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Mad cave studios launches relief fund for comic book retailers. Sport relief is a biennial charity event, and the campaign deliberately alternates years with red nose day, comic relief s flagship event. Led and managed by the book industry charitable foundation binc, the formation of the comicbook united fund has galvanized the comics world, including onilion forge publishing group and dc, who. This is a fundraiser aimed to provide a onetime donation to comic shops. Led and managed by the book industry charitable foundation binc, the formation of the comicbook united fund has galvanized the comics world, including onilion forge publishing. As we all know, many of those stores need our help right now more than ever. This is what a true comic book shop looks like and is supposed to be.
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