Comic Book Outreach Program

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http://www.whedonverse.org/news/2006/03/comic-outreach-program.html

Comic Outreach Program 

The continuation of the 'verse for Firefly, Buffy, and Angel fans 
currently resides primarily in the realm of comic books. So, while we 
wait for their resurgence on television or film, let's seize an 
opportunity to reach out to a new audience and join the International 
Comic Arts Association's Comic Outreach Program™.

Spreading the 'Verse

The Whedonverse Multimedia Project was established in May 2004 after 
the television series Angel left the air marking the last Joss Whedon 
creation to grace our small screens, that is, at least for now. Our 
mission is simple: bring the world's of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 
Angel and Firefly/Serenity to those who may not have yet discovered 
them. We accomplish this by donating the DVDs to public libraries, 
military units, and charitible organizations.

If you'd like to help, please send us a donation so we can provide 
DVDs to the libraries on our waiting list or contact your local 
library directly and arrange a donation to them. If you do donate 
books or DVDs directly to a public library, please enter it in our 
online tally so we can keep track of the organizations that have 
benefitted from your generosity. 

While donating DVDs has been the primary focus of our project, this 
month we're launching the Youthful 'Verse campaign, which seeks to 
provide young adult materials such as comic books to youth 
organizations. ICCA's Comic Outreach Program provides us with a means 
to achieve this objective.

About the ICCA's Comic Outreach Program

A major portion of the Comics Outreach Program™ is directed at young 
readers and their parents. Through this program the organization 
stresses the importance of reading, and the value of the comic book 
in making reading fun and exciting for children while also helping to 
spark their imaginations and enhance their creativity. Through this 
program, the ICAA is able to distribute comic books and related 
products to a number of outlets where people of all ages can 
appreciate, learn and enjoy them. These include; schools, children's 
hospitals and pediatric wards; after-school programs; boys and girls 
clubs; and other youth organizations. Additionally, the ICAA 
distributes comic materials at live events such as festivals, fairs, 
community celebrations, school functions, concerts, sporting events 
and will use the holiday gift-giving season for enhanced promotions 
through the ICAA Seasons Readings Program.

Another major focus of this program's efforts are toward getting more 
comics material into the nation's library systems. The organization 
is actively working toward getting some of the most valuable comic 
works and collections into school and public libraries nationwide. 
These include graphic novels, trade paperbacks, anthology works, 
comic art history books, comic art technique books, archive editions, 
and comics on microfilm added to their collections. With these 
efforts the ICAA hopes to help encourage many library systems to 
continue to purchase comic related works for their libraries in the 
future by introducing them to some of the more valuable material 
currently available.

How to Donate

Donations are now being accepted for the ICAA Comics Outreach 
Program. If you would like to donate Whedon-related comics, send them 
to this address:

The International Comic Arts Association
Comics Outreach Program
533 Johnson Avenue
Morris, IL 60450

To learn more about the International Comic Arts Association, please 
visit ComicArts.org.


 







 
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