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Jupiter’s Children eBay Auction Hits $3,500 With Hours To Go

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It both promotes the comic and raises money for charity. Not a bad way to do business. Mark Millar is currently auctioning off the naming rights to his upcoming comic with Frank Quitely, Jupiter’s Children. Previous auctions from Millar have …

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James Jean’s Shoes For Auction

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

James Jean recently painted this pair of shoes, to be auctioned off tomorrow at Lane Crawford in the ifc Mall in Hong Kong to benefit the Changing Young Lives Foundation.

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Siike Donnelly’s Collage Of DC Comics Charity Contributions

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Siike Donnelly has stated before that he believes the work of Geoff Johns saved his life.Now he’s wanting to give something back. My friends, we are needed. The “We Can Be Heroes” initiative provides food, water, and medical supplies to …

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Watch Aardman’s Superb New Toon Pythagasaurus… As The Company Talks About Maybe, P’raps Ditching Britain

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Miles Bullough is the head of TV at Aardman, and was guesting on the BBC’s The World This Weekend yesterday to discuss the state of the UK animation industry. It would seem that a difference in tax breaks for big …

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Mark Millar, Nemesis And The School Bus

Posted on October 5, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Mark Millar is well known for organising events that raise money for charitable causes. He has auctioned off the names of characters in his comic books, and Marvel are currently publishing his Kapow-created issue of Superior, according to the Guinness …

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Buy Dan DiDio For A Thousand Dollars

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Rich Johnston

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is appealing to raise $100,000 by the end of October, to pay for “urgent legal and education work.” This includes the first payments to the case of Brandon X, an American arrested in Canada …

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The War Of The Savage Dragon Sketches

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Image Comics employee Branwyn Bigglestone has been raising money for her participation in the AIDS Walk SF, to aid the Homeless Youth Alliance. As befits her prescence in the industry, she was able to lean on one of two folks …

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Preview: Spirit Of Hope

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Rich Johnston

I’ve written a short one page piece with artist Mike Collins for the upcoming Spirit Of Hope anthology from Comic Book Alliance, to raise money for victims of the earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand. Edited by Alan Cowsill, Spirit …

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So Who Was That Unmasked Man In Batman Inc. #4?

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This is Aldrin Stoja. Recently he won the Comic Book Alliance auction for £1,127 to appear in Batman Inc #4, thanks to DC Comics and Grant Morrison. Which came out on Wednesday. He had the choice to attack Batman or …

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Buy Frank Miller’s Drawing Chair

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Rich Johnston

It’s a little battered and bruised. And it looks like someone’s scribbled on it. But this chair, if you can call it that, is where Frank Miller drew Sin City and 300. As a result its a museum exhibit waiting …

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Be Saved By Grant Morrison’s Batman… Or Not

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Rich Johnston

Tomorrow at 7pm, the Comic Book Alliance auctions go up on eBay. And pride of place will be the appearance in Batman, Inc #4 Not only will your name be used, but your likeness will be drawn by Chris Burnham …

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The Smell Of Adam Hughes

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Rich Johnston

This is the label art from a new perfume created to benefit the comics industry charity HERO. Named Heroine, the perfume is made from Nepalese amber, East African patchouli, dark musk, apple blossom, petitgrain, aged leather, skin musk, and rhubarb. …

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Frozen In Time – James Hodson’s Race

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Rich Johnston

In a world where we’re getting used to late, rescheduled and delayed comics, Melby Comics is fighting a race against time. Creator James Hodson is suffering from scleroderma , a disease that is hardening his skin and his joints. His …

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