Here's to you, HEROES

Charity auctions net 20K for Hero Initiative.

Marsha and I are very proud to report that our second annual "12 Days" auctions for the Hero Initiative were successful beyond our wildest dreams. This year, we were able to raise just over $20,000.00! This is a stupefying number, literally doubling last year's amount.

Your help will go a long way to making life easier for some of the older creators out there, who aren't in the social safety net.

This speaks to the generosity and good will of my fans and readers alike in a way I can never repay. You guys are simply amazing, and I want to thank everyone who bid this year.

I want to give a special tip of Santa's chapeau to my dear friend and Art Dealer, Albert Moy. Albert likes to act like a hard-nosed businessman, but the big softy laid out high numbers to win 6 of the auctions. Thanks, man. You're my hero this year.

BTW- the image is a piece my genius cartoonist buddy Mike Holmes did for me this year. As you can see, I love orange pants. Thanks, Mike! You're the best.



Anyway,love to all y'all and thanks so much

Darwyn and Marsha

Ho Ho Holiday Auctions

The 12 Days of Christmas auctions have been a huge success so far! Thank you to everyone who has been bidding and spreading the word about them. It looks like we are going to shatter last year's totals.

Still tons of great things available, including:

Fantastic Four

Spiderman (times three)

We'll be donating all of the proceeds from these 12 Days of Christmas auctions to two comic industry groups. The majority are in support of The Hero Initiative, and we've put up some extra pieces this year to benefit The Shuster Awards

You can see all of the auctions here

Have a safe, happy Christmas and holiday season

Christmas Auction Action Update

The first four auctions to benefit Hero are live!

Day 1: Parker


The Parker Martini pack includes a signed Parker Martini edition, a limited edition Parker t-shirt, a set of 4 limited edition, stemless Parker Martini glasses with a custom designed label and the original art for pages 148-149 of The Outfit


Day 2: Boston

The original art from the promotional piece Darwyn did for Boston Comic Convention this past year, including tons of DC Characters in a cool Boston logo. Boston Con was a great time and if you have a chance to go, you should!

Day Three: Batman 197 Cover Recreation

This pack included a huge piece (19 x 13) recreating the Carmine Infantino/Mike Esposito original, a Catwoman action figure and a signed copy of Batman:Ego and other tails TPB.

Day Three and a half: Batman 84 cover recreation

Batman/Catwoman pack, redux. Another huge cover recreation, this time we have Winslow Mortimer's Batman 84, featuring Batman, Robin, Catwoman, and the Sleeping Beauties of Gotham, a Catwoman limited edition statue, and a signed copy of Batman Ego and other Tails.

More to come, thank you to everyone who has bid so far and good luck.

On the first day of Christmas

Hi everybody!

It’s that time of year again, our 2^nd annual 12 Days of Christmas art auctions to benefit the HERO Initiative. It’ll be the same deal as last year…over the next 12 days we will be putting up 12 eBay auctions, each with an amazing art pack.

There is one difference this time around. We are throwing down a challenge to every other person in the industry to get on board. You too, websites and publishers. Throw your hat (or art) in the ring and help a great cause. HERO tirelessly works to assist industry pros in circumstances none of us would want to be in.

So…without further ado..

On the first day of Christmas

Parker

The Long Beach MARTINI

Hi everybody.

After months, I'm resurfacing for a quick update and and to promote this weekend's Long Beach Comic Con.

Scott and I will be proudly presenting the Parker Martini at IDW over the weekend. Because Scott is a maniac, the Long Beach show will feature a variant slipcase with a limited number of 200 copies.

Long Beach Limited Slipcase

Stop by and say hi, maybe pick up a book. I'm showing off a couple images here from the interior portfolio of Parker films.

Lee Marvin in Point Blank

Jim Brown in The Split

The other real big part of the show for us is that we are guests of the Hero initiative this year. I'll be signing at Hero all weekend, and we're offering fans a hand-pulled silk screen print of Parker that I will hand tint at the booth.

HERO Limited Silk Screen Print

PLEASE drop by Hero's booth and give whatever you can. With the Holidays coming up, think of the older creators that are struggling with the basics of life and throw a few bucks in the pot.

Marsha and I are looking forward to seeing all you left coasters this weekend.

Best,

Darwyn

Parker: Martini update

Hey everyone,

Hope this finds you all well. This is the kind of post that I’m not used to writing, so bear with me. It has become apparent that the Parker: Martini Edition, which was scheduled for a July release, will not be ready to ship on its’ scheduled date. I wanted to break this news here on my blog, because this is 100% my fault. I wanted to make sure everyone understood that my publisher (IDW) and fabulous editor (Scott Dunbier) weren’t blamed for this delay.

It’s a rare occurrence for me to ship something later than it was supposed to. I want to assure everybody looking forward to this book that it is shipping late because of my commitment to making this a very special product and not just a reprint edition. This simply has taken me more time than I anticipated. After much consideration, Scott and I decided the best time for release would be during the Long Beach convention in October.

I’d like to apologize to all of the readers who’ve advanced ordered this book. I want you to know that I am doing everything I can to make sure the Parker:Martini edition will be worth the wait.

Thanks,

Darwyn

Free Comic Book Day & Teenage Satan

Hi Everyone,

Tons of news since our last update!

Free Comic Book Day:

Darwyn will be appearing at The Toronto Comics Arts Festival for Free Comic Book Day and throughout the weekend. If you are in the Toronto area, make every effort to get to TCAF. Look for the debut of Chester Brown's new book, Jeff Lemire and the Doug Wright Awards. Chris has put together a fantastic show over the years that highlights the Art of Comics. And most events are FREE! Darwyn did the artwork for DC Comics' Free Comic Book Day shirt so make sure you pick one up.

I will be at appearing at Free Comic Book day here in Halifax at our local, Strange Adventures. Why would I be at FCBD you ask!?!

It's only the MOST EXCITING THING EVER (for me anyway)

This weekend at Boston ComicCon, Stephanie Buscema. Darwyn's niece Candis and I debuted our new, creator owned, project: TEENAGE SATAN. Candis and I are writing, Steph is our art master, we've been at this since the end of last year. We have a new multi-media method planned with games and interactive content aimed at tween and teens. Have a look at the video Darwyn put together for us. Yes, that's right, Darwyn Cooke animating Stephanie Buscema. HELL-O



Yes, it's true. We're about to change comics forever. Our website is up and running so check us our over there. TEAM SATAN

Thank you to everyone who has been a part of this project so far. We have called on many favours from many friends and you all helped us immeasurably. Inquiries about teenage Satan can be directed to 666@teenagesatan.com

See you all tomorrow. READ MOAR COMIX

Marsha (& Darwyn)