Tickets for the Baltimore Comic-Con art auction in support of the Hero Initiative are actually out there. 37 items of authentic art from the likes of Eric Powell, Lee Bermejo, Don Rosa, Gary Frank, Gene Ha, Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez and extra might be going below the hammer to elevate funds for creators in want. The stay auction will happen 5PM (ET) Saturday September 9 in Room 339-342, Baltimore Convention Center. Proxy bids for these unable to attend could be despatched in by no later than 11PM (ET) August 31.
The Hero Initiative is a non-profit devoted to serving to creators by means of robust instances. Formerly known as A Commitment to Our Roots (ACTOR), the Hero Initiative has been tirelessly working to assist these creators who’ve had a lot influence to our lives and imaginations when all different avenues of help fail.
A gallery of biddable work could be seen right here (word that as of writing solely twenty-nine are viewable, for now).
The Baltimore Comic-Con press launch in full:
“Hero Initiative, the charity that helps comedian guide creators in medical or monetary want, would be the beneficiary of an unimaginable authentic art auction on the Baltimore Comic-Con, which might be held over the weekend of September 8-10, 2023 on the Baltimore Convention Center. The auction might be administered by well-known art knowledgeable Scott Dunbier. Tickets could be bought on-line now.
“Artists whose work might be within the auction embrace Berkeley Breathed, John Byrne, Gene Ha, Kelley Jones, Shawn McManus, Kevin Nowlan, Walter Simonson, JK Woodward, Bill Wray, and extra.
“Art might be out there for viewing each on the Baltimore Comic-Con, and at Hero Initiative’s web site. In addition to bidding on the auction, advance proxy bidding can even be out there by way of Hero’s web site with a strict deadline of August 31, 2023. Hero will start accepting bids on August 21. NOTE: The web site might be up to date constantly as extra art arrives.
“The stay auction will happen Saturday, September 9 at 5pm, upstairs in Room 339-342 on the Baltimore Comic-Con.
“Scott Dunbier, VP of Special Projects at IDW Publishing, will be at the Hero Initiative booths for the entire show. He will be scanning art for future Artist’s Edition books, so feel free to bring along pages and covers. If he uses your art, you will be thanked in the book and receive a comp copy.”
Below are a couple of examples of labor that might be out there at September’s auction:
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