Wilfredo Torres is the artist on the upcoming Jupiter's Circle spinoff of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely's Jupiter's Legacy. I met him at a recent show and he struck me as a thoroughly decent chap.
Which is why I was rather upset to hear of the rough time he's been through of late. Brent Schoonover writes,
Recently fellow comic artist, and a good friend of mine, Wilfredo Torres lost his lovely wife Monica after a long battle with cancer. A group of us got together in Emerald City this past weekend and decided we wanted to do something to help a great guy and his family during a difficult time. We invite anyone who is willing to post artwork onto EBAY for a seven day art auction and give all proceeds to the Torres family. Use the hashtag #TorresBenefit on social media when posting your work. You can send all funds to wtorres1972(at)yahoo(dot)com
Tom Fowler, Phil Hester, Gabriel Hardman, Jordie Bellaire and Chris Samnee put out some commission slots to benefit Wilfredo, now pretty much all filled. But there are plenty of pieces of original art on sale, including Frank Quitely's cover to Jupiter's Circle #1.
Francesco Francavilla's Iron Giant sketch,
I'll take bids here on twitter and on tumblr up to 6pm ET today. Higher bidder gets the IRON GIANT artwork. https://t.co/Zb01ElbxNf
— FrancescoFrancavilla (@f_francavilla) April 2, 2015
Mitch Gerard's Punisher cover. 
Doc Shaner's cover to Adventure Of Superman #15. 
Ron Salas' Battlepug pin up. 
Tula Lotay's cover to Supreme: Blue Rose #3 
Christian Ward's cover to Jupiter's Legacy #1 
For 7 days all profits from sales of original art in my store will go towards #TorresBenefit. http://t.co/yu91FRP229 pic.twitter.com/p1qEtzRbc8 — Adam Cadwell (@adamcadwell) April 2, 2015
These are all going out this week. Big thanks to everyone who bought one. We raised $400 for #TorresBenefit pic.twitter.com/12c3TaGrgJ
— Greg Smallwood (@SavageSmallwood) April 2, 2015
My contribution to the #TorresBenefit Black Bolt up for auction: http://t.co/njv81O999U? pic.twitter.com/L3jHfqeZ8z — David Witt (@DWITT75) April 2, 2015
Bids status: Batgirl $75, Joker $150, Eartha $0. Email sandy at whamcomics dot com. Thanks! #TorresBenefit pic.twitter.com/8e1xTetsbM
— Sandy Jarrell (@sandy_jarrell) April 2, 2015
How that rain drenched #ScarletSpider turned out. #process #TorresBenefit #writertryingtodrawagain pic.twitter.com/Yl6iIlp33V — Erik Burnham (@erikburnham) April 2, 2015
#TorresBenefit Current bid $300 for rarest @AfterlifeArchie variant & a sketch(Sabrina or JugDead). Tweet bids @ me. pic.twitter.com/Li1amFyRxL
— Robert Hack (@Robert_Hack) April 2, 2015
#batgirl is at $75, avoiding eBay so #TorresBenefit gets all $. Email offers to sandy (at) whamcomics (dot) com! pic.twitter.com/6UhYTOQcHN — Sandy Jarrell (@sandy_jarrell) April 1, 2015
I'm listing a couple of sketches for #TorresBenefit Details/Links to auctions here –> http://t.co/JFnVRO9QLo Please RT
— Dave Stokes (@davestokes) April 1, 2015
http://t.co/ALHLKzI2Td 11×17 fully inked and bricked SHAZAM. Starting at $50 All proceeds will go to #torresbenefit pic.twitter.com/EHuHLizskv — D White (@birdsinboxes) April 1, 2015
8.5"x11" The Shadow sketch, $80, In support for the #TorresBenefit. 1st committed in replies wins. Please RT. pic.twitter.com/8Tu8ZNaw3C
— Dan Schoening (@Dapperpomade) April 1, 2015
But if you don't have big moneys to spare? There's always this as well.
No one is gonna go for it but, donate $5 to #TorresBenefit and I'll send you a signed copy of RISE: Comics Against Bullying — Jeremy Thomas (@Jeremy_Thomas32) April 2, 2015
Inktober sketches/warmups from this year for #TorresBenefit 25$ each PayPal only. Shoot me an email! pic.twitter.com/Le13mw5qUF
— Jarelle Dampier (@JarelleDampier1) April 1, 2015
Or Paypal something directly to wtorres1972(at)yahoo(dot)com. I just have…