Craig, I'm so Sorry to hear this, My Thoughts & Prayers go out to you & Your Family.

Deanne,

I'm happy that he made out of the surgery and I'm sure he'll have time for you and us here, a lot of it. It doesn't mean how much worst things are they after a storm there is always a sunny day coming. This will not be different.

We all know how much you are bonded to him and he has all his friends praying for him and suporting. After all I've to go to Australia someday to visit us. You know sooner or later I'll be on the doorstep.

Get better fast Craig "Outrider" Anderson!!!

Deanne,

I am very sad to hear things didn't go as planned, I hope that he will be comfortable, and hope that your time spent together will be very special for you both.

Craig,
you have been such an inspiration to me, and I know many others on this site, to the point we should almost call this place Outriderdios.com, it's hard to put into words the respect I have for you as an artist and a person. You are a outstanding human being, and it has been a great honor to know you via this site, and a common interest in old toys. God bless you both.

Dustin 'Silentdusty' Colwell

i hoping things get better. I'm praying for y'all

May your faith sustain you and your family. I didn't know you well, but your character and decency really came through your posts. I am not exaggerating when I say that I looked forward to seeing your photos on a daily basis. You have become an inspiration to so many on this board and beyond. Godspeed . . .

I just want to let you know that you & your Family are in my Prayers,and I'm hoping with everything I got that things turn for the better.You are the One person that inspired me to try my hand at taking Pic's of my Joe's,and just about all of the little Custom touches to my Figures have been taken straight from looking at what you did to your's.I'm So glad that I got to know you,and can call you My Friend.And as all the others have said,"you Are and will continue to be an Inspiration to all of us Joe Fans Worldwide for MANY MANY Years to come!And your Fantastic Pic's will be the Standard by which all Joe Pic's will be Judged for Many Years to come also,and theres no doubt you & your Pic's will go down in Joe History.You are the MAN Craig,and I'll be Praying for you to get Well Soon!!!! :) All my Love & Prayers,your Friend from West Virginia,Larry... :)

I hate hearing stuff like this Happen :( I hope for a Miracle man , there have been times when Doctors can be wrong, and I hope that the diagnosis for the time you have left is totally wrong and that you last "A Lot Longer" then what they have predicted .

wishing for the best sir,

My Thoughts & Prayers go out to you & Your Family !

i'm sorry i haven't been posting like i used too, but hearing this brings sadness to my heart. in all my years of forum and internet posting, none have been more welcoming than you guys here on this site. through out my days of taking photos, watching people like outrider was my main source of inspiration.if things go to the worst, i'll live happily that i knew Mr. Craig. live life to it's fullest, day by day. don't live in hate, anger, or sadness, because life is too short. may God be with you, and thanks for all the great times my friend.

I will hold out hope, Craig is a fighter, and I think he can still pull through. He is an inspiring, and kind man.

Never surrender!
 

Dear Outrider, take care!
We are thinking of You, You're the best here!
Your Joes' pictures are a kind of art: the best images of Hasbro G.I.JOE We all have ever seen, thank You!
I want to support You as Your amazing and unique pics support me in my bad days.

Craig,
If not for your pictures I'm sure I never would have joined this site. After all Dana and I went through last year with Gianna, there were several doctors who told us she might not make it. I can only offer you my prayers and thanks for the prayers that you sent my way.
Your friend always
Dustin Regec

Though I do not personally know you Craig , I have been motivated and inspired by the spectacular work you have produce on this site , I am truly saddened to learn of this turn of events ----my thoughts , prayers and well wishes are with you and your family


Brian

Best of luck to you. My Grandmother is currently in the hospital after a major cancer surgery. I can definitely say modern medicine can work miracles. I don't know you, but from all I've read I really hope this works out.

I do not accept what the doctors have said. God bless you, Craig/Outrider. Do not give up. Push, fight, defy!

My prayers are with you and your wife. You are an inspiration.
Much love and respect form fellow Melburnian Marty

Craig, never give in, never give up! You and your family are in my prayers. Know that you have inspired me and have been a great role model. You are the one I tried to emulate when I joined JoeDios, and you were the first to give my crappy first attempts kind words and give me good advice to encourage me. Keep on truckin brother. Fight the good fight!

hey Craig
stay strong my friend. your a trooper . you'll pull through this.
I'll post some pic's for you. ass soon as i can.

“I had to fight all my life to survive. They were all against me... but I beat the b@stards and left them in the ditch.”
-Ty Cobb

Your fight should never be over until the enemy quits, Outrider. We've seen you beat sickness before and we are fully expecting you to do it again,you have a lot of people to come back to!

Craig,
I have been thinking of what to say, since it seems that it has all been said before. But I guess I will just say that I have always looked at you as one of the founding fathers of Joe Dios. You have always been here, and I have always enjoyed and looked forward to your next piece of work and feedback. You have made a lot of us strive to be better at what we do with this hobby, and as such, have helped form this group into the top notch group that it is. I look at all of the members as brothers because of what you have established as the standard, and no matter what the outcome, all of us will never forget you. My respect and prayers are with you and your family. And thank you for everything you have done, and will continue to do.

Craig, you've made it this far. I bet you can pull it out in the end! :D

as strange as it may seem, this forum is like a second family. throughout me being here, it's always felt like you guys were the awesome uncles (and aunt, can't forget you Gen. Scarlett ;) )that i read about in books and movies. this site has pulled me through hard times, as it has for many others. we're all family here, and we're all rootin for YOU Outrider!

Craig,
I was going to shoot you a private email, but I thought I'd join the group, in my thoughts for ya. I've known you for years and used to get picture advice from you, you've always find the neatest places for pics, especially at your work.
Looking forward to you kicking this thing, keep up the fight.

I couldn't have said it any better.
Cancer is a sore subject for me. I have had a few relatives go because of it including both grandfathers. :(
So I would really like you stay around longer Outrider.

Totally agree!!! Be strong mate!!!

Be strong, Craig. Like everyone else has said, you are in all our prayers and we hope you can pull through this - never give up.
Keep faith and be strong. Everyone is wishing you the best.

Andrew

I have been away for a while and I just checked in today and read the news. I hope i'm not to late to say how sorry I am to see it come to this. You are and always will be the biggest inspiration this little hobbie of ours ever had! I swear to you and all here that I will do my best to get back to shooting as soon as I can. I will never give it up because you are such an inspiration! I salute you sir, and one day we shall meet face to face in a better place and talk about greater things. Best Wishes my friend, you will be missed but never forgotten!

Thanks for sharing your talent and passion with us.
Your friend always
Patrick McDonnell (Scuba Steve)

Hey Craig,

You're "Livin' on a Prayer" right now. So, here's something for you.























It's called "the Serenity Prayer"





"Grant me the Serenity for the things I cannot change.











Grant me the Courage to change the things that I can.













And Grant me the Wisdom to know the difference."

















No matter what your decision you make, I wish you well.

Take great care, man.

:)

I haven't been around much lately and I've been popping in here and there.

I'm sorry to hear things went this way and I wish you all the best. I lost my best-friend earlier this year to Colon Cancer, so I understand the hardship... be strong and be brave. You have all of us praying for you.

God bless you Craig. You and your family are in my prayers!

I have been rather quite on the board about this because it brings up a lot of emotions with me. I have always loved all of your pictures and advice you have posted here and Flickr. Craig, your pictures are some of the few that I can look at and know the person that took them without looking at the tag. I pray for you and your family.

Craig,

I never got the opportunity to know you as well as some of the others here, but I have always respected you as an artist. From the love that everyone here has for you, I know that you were a very special man to have known. I will be praying for you, sir, and I hope the best for you and your family. If this is your time, and we all pray that it is not, may the Lord welcome you into his kingdom and help your loved ones through this time. Stay strong.

Well you have been a major inspiration to us all Outrider....

God bless

I would like to wish you and your family the best. You give me so much inspiration. When ever I find it difficult to explain my hobby, I just show them your work, nuff said.

Craig:

You´ve always been my greatest inspiration here @ Joedios, and I´ve admired the way you always acted like the gentleman you are, no matter what situation happened.

If there´s a word that could best describe you, is "hero", a person who, in the face of danger and adversity, display courage.

And during this process, you can bet that you have given us an amazing lesson of courage and how to face adversity.

I salute you! G.I. Outrider, A Real Australian Hero!!

Thanks for the update. So sorry it didnt go as planned.
God bless.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family in these trying times. Good luck and God bless!