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Games Dune Quick ended last night with some amazing news as Summer Games Done Quick 2019 scored a record-breaking fundraising number for the event.

What happens after someone wins it? How will they find a postal carrier that can deliver it? Can you audition worthy postal carriers? Then Chris Hemsworth popped in, and it appears Thor is more upset about his missing pillow: Firstly, @MarkRuffalo if it's for charity then I'll forgive you Secondly, you also stole my pillow…which was[...]

Contri and CU Podcast co-host Ian Ferguson has been holding the 24-hour charity livestream for several years now, often donating to a hospital or group that will send money to a group of hospitals for specific care Over the past couple years the stream has expanded to include a group of their gaming friends to play throughout the[...]

A big congratulations are owed to the folks behind Games Done Quick, as the organization had another successful year with their charity event After all was said and done this time around during their Awesome Games Done Quick event, the organization raised over $2.3 million this year, all of which will go to the Prevent Cancer Foundation.  The[...]

Ahead of their upcoming charity event in late October, the group Games Done Quick have posted their complete 2019 list of games If you're not familar with the group, these guys do video game speedrunning charity streams where people attempt to beat certain games as quickly as they can, the majority of them usually being[...]

Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul are joining with Omaze to support the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Kind Campaign.

A lot of praise and respect from us going tot he crew at Games Done Quick as this last charity event took away a tidy sum that should help out people in need The group's most recent event, Summer Games Done Quick 2018, managed to raise $2.12 million in support of Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières[...]

Credit: Netflix Netflix went double-dipping on Thursday with two announcement videos: one for an all-star charity event; and the other, for a highly-anticipated YA thriller adaptation First up, the streaming service announced the lineup for Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity comedy special, taping Saturday at the Hollywood Palladium for an April airing; and we also have a[...]

The short answer to how this works is that you sign up on their official website for the charity, then you'll pick the specific hospital in their network that you'd like to raise funds for Then you just jump online and start playing while encouraging people on your social media and livestreams to donate to[...]

Every November, Pat The NES Punk holds an annual "NES Marathon" to benefit a charity of his choice This is a really cool stream from one of the longest-running retro commentary YouTube channels as Pat Contri and Ian Ferguson comb over his impressive NES collection, playing games at the request for donations along with special[...]

Stewart and celebrity friends across movies, television and music team up for HBO’s Night of Too Many Stars: America Unites for Autism Programs.

If you support any of these charity efforts, take the time this weekend to help them out and check out the stream. Purchase a game or bundle published by Good Shepherd Entertainment on Steam this weekend Fifty percent of Good Shepherd's proceeds from the sale of these titles will go to One Gamer Fund. Stream on Twitch and[...]

For the last several days, we've been avoiding writing a clickbait news story about American Gods author Neil Gaiman potentially reading the menu from The Cheesecake Factory for charity, while watching our colleagues in the entertainment media fall one by one like dominoes (if dominoes came with intrusive pop-up ads that freeze your web browser)[...]

Move over Her Universe, Black Milk, and Poprageous there's a new player in town in the geek fashion world, and that's Celestial Body Swimwear. Created by

Last week, Bleeding Cool told you about Jason Latour's "Feminist Agenda" variant cover, paying tribute to the "Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda" variant cover by Joelle Jones that led to Mockingbird writer Chelsea Cain being driven off the internet by harassment. Latour's variant, for he and Jason Aaron's Southern Bastards #16, would see its proceeds donated[...]

Shawn Kirkham is no relation to Robert Kirkman. They are both men of a certain age, girth and facial hair and can both be found at Skybound Entertainment,

It was born out of rage and frustration. The variant cover created by Southern Bastards' artist Jason Latour in the wake of the Charleston, South Carolina

The comic, written by Ben McCool, with art by Steve Uy and Ken Hauser, was also released with a special cover during the convention to benefit the cat-saving charity Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization Those special issues of the comic are still available to benefit the charity, including a sketch cover option You can find those[...]

Today, as Grumpy Cat #1 hits shelves, there's a special cover drawn by Ken Haeser which will benefit the charity: Saved Whiskers Rescue Organization, founded by Pamela J Ott It wouldn't have occurred to me at first glance that Grumpy Cat's rise to fame at actually a rather young age could have a beneficial impact[...]

Did you know that in 2012-2013, the Hero Initiative spent almost as much on travel expenses as they did delivering direct grants to needy creators? The charity that raises funds to help out veteran comic book creators in financial straits is everpresent in the comic book industry With senior figures on its board, working with the likes of[...]

Walter Simonson writes, Interesting. I've just seen my SHI cover, done to help raise money for Veteran Tickets Foundation (VetTix) - Hero's Wish, prepped

1, Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Witches #1-4, Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Novelization, Jim Henson's Labyrinth: The Novelization. Pay $2 or more above the average price and receive all of the above plus Jim Henson's Tale of Sand. The charity which the bundle will support is called The Center for Puppetry Arts, which according to Humble Bundle[...]

Ted Adams, president of IDW is on the Board of Directors for Traveling Stories, a nonprofit organization that promotes literacy and education for children

I'm going to use the publicity generated by this Spider-Gwen drawing and create something positive out of it by showcasing one of the more deserving charities – House of Ruth, a charity that helps battered women and broken families find safe haven in this world of threats and violence. I am donating the money generated by[...]

Despite how you might feel about Five Nights at Freddy's persistant sequels, this story about the game's creator Scott Cawthon should warm your heart. Twitch streamer Dawko decided to set up a charity stream for St Jude's Children's Research Hospital with a goal of hitting $5,000 in donations With more than a little help from Cawthon,[...]

By Christopher Helton All too often the co-author, or co-creator, of something big gets forgotten or dismissed, and the main voice gets much of the

I've been hearing about this project for some time through glimpses of artwork in process when I happened to see internationally-minded comic artist and

So you've spent all you could on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. But you still have money left. What to do with it? Comics have

For those of you who have been following Seth Kushner's struggle with aggressive onset Leukemia, and for the many, many members of the comics community

By Christopher Helton In 2008, what would become Extra Life started when video gamers came together to send video games and gifts to Victoria Enmon, a