Thread "Comic Creator's Alliance" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 1:01PM, Jan. 11, 2010

Comic Artists Fight Against Human Trafficking!
It went live today. I actually have no idea where to post this, so into General it goes. Info:

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-Margaret Mead

Monday, January 11th is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. To participate, we formed the Comic Creator's Alliance–a group of over eighty comic book creators (both web and print) who volunteered our artistic talents to raise money and awareness for this cause. You may not know it, but there are currently 27 million enslaved people worldwide- more than double the number of enslaved Africans during the trans-Atlantic slave trade. UNICEF estimates that 1.2 million children every year are sold into slavery, most of it sexual. The US Department of Justice estimates 16,000 victims of human trafficking are brought into the United States every year. Unlike slavery in the 19th century, what is happening today is happening in secret. So it won't end until awareness is raised, and people like you and me take a stand.

So here's what we did: each creator contributed an original drawing of one of our own female characters, and combined them into a single wallpaper image. The wallpaper features characters from The Phoenix Requiem, Girls with Slingshots, Earthsong, Looking for Group, Shadowgirls, The Uniques and four IDW Publishing titles: Fallen Angel, The Dreamland Chronicles, Love & Capes, and The Dreamer, and lots, lots more! Donate today to download this unique, once-in-a-lifetime wallpaper. The Donations Drive will last for two weeks, from January 11th - 24th. All proceeds will be split evenly between Love146 and Gracehaven House- two organizations working on rehabilitation of victims and prevention of this crime.

To learn more about the Comic Creator's Alliance visit www.comicalliance.weebly.com. To learn more about the problem, visit http://love146.org/slavery. (Note: contains adult themes and actual accounts of sex slavery.)

Posted at 2:01PM, Jan. 11, 2010

This is very cool :3. I just checked out the site and that is very helpful and brave of you guys :D. A good way to spread the word about a real problem the world faces day to day, that very few people ever discuss.

Posted at 2:01PM, Jan. 11, 2010

This is a HELWID thing I think but you all rule for doing this.

Posted at 3:01PM, Jan. 11, 2010

This is a HELWID thing I think but you all rule for doing this.

if anything it belongs in both Networking and sharing, and here in general. HELWID, would be a comic on this.

Posted at 4:01PM, Jan. 11, 2010

This is a HELWID thing I think but you all rule for doing this.

if anything it belongs in both Networking and sharing, and here in general. HELWID, would be a comic on this.

Oh well, I was kinda guessing…