Original art from Chronicle Chambers Bushfire phundraiser book up for auction
- ChronicleChamber Team
- 2 hours ago
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One of the things the team is most proud of are the fundraising we have been a part of for Unicef supporting Ukraine, Draw for Life, and the Red Cross in response to the Australian bushfires of 2019-2020. These fundraising efforts saw close to $50,000 AUD being raised to help those in less fortunate situations. It also enabled many phans to add some amazing original art to their collection.
One such piece from the bushfire phundraiser is now up for auction at Heritage Auctions. This piece is by American artist John K Synder III. John K. Snyder III is a writer and illustrator of comic books and graphic novels. His work has been published in the pages of the underground press, most notably The Duckberg Times, and by independent comic book publishers, including Grendel for Dark Horse Comics.
The summer of 2019/2020 was brutal in Australia. Media coverage of the bushfire disaster was global, and the imagery and stories that we were all exposed to were truly heart-breaking. Communities devastated, lives lost, property destroyed and animals by the millions burned to death.
This book assembled the wonderful submissions into a Phantom-bushfire story and had the collection professionally printed, ready for sale, with all net proceeds supporting the bushfire relief appeal. This is a licensed KFS-approved 52-page colour volume of previously unpublished Phantom artworks, the vast majority of which have been created specifically for this cause.
The artists who have generously donated their time, energy, and creativity in alphabetical order include:
Alejandro Parga Trevio, Alex Saviuk, Angelo Baiocchi, Anthony Spay, Antonio Lemos, Arif Iqbal, Camillo Di Pietrantonio, Ciro Balzano, Coral Martinez, Darren Shipp, Dean Rankine, Declan Tiger, Don Ticchio, Douglas Klauba, Glen Le Lievre, Grange Wallis, Guy Possiant, J.C. Baez, Jamie Johnson, Jason Paulos, Jeff Weigel, Jeremy Macpherson, Joan Boix, John K Snyder III, Josef Rubenstein, Keith Williams, Ken Best, Lou Manna, Leandro Peixoto, Luca Erbetta, Marco Tulio Vilela, Massimo Gamberi, Matt Kyme, Mikael Sol, Mike Manley, Mitchell Collins, Norm Breyfogle, Paolo Murgia, Paul Mason, Percy Ochoa, R Robert Pollak, Ruben Procopio, Sal Velluto, Samuel Salomao, Shane Foley, Sy Barry, Thomas Allvin, Tim McEwen, Tony Menzie, Vincent Raja and Wendell Cavalcanti.
