 |
|
|
||||
 |
|
|||||
 |
|
        |
|
 |
|
|
 |
 |
|
||||
 |
|
|||||
|
|
|||||
 |
|
|||||
 |
 |
 |
|
|||
 |
|
|||||
|
|
|||||
|
||||||
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
||
|
|||
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
|||
|
ACTIVISM: COMICS 4 KIDS Greetings. I have an important announcement, so please pay attention. This year I want you to do something different with your comics, give them away. That's right, give them away. Not as presents or in exchange for sexual favors, but rather, give them to children. This is how it works. Go to your retailer of choice and set up a little charity; a bunch of people bring in comics and/or toys and/or magazines and add them to a pile, which, sometime in the week before Christmas will be donated to the children's ward of the local hospital of choice. Now how do you get people involved? A raffle. When someone donates something their name is entered in a raffle to win a prize pack of, your choice. Whether the store puts up the prizes or you do doesn't matter. O-kay, but how do I get a retailer involved? Easy. Advertising. When you show up with that pile at the hospital, whose business card do you think will be attached? Plus it's easy to slip in a flyer for their store if they want, to promote the store, or to promote their Boxing Day sale, or if you drop it off in time, you can influence parents as to where to pick up their kids' Christmas presents. Hell, write Pokemon on the page somewhere and it's gold. It's also a great way to clear out those bargain bins. The Rules: First off, they are children remember? So be sensible. Only appropriate reading material should be submitted. Use your own judgment as to what is and isn't appropriate. All comics, magazines, and toys donated should be in good condition as well. Comics and magazines that come in with covers not intact and toys with one arm missing should not be submitted. Any additional rules are up to the host of the raffle; including number of items required for an entry in the raffle, number of items required for a second entry into the raffle, whether or not there should be a special prize for the person who donates the most, etc. Comic
readers - donate, and get others to donate as well. Do what you can to help out. We hope to make this an annual event, involving as many people around the world as possible. Now is as good a year to start as any. There will be more info as we approach the holidays. You want to help the industry, Do Something. Sincerely, Jonathan
Ellis
|
