing about drones. | |||
| Jacqueline Sutton, Friend | $50 | Houston, TX | 03/24/2011 |
| I've been smiling, laughing, and generally getting my DNA rearranged by you Mateo since I met you way back when at that bowling alley, where you insist I was wearing a red beret. I don't begrudge you that illusion, because truth be told, whenever I'm around you, I'm always funnier. You just rub off that way (don't let your mind go down that slippery slope--it's a figure of speech!) Good luck with your awesome campaign. It's Star Trek for me, so far! ~Jacqui | |||
| Anonymous, "Friend" | $200 | 03/28/2011 | |
| Good work, good cause. Thanks, Mateo. | |||
| Rachel Thorson, Hermana de otro cigoto | $15 | Charlottesville, VA | 03/28/2011 |
| $15--O sea, el valor de 30 tacos! I'm just doing this to bribe you to come visit me in Mexico ;p | |||
| Hilary Mine, Friend | $50 | Davis, CA | 03/28/2011 |
| love the color this year mateo, but it's the 21st century - when will you go 3D? | |||
| Lesley Harris, Mateo's fraternal twin adopted by the sane parents | $35 | Santa Cruz, CA | 03/28/2011 |
| oy vey, not again! | |||
| Jana McBurney-Lin, Friend | $25 | Los Gatos, CA | 03/28/2011 |
| Mateo, My gosh. If it's not one campaign, it's a disaster. One that keeps on growing. I wish I could donate more, but I gave to the Red Cross instead. So don't be comparing this year's donation to last year's and reading some secret sign into it. Your cartoons make me smile, always. | |||
| Rebecca Ann Ullrich, Friendly enough | $100 | Albuquerque, NM | 03/28/2011 |
| The Star Trek and Whack-a-Mole ones are my favorites. And you can't go wrong with Transformers in our house. Thanks for sharing and for sharing the good. | |||
| Rebecca Braslau, Friendification | $35 | Santa Cruz, CA | 03/28/2011 |
| what is it with all of these Rebeccas? Thanks Mateo: you are a role model despite your best intentions otherwise! | |||
| Catherine Baird | $25 | San Carlos, CA | 03/29/2011 |
| Nice to hear from you and see your cartoons again! | |||
| Susie Young, Friends in the burbs | $239 | Los Altos, CA | 03/31/2011 |
| We heart you. Thanks for making us laugh and making us funnier too. | |||
| Astrid (Tzuhsin) Huang, Friend | $10 | St. Louis, MO | 04/02/2011 |
| Good Job, Mateo! I really enjoyed the Transformer and Trojan Horse. Also,I'm looking forward your 3D cartoons next year XD | |||
| Alexandra French, Friend | $35 | Honolulu, HI | 04/05/2011 |
| It's Whack-a-Mole for me. Can't stop laughing over that one! | |||
| Pamela Ronald, Friend | $50 | davis, CA | 04/09/2011 |
| Go Crossroads! | |||
| SJ Childs, Friend | $25 | Portland, OR | 04/09/2011 |
| I think #10, #4, and #2 rock. Ya know old boy you really should have some sort of "like" or "share" button so these could be all over facebook. Oh yeah. You don't DO facebook. Pity, cuz you are good and it would be like free publicity and then someone would want to pay you money and then you would be rich and then you could finally have that nasty scar removed. | |||
| Joyce Yokoe, Friend | $35 | Belmont, CA | 04/09/2011 |
| Hope you win the soap... | |||
| Andrea Goldman, Friend | $50 | San Francisco, CA | 04/09/2011 |
| Sheri Mar, Friend | $50 | Seattle, WA | 04/10/2011 |
| Great job Mateo! | |||
| Ethel Lewis, Friend | $50 | Aptos, CA | 04/10/2011 |
| J Roger Williams, Friend | $50 | Austin, TX | 04/11/2011 |
| Anna Young, Friend | $50 | Alameda, CA | 04/11/2011 |
| What a nice thing you are doing! Got a nice chuckle from more than a few of them...great work for a great cause! Annie | |||
| Dana Naughton, poor with small appliances | $35 | State College, PA | 04/12/2011 |
| This is much better than the car tuning I thought I was getting | |||
| Nick Thomas, Mateo | $100 | San Francisco, CA | 04/12/2011 |
| I'm not late - you just that you got done early. | |||
| Susan Green, Friend | $50 | Birmingham, AL | 04/12/2011 |
| I think Tommy A. got it just right ... Even though there are zero cartoons about my favorite thing in the entire world (yes, that would be pie), your generosity, gentle kindness, and ferociously big heart are just to great not to respond to. Love, Snoozita | |||
| Tina Le, Friend | $10 | Fort Worth, TX | 04/16/2011 |
| You're awesome, Mateo! | |||
| Anonymous, Your shadow | $10 | 04/18/2011 | |
| Mateo, I have two things to tell you: The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones, and, more important, you need more fart gags. | |||
| Reid Sams, Friend | $25 | San Francisco, CA | 04/21/2011 |
| We're all very proud of you, Mateo, and we think you can be a success at skydiving as well. | |||
| Kim Chang, Friend | $100 | Basalt, CO | 04/23/2011 |
| Felicitaciones Matucho! Otra vez, buen trabajo. Te escribo luego. Kim | |||
| Gordon Smith, Really, we agreed not to make that public | $35 | Seattle, WA | 05/13/2011 |
| The cartoons keep getting funnier and funnier. By 'toon 100 they will be weapons of mass destruction! | |||
| Mitchell Gitin, Friend | $150 | San Francisco, CA | 12/13/2011 |
| Better late for 2011 than never, Mateo. Would be great if you could put your 2010 and 2011 cartoons together in some book or e-book form, so that fans of yours, like me, would have some compilation of them. Best of luck, in any event. Your are fabulously talented. Mitch Gitin | |||
Goal
Last year I said that the goal for my campaign was to meet a pouty-lipped French actress. I now realize that was kind of silly. After talking to Charlie Sheen, I've decided that my goal this year is to meet TWO pouty-lipped French actresses, most of the Italian Parliament, an albino deer, and a can of fruit cocktail, and slather them all in margarine at the bottom of a swimming pool while high as a kite on a mixture of aerosol fumes and boa flakes.
Yet not all goals can be that lofty, that noble. So my more immediate goal is to draw 20 to 25 cartoons in the next 30 days or so.
By the way, the cartoons are in reverse-chronological order (that is, first cartoons at the bottom)--not that it really matters that much.
Oh, and last year's cartoons are at http://atthecrossroads.org/campaign/mateoburtch .
I chose this goal because
I chose this goal because my other choice--to create a life-sized model of Angkor Wat made entirely of peanut-butter cups--was impractical.
I figure that the more cartooning I do, the better I will get at it. Of course, I thought that about skydiving, too, and that didn't work out so well.
And maybe, just maybe, someday someone from United Press Syndicate will notice my drawings and say, "Hey, kid--you stole that caption from a Garfield strip from 1986."
I'm helping because
Sure, At the Crossroads does vital work by bringing supplies to homeless youth and being a resource and a friendly ear for them. And that's important. But it's not why I'm helping them out. Frankly, I thought At the Crossroads was helping out TUNELESS youth. And if you've ever heard a sixteen-year-old girl warble through a horrible, off-key version of "Beautiful," you know the importance of curing that problem.
Rob Gitin, ATC's founder, has my glasses and he won't give them back unless I draw some cartoons.
About At The Crossroads
ATC walks the streets of San Francisco, reaching out to homeless youth and young adults on their turf. We work with young people who others have given up on, who would not get help without us. Since we started 13 years ago, we have worked with more than 5,000 youth, helping them build outstanding lives.