Art Baltazar announced that he is creating a special comic for distribution to children in hospitals, although he will offer a small number of copies for sale with the proceeds going to CB4K.
Funko founder Michael Becker accepted his company’s Pop Culture Award with a pledge of continued support for CB4K, as did Brittany McManus of CGC; DC Comics Group Editor Katie Kubert accepted the Publisher Award for DC Comics and highlighted her company’s continued support for the cause. CB4K is working with DC to produce two new reprints of Superman #39 with variant covers by Laura Braga and Shawn McManus (see “ComicBooks For Kids Unveils New Variant Covers”).
At the panel, CB4K Founder and President Mark Weiss also said the organization has a retailer kit in the works and is also working on a retailer affiliate program.
Here’s the full list of the CB4K awards:
- CB4K Retail Award: Krav’n Comics
- CB4K Retail Award: LoneStar (MyComicShop)
- CB4K Retail Award: Graham Cracker Comics
- CB4K Pop Culture Award: Funko
- CB4K Game Publisher Award: Paizo
- CB4K Distributor Award: Lunar Distribution
- CB4K Publisher Award: DC Comics
- CB4K Publisher Award: Zenescope Entrtainment
- CB4K Publisher Award: VIZ Media
- CB4K Award: Art Baltazar
- CB4K Award: CGC
- CB4K Award: Michael Negin
- CB4K Award: Surtz Media
- CB4K Award: Tom Nguyen
- CB4K Award: BCW
- CB4K Award: Kelly Guenter/Multiverse Funrdaiser
For more information, on CB4K and its sister organization, ComicBooks For Troops, visit the ComicBooksFor Kids website.
