HUMBOLDT 鈥� The Humboldt-based comic Auroraman has launched a special edition of their seventh issue, featuring a guest cover artist and all proceeds going to Creative Kids Saskatchewan.
The guest cover artist is Sarah Leblanc, a 15-year-old artist from Winnipeg.
Jeff Burton, Auroraman鈥檚 creator, said he first met her at a holiday market.
鈥淪ometimes when we are having tables at comic shows people who are doing art and want to get some advice or opinions about their artwork will bring their artwork to shows and show it to people at the show to get some feedback,鈥� Burton said.
This led him to working with Leblanc.
鈥淪he鈥檚 an aspiring artist and her work was really good so we offered her to do one of the alternate covers for issue seven,鈥� he said.
鈥淗er work already was quite good, she has a really good eye for detail and proportioning and layout. She鈥檚 definitely up and coming when it comes to comic book art. If this is something she wants to pursue, she鈥檒l do a good job of it.鈥�
All proceeds from the special edition is going to Creative Kids Saskatchewan.
Creative Kids Saskatchewan reduces financial barriers to arts and cultural activities for Saskatchewan kids between the ages of four to 19.
鈥淚鈥檝e always advocated for helping kids 鈥� as a teacher that鈥檚 kind of my thing,鈥� Burton said.
鈥淲ith Sarah鈥檚 cover, because she鈥檚 just trying this out, she didn鈥檛 ask us to pay her for her artwork.鈥�
The issue wasn鈥檛 planned to be released until May at the Saskatchewan Entertainment Expo in Regina, but the event being cancelled resulted in Burton releasing the edition early.
鈥淚t鈥檚 another great Adventures of Auroraman story with actually a pretty good lesson in it for everybody during these times,鈥� he said. 鈥淣o matter how difficult things can be or how much of a darkness we seem to be in, we can stand up and be a light and keep shining that light even in the darkness.鈥�
Copies of the special edition can be purchased from bigcountrycomics.com.
Burton is also releasing a limited edition bundle which includes an original hand-drawn art page. A portion of the proceeds from the bundle will be going to charity.
