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Heroes Helping Legends

helping change the lives of the creators who have brought us so much.

About Me

MyGen Profile GeneratorWHAT IS HEROES HELPING LEGENDS?Heroes Helping Legends is a Chicago based event that will gather comic book fans and creators together in order to raise funds and awareness for The Hero Initiative (which recently changed its name from ACTOR)and support their mission of creating a critical safety net for veterans of the comic book industry.IF COMIC BOOKS HAVE EVER BEEN IMPORTANT TO YOU THEN YOU NEED TO BE THERE!YOU PLAY THE HERO AS YOU GIVE BACK TO THE LEGENDS THAT CREATED SO MANY MEMORABLE STORIES! Dates: Saturday, Sept. 16 and Sunday, Sept. 17
Times: Sat. 11am-6pm, Sun. 11am-5pm
Location: Mercury Cafe
1505 W. Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60622Featured events:Massive 5 for $1 back issue comic book sale
Treasure hunt for prizes hidden in select issues
Creator, artist and writer appearances (partial list below)
Silent Auction of original comic book (& comic book related) art
Live music and DJ sets by local musicians (full lineup below)APPEARANCES SATURDAY
Jeffrey Brown – author and artist of superb graphic novels such as Clumsy, Unlikely & AEIOUDavid Wachter – artist for Scar Tissue Andrew Pepoy – creator of The Adventures of Simone & Ajax, artist for Katy Keene, Monica Moon, Heroes Anonymous & Little Orphan Annie to name just a fewTim Demeter – editor of Graphic Smash, & Clickwheel.net and creator of Reckless LifeSUNDAYJosh Blaylock – president of Devil’s Due & author of the popular How To Self Publish Comics seriesTim Seeley – series creator of Hack/Slash and popular artist on many Devil’s Due titles incl. GI JoeHatuey Diaz – co-creator of our sweet silkscreened limited edition poster that will be on sale at the event for a mere $10Skottie Young – local artist with an inimitable style that has worked on more titles and characters to list.APPEARING BOTH DAYSGeneral Jack Cosmo Productions – The creative team behind this burgeoning company are coming out in full force. The art looks spectacular, the stories are fun and fast paced. They are definitely ones to watch!Tom Kelly – this local artist works in so many mediums and fuses them together so often it is hard to know what exactly he might be doing at the sketch tableBAND SCHEDULE SATURDAY
DJ JAMES VAN OSDOL - 2:00 to 3:00
DEAD SUPERHERO ORCHESTRA - 3:00 to 3:40
CASTER - 4:00 to 4:40
DAEMON FAMILIAR - 5:00 to 6:00 SUNDAY
DEAD SUPERHERO ORCHESTRA - 2:00 to 2:40
THE WATCHERS - 3:00 to 3:40
RECENT PHOTO - 4:00 to 5:00

My Interests

The comic book/fandom community of Chicago has gathered to deliver a hip and urban version of a comic book convention. Something with a bit of a rock 'n' roll twist and a humanitarian purpose.This event, Heroes Helping Legends, is centrally located within the city and affordable to younger readers and collectors on a budget. All funds raised from the modest admission price($5 suggested donation)and sales of comic books and artwork will benefit The Hero Initiative's mission of creating a critical safety net for veterans of the comic book industry.Please join us as we give back to the writers and artists that have enthralled us with fantastic stories and art all these years.

I'd like to meet:

As fellow comic book fans, we encourage you to join us as we debut Chicago’s first fan-run event. It is for a good cause and we would love to meet you!If you want to get involved you could do any or all of the following:Donate back issues from your collection Volunteer at the event Tell your friends Attend the event and help us raise money for comic creators in needContact us at [email protected]WE WILL ACCEPT COMIC BOOK DONATIONS ON SITE AT THE MERCURY CAFE.
ALL DONATED BOOKS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A TAX DEDUCTION.Chicago Drop off Locations Brainstorm
Drop offs on Thurs. & Fri 12:30 p.m. 10:00 p.m.
1648 W North AveHard Boiled
Mon-Sat 12:00 p.m. 9:00 p.m.
Sun 12:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
2010 W. Roscoe St.Graham Crackers Lincoln Park
2562 North Clark.
Mon-Tues: 11am - 7pm
Wed-Friday: 11am - 8pm
Sat: 11am - 7pm
Sun: 12pm - 5pmOak Park Drop Off Locations Wednesday Journal Mon-Fri 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
141 S. Oak Park AveBolingbrook Drop Off Locations Graham Crackers Bolingbrook
20 N. Bolingbrook Dr.
Mon-Fri: 12-7 pm
Sat: 10-5 pm
Sun: 12-5 pm

My Blog

Signed Items

A lot of comics professionals have been kind enough to send us some signed items that we will be selling at the event this weekend. Will Pfeifer sent a slew of books including quirte a few Catwomans,...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:47:00 PST

Still Accepting Comic Book Donations!

Greetings True Believers! Just wanted to let you know that the organizers of Heroes Helping Legends will be accepting donations of back issues on site at the Mercury Cafe during the event. So take som...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:18:00 PST

What If...

So last night I was having trouble sleeping so I decided to read.   I pulled out a random comic from a recently donated box.  It was an issue of Marvel's What If series that posed ...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:03:00 PST

Check out our awesome limited ed. silkscreen poster!

This stunning limited edition (signed & numbered) silkscreen poster was created by Delicious Design League and artist Hatuey Diaz for the event. A small quantity will be available for purchase at ...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 01:14:00 PST

New Drop-offs!!

Do you have comic books that you no longer want? Are you too busy to put the time and effort into trying to sell them in an oversaturated market?Here is an valorous option for you: Donate them. Heroe...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Sun, 20 Aug 2006 01:13:00 PST

Local artist and fan favorite Skottie Young is down with Heroes Helping Legends

Local artist Skottie Young will be making an appearance at the event.  Stay tuned for details.  In the meantime, you can peep some of his great artwork on his site at www.skottieyoung.com &n...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 11:07:00 PST

Wizard World Chicago

Fun was had at the Wizard World Chicago A.C.T.O.R. booth today. Both Wendi and Richard (myself) spent some quality time hawking product and helping manage some signings and sketches by Dan Jurgens (Th...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:20:00 PST

Wilfred Santiago contributes his art to the cause!

We are grateful to local artist Wilfred Santiago for donating two pieces of art to the event's silent auction.  One piece is an illustration done by Wilfred for the back cover of the 2002 Comics...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Fri, 14 Jul 2006 11:32:00 PST

A testimonial to A.C.T.O.R.

The fine folks at ACTOR recently shared these words of gratitude they received from the widow of one of the fund's worthy applicants.  This talented gentleman had been living with an il...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Wed, 05 Jul 2006 08:14:00 PST

On Superman's Creators

I was never a real Superman fan. Batman was more my style. The whole Dark Knight/vengeance thing appealed to the 12 year old me. I don't think I ever went out of my way to buy a Superman comic book, ...
Posted by Heroes Helping Legends on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 01:25:00 PST