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Donate to Pakistan flood relief, get free signed comic book
By Greg Pak
The Pakistan floods have killed thousands and put millions in danger. According to UNICEF, 3.5 million kids are in desperate need in Pakistan. Meanwhile, donations for Pakistan flood relief have totaled less than a third of what was raised for Haiti - for a crisis with ten times as many victims.
It's incredibly easy to help. If you have a cellphone, just text "FLOODS" to 864233 to donate $10. The money goes to UNICEF.
As an added incentive, once you've donated, just email pakistanhelp@pakbuzz.com with your mailing address and I'll send you a free signed comic book. (You must be 18 or over and I can only ship to the US.)
"Incredible Hercules" artist Reilly Brown auctions original art for Haiti
The fantastic Reilly Brown, fan favorite penciller of the "Incredible Thorcules" storyline that ran in "Incredible Hercules" #132, 134, and 136, is auctioning off some original art as part of the Heroes4Haiti initiative to benefit the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund.
The auctions include the first appearance of Thorcules (Herc dressed as Thor, natch) from "Incredible Hercules" #132 and page 20 from "Cable & Deadpool" #50.
The bundle includes every "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk" issue, the "1602: New World" mini, all of Pak's "Skaar: Son of Hulk" comics, a few "Incredible Hercules" issues that feature the Hulk, and Pak's current run on "Incredible Hulk" up to issue #606. Here's the big list:
Every Hulk-related comic book ever written by "Planet Hulk" and "World War Hulk" writer Greg Pak -- signed, plus extras!
"1602: New World" #1-5 - featuring the 1602 Banner and Hulk
"Amazing Fantasy" v2 #15 - First appearance of Amadeus Cho
"Incredible Hulk" #92-105 and "Giant Size Hulk" #1 - the "Planet Hulk" epic
"Planet Hulk Gladiator Guidebook"
"World War Hulk" #1-5
"Incredible Hulk" #106-111 - tie-ins to "World War Hulk"
"World War Hulk: Aftersmash"
"What If Planet Hulk"
"Marvel Spotlight: World War Hulk"
"World War Hulk: Gamma Files"
"Warbound" #1-5
"Incredible Hulk" #112, "Incredible Hercules" #126, and "Hulk vs. Hercules: When Titans Collide" - "Incredible Hercules" issues involving the Hulk
"Skaar: Son of Hulk" #1-12
"Skaar: Son of Hulk: Savage World of Sakaar"
"Hulk Family: Green Genes" #1
"Planet Skaar Prologue" #1
"Incredible Hulk" #601-606 - Pak's current "Incredible Hulk" run, including the first installment of the "Fall of the Hulks" story
"Dark Reign: The List: The Hulk" #1
Extras include:
Black Bolt variant covers for "World War Hulk" #1
Sketch variant cover for "World War Hulk" #3
Frank 3rd printing variant for "Incredible Hulk" #106
Frank 2nd printing variant for "Incredible Hulk" #107
Garney 2nd printing variant for "Skaar" #1
McGuinness Hulk variant cover for "Skaar" #12
Heroes4Haiti auction: Last hour to bid on Greg Pak's "Planet Hulk" concept art
By Greg Pak
We're in the home stretch of my first Heroes4Haiti benefit auction, and you now have just over an hour to bid on original concept art for "Planet Hulk."
The special election to fill Edward Kennedy's Senate seat is down to the wire, and there's still time to vote. So if you're registered to vote in Massachusetts, please drop this blog and get to the polls!
All funds received will go to Doctors Without Borders via the eBay charity system.
Check out the auctions from other creators at Heroes4Haiti.com -- and absolutely feel free to donate directly to Doctors Without Borders if you're so inclined by clicking the image below.
Heroes4Haiti auction: Greg Pak sells "Planet Hulk" concept art to benefit Doctors Without Borders
By Greg Pak
Heroes4Haiti is an initiative organized by Mike Cavallaro to encourage comic book creators to sell original art, services, or books via eBay's charity tools to benefit Haiti relief.
I'm kicking in with original character design concept art that I created during the "Planet Hulk" run. There are two pieces of art being sold together. The featured characters are Miek and his "Native King" daddy and the "Green King" Hulk. These images were published in the collected edition of "Planet Hulk" -- here's your chance to own the originals! All funds received will go to Doctors Without Borders via the eBay charity system.
Heroes 4 Haiti encourages comic book creators to use eBay to raise relief money
By Greg Pak
Heidi MacDonald has just passed on word about Heroes 4 Haiti, a website organized by artist Mike Cavallaro with a plan for how comic book creators can help raise money for Haiti relief. The idea is for individual creators to create their own eBay auctions using the eBay charity tools to sell art or books. The proceeds will then go directly to Haiti relief. Creators can then post links to their auctions at the Heroes 4 Haiti site.
Sounds like a great idea and I'll try to contribute shortly.
Real World News: Donate to Haiti relief via text messages
By Greg Pak
If you have a cell phone, text messaging capabilities, and five or ten bucks to spare, right now is the time to donate towards relief for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti. It's incredibly easy. From Wyclef Jean's website:
... you can use your cell phone to text “Yele” to 501501, which will automatically donate $5 to the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund (it will be charged to your cell phone bill)...
The public can also help by texting “Haiti” to 90999 to send a $10 donation to the Red Cross, through an effort backed by the U.S. State Department. Funds will go to support American Red Cross relief efforts in Haiti.
Other great places to donate include Doctors Without Borders and UNICEF. For more suggestions, check out the lists at Hullabaloo, CNN, and MSNBC. Finally, take care to avoid the scammers, who will soon be out in force with fake websites and emails -- but please don't let that stop you from donating to any of the legitimate relief efforts above or by clicking on the Doctors Without Borders image below.
My feature film "Robot Stories" opens with a story called "My Robot Baby," in which Tamlyn Tomita and James Saito have to take care of a robot baby before they're allowed to adopt a real one. The world might be catching up. Via Designboom:
yotaro is an interactive robot that portrays a variety of facial expressions, movements and physiological characteristics all natural to babies. the device reacts to the user through a sophisticated emotion-control system that watches and senses what they are doing and provides an accompanying reaction. that baby can do a variety of things that make it much more sophisticated than the standard baby training dolls, like crying real tears on its 2-d face.
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