Montréal- and Ottawa-area comic book fans came out in force for our 3rd annual Comics for Charity event, held this past week-end in the picturesque town of Vankleek Hill, Ontario.


Our minimum goal had been to raise $2000 for Refuge RR for Horses. This local refuge has 400 rescued animals in its care, 65 of which are horses, and it desperately needs our help. Last year we raised $1963.25, which we topped off to $2000. And that was with the most inclement weather imaginable!


This year, the sun shone brightly on our little town, its arts festival, and our own event. According to our current tally, we have raised $2755.35! For some reason, we had in mind that the Refuge needs $2000 per horse per year, but in fact it's $1200, so the amount we raised is enough to cover two horses and a few other animals for the year. YAY!!! Some additional donations have been promised (thanks so much, Josée!), so the final tally may be even higher. If you send in a donation to the Refuge in response to reading about them on our site, let us know!


Very, very warm thanks to everyone who supported us and the Refuge this week-end: Huge thanks first and foremost to Oscar and Alex, who not only took loads of our old comics off our hands but also helped us make the booth more functional;
to Michel, Jeremy and Ray (coming all the way from L.A.!), who all got large sketches done; to Chris, Justin, Tate, Pierre, Niki, Alain, Jonathan and Patrick, who also got sketches done;
and to Colin, Dr. Brian, Mitch, Wolfie's mom, Ty (and his assorted buddies!), Kevin, Adam, Miria, Mark (two different Marks, in fact), Frank & Jean, Diane and the Mary's Country Kitchen family for "buying" comics in exchange for donations.
Others came by for comics but I didn't get their names down on paper amid the madness! Special thanks also to our old fanfriend Sylvain, who brought boards games to sell!
And others simply emptied their pocket change into our donations jar. That alone amounted to over $35!


Stay tuned for tally updates and possibly more pics! And if you were there and would like to share your stories, you can do so by clicking on "Post Comment," below. If you have scans or photos from the event, you can e-mail them to us at the usual e-mail address.


To every one of you, our warmest thanks. Sincerely. Comic book fans RULE!!!

Dale & Wolfie