Aurora Rise Benefit Event Successful; To Continue

Comics professionals Matt Fraction, Steve Niles, Gus Norman and Mike Mignola anchored a weekend charity event at All C's Collectibles in Aurora, Colorado. The event was designed to drive money to the victims and families of the victims of the shooting at a movie theater during the premiere night for the Batman movie Dark Knight Rises. In addition to the professionals listed above, a number of donated items were auctioned.

It looks like the money raised is going to The Aurora Victim Relief Fund -- I would imagine a donation straight to there would be a good thing if you wanted to honor the pros who made that time, or just otherwise help out. Wait, stop: you can actually go more directly to Aurora Rise here. As I recall, a lot of the people affected by the shooting are customers at that store, and of course that store like all the good comics stores considers itself more generally a part of the community in which it's situated.

The Facebook paged linked to above says that the specific fundraising effort will continue at the traditional labor day convention Dragon*Con.

In addition to the individual twitter feeds linked-to above, you can also access some of the on-the-ground reportage from the event through the appropriate hashtag and through the event's twitter account. There's a photo set from the weekend event here.
 
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