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Thu May 15, 2008 — by Glenn Hauman
UPDATE: Charity Art Auctions Around the 'Net
More info on Gene Colan fundraisers, plus more art auctions worth checking out...
Following up on yesterday's post regarding industry-wide efforts to raise money for artist Gene Colan, Clifford Meth is putting together a massive, additional auction to benefit the creator and generate money for his rapidly growing medical bills.
So far, contributions have come in from (deeeeeep breath) Neal Adams, Norm Breyfogle, Randy Bowen, Ed Brubaker, Adam-Troy Castro, Paty Cockrum, Peter David, Rufus Dayglo, Tom DeFalco, J.M. deMatteis, Pat DiNizio, Harlan Ellison, Mark Evanier, Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, Joe Kubert, Erik Larsen, Bob Layton, Jim Lee, Stan Lee, Leah Moore, Albert Moy, Michael Netzer, Josh Olsen, James A. Owen, Tom Palmer, Greg Pak, Mike Pascale, Jim Salicrup, Bob Shreck, Dave Simmons, Gail Simone, Walter and Louise Simonson, Jim Starlin, Roy Thomas, Juan Torres, Andrew Wildman, Marv Wolfman and Ash Wood. More will be coming in any minute, I'm sure -- keep checking that link above.
Meanwhile, Gillian Anderson (a.k.a. Dana Scully from The X-Files) is raising funds for her neurofibromatosis charity by auctioning off “doodles” from celebrities like Scarlett Johansson, Simon, Pegg, Dom DeLuise, Ellen DeGeneres, and the Monkees; as well as comics folks like Tom Tomorrow, Garry Trudeau, Neil Gaiman, Sergio Aragones, Seth Green, and Bill Mumy. The full list is here.
Oh, and the Gahan Wilson drawing pictured here is for the second auction-- though I suppose it could be a Dracula for Colan, couldn't it?
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Russ Rogers (11:07 AM on Fri May 16, 2008)
Rock On! This charity thing has become a nice theme here on ComicMix! Great! I would love to see a "Comics Charity Round Up" as a regular feature here on ComicMix. Let people know what comics creators are doing to raise money for their favorite charities or causes. A look at the HERO Initiative and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund might be a good start.
Also, take a look at "Mission Fish," this is e-Bay's charity auction wing. http://www.missionfish.org/
There are tons of charity auctions on e-Bay. The sellers can determine what percentage of their sale goes to the charity and the buyer gets to SEE that percentage! So you you know exactly what those classic words, "A portion of the proceeds go toward..." means.
And e-Bay seems to have VERY generous terms on their Mission Fish approved charity auctions. A percentage of the listing fees equal to the percentage of gift to charity is credited back to the lister! This means that if the lister is giving 100% of the proceeds to charity, they are credited with 100% of the listing costs. That's amazing.
Mission Fish also makes it easy to find your favorite charity and the auctions that benefit it.
Here are the NF auctions: http://www.missionfish.org/NPMMF/nphomepage.jsp?NP_ID=24160
The HERO Initiative auctions: http://www.missionfish.org/NPMMF/nphomepage.jsp?NP_ID=1505
And the CBLDF auctions: http://www.missionfish.org/NPMMF/nphomepage.jsp?NP_ID=19329