Help Bob Kahan Keep A Roof Over his Head
Bob Kahan is a comics industry veteran and good person that I've shared many a laugh with over the years. Like many good people,...
Things to do today: Benefit for Stan and Sharon Sakai
As we've been reporting here for a while, Sharon Sakai, wife of Usagi Yojimbo cartoonist Stan Sakai has been undergoing a long, costly illness....
Jeff Smith joins the CBLDF Board of Directors
Like it says, the man behind Bone and Rasl and soon Tüki Save The Humans is also fighting for free speech by joining the...
SDCC ’13: Comixology, the Hero Initiative, Palmiotti, Conner and pals make a giant comic...
Okay we told you ComiXology has a lot of stuff going on at this year's San Diego Comic-Con. Not only are they co-sponsoring the...
CBLDF to mark end of Johns’ Lantern run with 5/24 benefit gala
The CBLDF is marking the end of Geoff Johns' GREEN LANTERN run this month with a benefit that will feature an interview with Johns...
Library hopes to build 9 foot statue of the Hulk and you can help
The Northlake library in Illinois has hatched a scheme to build a large scale— 9 foot tall—statue of The Hulk. To do so they have fashioned an Indiegogo campaign. So far they have raised only $920 of the $30,000 needed, so you better get your ass over and there and pledge because it's pretty obvious that the world needs more giant statue of the Hulk outside libraries.
Call to donate kids comics to Boston Children’s Hospital
Beat pal and writer Adri Cowan writes to say she's collecting kid-friendly comics to donate to the Boston Children's Hospital and other Boston hospitals following the horrific events in Boston this week.
On the Scene: ‘The Cartoonist in Comics’ at Housing Works with Haspiel, Fingerman, Gulledge,...
Autobiographical comics used to be a feature of zines and small private presses, but readers are increasingly able to follow their favorite genre of...
Hawkeye #7 has guest artists and benefits Sandy relief
Hawkeye #7 sports a stylish cover by David Aja but the insides are by two other stylists—Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm—in a story that features Clint Barton and his protegé Kate Bishop helping victims of a superstorm on the East Coast. If it sounds familiar, it should be—the issue was put together at a feverish pace after the events of real life Hurricane Sandy. And as writer Matt Fraction reveals in the video below from MTV Geek he'll be donating his royalties from the issue to the American Red Cross. So make sure to buy a bunch of copies.
Art for Sandy update
A lot more art has just gone up for the fundraiser Art for Sandy which is raising money to help those impacted by the...
Reminder: Art for Sandy
The Art For Sandy benefit auction we mentioned the other day is now live. (That's a Paolo Rivera piece above.) This is a benefit...
Art 4 Sandy Relief Initiative Launches
In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which hit America over the past week and caused blackouts, severe damage, and claimed several lives in the...
