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December 30, 2018


By Request Extra: Last Day Of The Year

Last day of the year means last day to give according to tax law and regulations encompassing 2018. It's also a great way to enter into an uncertain 2019 with a little karmic momentum.

Here are a few standard comics donation recipients, non-profits all.

image* Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
* Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)
* Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
* Comic-Con International
* Hero Initiative
* Short Run Seattle
* Small Press Expo (SPX)
* The Center For Cartoon Studies
* The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)

I'm sure I'm forgetting a ton of them. Your belief in the mission of each individual non-profit and confidence in their abilities to fulfill those missions will of course be entirely your own. Also, please note that I direct CXC and am on an advisory board for Billy Ireland -- from what I can tell looking around the latter's meeting room table I am there to represent unaccomplished people.

Here is a short list of specific campaigns to which this site has paid attention in the last several months. These efforts may not count in any way as charitable donations, but there's a good result involved.

* Barbara Shermund Burial Fund
* Defend The 11!!
* Jim Wheelock -- Walking To Recovery

Supporting individual creators through their Patreon accounts, particularly those who come from communities at risk, is also always admirable.

Thanks to so many of you that give so generously to a variety of admirable efforts. Thanks for all you did in 2018. It's a year that needed you, for sure.
 
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