“Someone going through stage IV lymphoma has every excuse to ignore the world and focus on one thing: recovery.

But Tom LaBaff, an illustrator, designer and entrepreneur, decided to use that experience – and his artistic skills – to help others endure treatment with more dignity and maybe even a smile. It was one of those simple ideas borne of necessity: LaBaff created a line of T-shirts with durable, boomerang-shaped, plastic zippers to provide nurses access. He also made them good-looking, practical – even fun.”

Tom LaBaff is an artist living in Florida we featured on this site a while ago. Tom shared his inspiring story of survival with us and I thought I’d share it with our Illustration Age audience. You can read more about Tom’s experience with this fight and overcoming of Cancer. Congratulations Tom! Illustration Age sends our love and support. You can read about this story HERE

You can see more of Tom’s work HERE.