VOLUME 1 NUMBER 1 11 WE CAN’T DO IT ALONE! COMICS4KIDS INC OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER # 1 WINTER TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN OUR FABULOUS FRIENDS IN ACTION! SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT by Moca, Puerto Rico - a town in the northwest ALL STAR of the island, of which Governor Ricardo Rossello called the destruction “massive”, as a result of first Hurricane Irma and then SOCIETY Our Friends Joel Elad and Dirk Wood had donated immediately following was Hurricane Maria! hundreds of comics for our 3rd Annual Yasmeen’s Comics Dungeon / C4C3.org During these events, Comics4Kids INC Legacy at Seattle Children’s Hospital! received a HUGE donation of over 400 Archie Diamond Comics Distributors DC Entertainment Comics Digests from Nilsa Vega of Moca. IDW Publishing It was a bittersweet moment as we were FUNKO excited to receive Vega’s lifelong collection CBS Television Distribution of comics, but saddened to see the books Darren Hughes packed in newspapers alerting citizens to Mike Siebert evacuate the area! The books arrived in great Joseph Michael Linsner shape, and we are hoping the Vega Family is WonderCon also in Mint Condition!! The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Catherine & Mark Sandsberry Nancy Spears at DC Entertainment had donated a Nilsa Vega full color, full page ad for Comics4Kids INC in their Lily Wright Free Comic Book day title “DC Superhero Girls” Clayton Crain Sara Richard Designed by Comics4Kids INC President Dale State Farm Moore and formatted by Paul Kiely and Tanya Warner Music Stockland of Weber Shandwick, the print run was Heritage Comics Auctions 200,000 copies and distributed across all 50 Jet City Comic Show United States! Northwest Pinball & Arcade Show Mid-Town Comics Wizard World Muito amor para Puerto Rico!! Dierdre & Murray Roach Crypticon Robert Luedke | Issue 1 2 Let’s make a difference together! —Scott Tomlin C4C3.org President, C4C3.org I have a sincere belief that willing Don’t forget to follow us: readers and learners can build a on Facebook .com/c4c3.org great society. If you can read, you and Twitter @c4c3org can accomplish anything you set your mind to. Over the years we have donated to schools and libraries and we have had several programs for schools and libraries to bring the awareness of what comics are and how they can be LOCAL NON-PROFIT used for education. Becoming a non- SPOTLIGHT profit will help us magnify our impact by allowing us to accept donations and work with volunteers and ultimately apply for grants from public and private organizations. www.c4c3.org We still want Comics Dungeon to be the premier local comic shop in Seattle and will strive to continue our Comics Dungeon record there. We will be making some minor changes over the course of the 319 NE 45th St, Seattle, WA 98105 next few months to ensure we can (206) 545-8373 serve our mission to its fullest. In addition to the great staff and the faces you already know, we have added 3 new members to our board of directors, Kazu Kibuishi, 15-year comic creator of the bestselling Amulet, Flight and Copper series, Rob Salkowitz, experienced educator, columnist and writer of “Comicon and business of Pop Culture”, Tracy Williams, education activist, experienced educator and curriculum director in Washington state public schools at Walla Walla School District, Spokane School District and Seattle Pacific University. | Issue 1 3 These special edition comics were generously donated by FUNKO and are sold to raise funds for Comics4Kids INC efforts in procuring books for the reading library and also to purchase more code friendly comics to give out to the kids for free, to improve literacy and encourage imagination ! Each sealed comic is $10 postage paid through www.comics4kidsinc.org | Issue 1 4 Anne is a bona fide Whovian, her We appreciate collection dates to 1963 with Movie Classics # 1 Doctor Who (Dell Anne Myrick! publishing) Volunteer Coordinator EXTRAORDINAIRE 1905 Cornwall Ave Bellingham, Washington 98225 (360) 734-8058 Anne is essential to the operations of Comics4Kids INC and has made leaps and bounds with procuring record setting donations! Coordinating with Monika at local fan favorite FUNKO, An indispensable ally, Anne and her Anne was responsible for receiving super son Jonny (metal drummer, 115,000 comics!! Our largest single ladies!) have also put in significant donation to date! amounts of time at conventions Anne with Dalek @ Crypticon working the tables! Furthermore, Anne has enrolled in State Farm Insurance program ~ The company pays for her volunteer hours and State Farm has also made multi-year cash donations to Comics4Kids INC!! www.funko.com Additionally, Anne has driven to cities such as Portland to retrieve 40 long boxes from a private investor/speculator, and to Bellingham to secure a 20-long box donation from Cosmic Comics after www.statefarm.com “Doctor Whooves” raffle winner! Figure their inventory was impacted by fire! donated by FUNKO to Comics4Kids INC @ Rose City Comic Con (Portland OR) www.comics4kidsinc.org Our essential First Vice President, Heidi Spidey, is also a career Beauty | Issue 1 5 FIRST VICE UPCOMING EVENTS! PRESIDENT Among our many appearances 2018 SPOTLIGHT WIZARD WORLD PDX Operator “Hair Stylist” at the GREAT 14th Ave Hair on Capitol Hill Seattle Washington (206) 778-5659. A smart resource for your COSPLAY hairdo! MARVEL VALUE Spidey’s favorite comics artists are STAMPS RETURN! Marc Silvestri, Michael Turner, Jim Balent, Amanda Conner, Joseph Michael Linsner, Clayton Crain, and David Finch! APRIL 13 14 15 2018 Spidey got her nickame at Stadium High Oregon Convention Center School in Tacoma Washington, because she 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Portland, OREGON loved comics and had a great rhyming name! ----------------------------- CRYPTICON SEATTLE Marvel Value Stamps, a collectible offered in several of the Marvel Comics in the 1970’s, are making a comeback! Spidey, Sarah, and Iris @ Wondercon L.A. “Marvel Legacy” titles will carry the 21st Century version of the awesome Among the first to staff Comics4Kids INC, collector’s stamps that you may clip out! Spidey looks forward to more girls and MAY 4 5 6 2018 women entering the comic field as fans and creators! Double Tree Hotel 18740 International Blvd (HWY 99) Seattle, WASHINGTON Spidey is also excited that movies like Wonder Woman have broadened the minds of people around the world to respect women and empower females to embrace WIZARD WORLD CHICAGO first class citizenship! August 23 24 25 26 2018 Check us out on the world wide web! Spidey @ Washington State Donald E. Stephens Convention Center Convention Center/Seattle 5555 North River Road www.comics4kidsinc.org Rosemont ILLINOIS | Issue 1 6 CALL~TO~ACTION Matching Gift WE NEED YOUR HELP! Incentive Program WE NEED MORE COMICS! For Comic Book Reading Library: We are in need of a BUILDING in We need more WAR comics! which to store our Comic Book We need more ROMANCE comics! Reading Library of over 250,000 Make your gift go twice as far! comics published since 1882! Did you know that when you donate to We also need comic bags and Comics4Kids INC, you may be able to boards! 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