“If half the stores get wiped out,” I don’t know if the industry survives,” says Zambrano. Z’s co-owner Zambrano acknowledges it is a dire time for the comics industry, but sees what Liefeld and Lee are doing as a sign of hope. Liefeld is still working on upcoming comics, and has made his daily drawing part of his routine for the time being.

(His latest sketch, of Batman Beyond from the Batman: Arkham Knight video game, can be seen at the end of this post.) Lee is hoping to assemble the 60 sketches into a collected edition, so that fans “can get nice prints of each and every image,” with proceeds again going to the BINC Foundation. It’s also been a lot of fun and challenging to draw so many characters for the first time, and to do something different with each piece.” “Doing 60 sketches in 60 days is a marathon for a part-timer like me and we’re way ahead of the fundraising expectations. “I’m super grateful to see how generous, giving and supportive the comics community has been through this first week of sketches, particularly the art collectors out there,” says Lee, whose monies add to $250,000 already donated from DC as a whole. commissioned a $5,000 sketch of the Batman villain Bane from Liefeld, while Veep showrunner Dave Mandel won the bidding for a $4,700 Lee sketch of the Superman villain Bizarro, which the TV writer famously wrote into an episode of Seinfeld. They are telling me about their bills and how they are piling up and they are happy to get any help they can.”īuyers have come from around the world, including Hollywood. “I’ve talked to a lot them since I’ve been doing this. “For the people who own these stores, this is their passion,” says Liefeld, whose auctions have already raised $24,000. It’s been challenging for him to see shops around the country struggling. Liefeld, who lives in Southern California, has a series of comic shops he visits every week during normal times. Ebay for Charity has set up a page where people can bid on comic book art (including from Lee).

He revealed his plans after DC chief creative officer and publisher Jim Lee’s own announcement that he would be auctioning off a different sketch each day for 60 days, with the money going to the BINC Foundation, a charity helping comic retailers. Liefeld has committed to auctioning one sketch a day for the foreseeable future and giving the proceeds to a different shop each time. “Weekly comics are our bread and butter,” Zambrano notes. First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19, Has 'Mild Symptoms'

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