Comics writer and sometime Comicon contributor Peter A. David says he has suffered a stroke.

We were on vacation in Florida when I lost control of the right side of my body. I cannot see properly and I cannot move my right arm or leg. We are currently getting the extent of the damage sorted out and will report as further details become clarified.

PAD

Best wishes to Peter and his family for a quick and full recovery.

Get well soon Pad.

Mike

I had the same experience in 2002 Peter David is one my favorite writers so I wish him well.

I hope he recovers well and soon! Best wishes!

I hope he fully recovers and takes the hint that he needs to do something about his health. I remember seeing an interview with him in the extras on some Full Moon video, probably twenty years ago, and thinking how unhealthy he looked even then.

Several years ago Peter decided he needed to do something about his health and drastically changed his diet and exercise habits. He lost quite a bit of weight and pictures I've seen over the last few years indicate that he kept most of it off.

Writing and drawing can lead to sedentary, unhealthy lifestyles if you're not careful.

Many comics pros are morbidly obese and pallid in complexion. We often hear that they suffer from problems like diabetes and heart disease, which can be caused or aggravated by obesity.

In the old days, the comics pros were skinnier -- but many of them lived on a diet of tobacco, coffee and booze, and a lot of them suffered their own health ailments far too early in life.

In Stan Lee's memoirs, he mentions that he preferred to write while standing up. He also says he tried smoking but never got the hang of it, never liked the taste of it. Stan turned 90 last week.

Is the photo on Evanier's site not recent? Because PAD looks horrible in that photo. Looks way older than 56.

I was going to mention that comics pros from the 1970's and earlier weren't the rotund pigs we've seen from the 80's and forward, but then I realized that was probably because they couldn't afford food.

The Golden Age comics guys all lived around New York City, where the publishers were, so they spent a lot of time walking.

And also, yes, some of them were probably starving.

Jack Kirby was skinny so that Joe Quesada wouldn't have to be.