Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Aurora Victims Fundraising Event

In Aurora, Colorado, during a midnight screening of the new Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises”, a man dressed head-to-toe in bulletproof, black body armor opened fire on a crowd of 70 people standing in line to see the flick. 12 were instantly killed (including a 6 year old child). 59 were critically injured. When apprehended, the shooter identified himself as “The Joker”. Law Enforcement officials searched his home for evidence, and found it rigged with explosives. At the time of this email, they still haven’t disarmed them all. One guy inspired by The Joker did all of this. …so imagine what a group of people inspired by The Batman are capable of. This Wednesday (July 25th), fourteen artists are going to set up shop at Heroes and Villains and do $10 sketches of Batman for folks—the entirety of which will go to The New Venture Fund (http://www.crowdrise.com/helpaurora), a charitable organization dedicated to supporting the victims & the families of the victims of the Aurora tragedy. Those artists are: Ryan Huna Smith 12pm-2pm http://www.ryanhunasmith.com/ Greg Mannino 12pm-2pm http://www.gregmannino.com/ Adam Rex 12pm-3pm http://www.adamrex.com/ Jenn Corella 12pm-3pm http://www.facebook.com/PrometheusComics Dadicus 2pm-8pm http://www.facebook.com/dadicusx/info Ernie Najera 2pm-8pm http://hellishsinestro.deviantart.com/ Brian Augustyn 2pm-8pm http://brianaugustyn.wordpress.com/ Eric Schock - 3:30pm-7pm https://www.facebook.com/The.Art.of.Eric.Schock?ref=ts Clay Lewis 3:30pm-8pm http://www.mythdrivinglegend.com/ Hannah Nance Partlow 4pm-6pm http://hannahnance.blogspot.com/ Jason Pedersen 4:30pm-6pm http://www.jasonpedersen.com/ Liz Danforth 5pm-7pm http://www.lizdanforth.com/ Ross Demma 5pm-7pm http://www.facebook.com/RossDemmaArt Arnie Bermudez 6pm-8pm http://www.facebook.com/pages/Arnie-Bermudez-Cartoonist/301939276500958 In addition to the $10 sketches, there will be several Batman-related pieces up for auction, and $2 memorial ribbons (again, the entirety of which goes towards The New Venture Fund) created by Jason Pedersen. To donate via telephone, please call 520-321-HERO with your credit card information, or click the PayPal Donate button below. Be sure to include $3 and your address for shipping your sketch.