There are several initiatives going on right now in the comics industry to hold auctions and raise money for charity, ailing professionals and a retailer, so I thought I’d give an update on the various activities going on. If I missed something, feel free to drop me an email and I’ll either add it here or post an update.
Gene Colan: Gene Colan’s liver is failing him, as detailed here. Writer Clifford Meth is organizing an auction to benefit the Colans, and has received commitments from a long list of creators and publishers to donate items. Today he announced that Marvel has stepped up as well.
The family also has several auctions of Gene’s artwork up on eBay. You can also donate money directly to them via PayPal to genecolan@optonline.net.
Josh Medors: Comic artist Josh Medors is fighting cancer, and a recent auction held at the Emerald City ComiCon raised more than $10,000 to help him with his medical bills.
Robert Kirkman is auctioning off the chance to appear in an upcoming issue of Walking Dead … as a member of the walking dead. You can find the auction here.
In addition, BOOM! is doing a benefit book.
David Pirkola: Retailer David Pirkola was shot during a robbery at his store in Grand Rapids, Mich.
iFanboy has been spearheading donations and an auction; Ron Richards sent us an update:
We’ve raised over 6 grand so far for David and are in the process of organizing an auction with stuff from Oni, Image, Boom, Marvel and a TON of creators - should be a good one and we should be rolling with the auction in June.
Candlelighters: Thomas Denton hit a snag this week with his charity auctions for the Candlelighters. But now Time Warner has okayed one of the previously canceled auctions … specifically the piece by Paul Salvi that’s at the top of this post.
