Buy comics and support some good causes

Halloween is over, but somebody forgot to tell the good folks at Humble Bundle.

The company has a terrific Halloween sale taking place until Wednesday, November 12. If you're not familiar with Humble Bundle, it organizes "pay-what-you-want" promotions, which sometimes includes promotions for charity events. Consumers set their own price and decide how to allocate their money between content creators, charity and a humble tip.

The "Humble Horror Book Bundle" can either support the book's publishers, or go toward RAINN (Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network), the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization, or the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which defends first amendment rights of comic book professionals nationwide.

And there are some really good books included in the Halloween bundle. Among the titles are PINOCCHIO, VAMPIRE SLAYER, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER OMNIBUS VOL. 1, CLIVE BARKER’S HELLRAISER: THE DARK WATCH, LOCKE & KEY, VOL 1: WELCOME TO LOVECRAFT and the first two issues of the acclaimed series AFTERLIFE WITH ARCHIE.

These books are available in multiple formats including CBZ, PDF, and ePub, so they work on your computers, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found for books HERE and for comics HERE.

Visit the sale site by clicking HERE.

"Puppet" Barnabas Collins by VAN JENSEN

VAN JENSEN, the writer of GREEN LANTERN CORPS for DC Comics and the PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER graphic novels, was a guest at the Charlotte HeroesCon this year. Even though he's a writer by trade, Van still knows his way around a pencil, and provided this sketch of "puppet" Barnabas Collins for my collection.

We spoke with Van and his PINOCCHIO VAMPIRE SLAYER partner DUSTY HIGGINS back in February for our podcast, which you can listen to HERE.