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#GivingTuesday In Comics

Published Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:00:51 -0600

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 some ideas.

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is participating in #GivingTuesday by thanking CBLDF donors with a special edition of their Defend Comics anthology alongside the release of their 2014 Annual Report, recapping our year of program activity.

The comic includes work from previous issues by Jason Aaron and Moritat, Neil Gaiman and Jim Lee, Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier, Frank Miller, Evan Dorkin, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Larry Marder, Andy Diggle and Ben Templesmith, Amy Chu and Shannon Wheeler, Mark Waid and Jeff Lemire, Terry Moore, Josh Williamson and Ron Chan.

Reading With Pictures is also launching a holiday donation drive for comics to be donated to the children at Comer Children's Hospital in Chicago.

We are asking folks to donate comic books to this drive and will run the drive through January 3. We are asking for new and gently used comic books that are family friendly and all ages appropriate. Comer Children's Hospital also has other needs as well and you can learn more about that here.

On a local level in Chicago we currently have two drop off locations. They also have great children's comics sections too!

– Third Coast Comics (6234 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL 60660 – map)

– Comix Revolution : Evanston (606 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201 – map)

You may also coordinate a mailing of your donation to:

Reading With Pictures
4448 N. Beacon, Unit 2
Chicago, IL 60640

Laramie Taylor (A Voice in the Dark) posted a new message a few hours ago that his wife has stage 3 cancer and he'll be setting up a new GoFundMe page to help with expenses, but for now, donations can be given here.

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While The Empowered Dollar webcomic site is raising money for Christian Hannah.

He's 14-years-old and was born with cerebral palsy. Even from his picture you can tell he's a happy, lively boy. But he's limited by his wheelchair, and his family is limited by where they can take him in the world. His family and his mother – who changes his diapers, spoon feeds him and takes care of his every need – are looking for the one thing that would make their lives easier: a wheelchair van.

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