Star Wars artists Tom Hodges and Matt Busch donated this "Clone Wars" piece to Comic-Con's 2007 Art Auction

Artist Ken Meyer Jr. works on a Harry Potter piece for the Art Auction. Meyer created the piece "live" in the Sails Pavilion while Comic-Con attendees watched.
Photos by Clydene Nee © SDCC

Art Auction 2008

Comic-Con's Art Auction offers you a chance to see some of the best artists in the industry create art right before your eyes! Best of all, you can purchase this original art for your own collection when it's auctioned off at Comic-Con.

Among the beneficiaries of the Art Auction are the Disabled Services Department and Artists' Alley. As a nonprofit organization, Comic-Con is committed to making the convention an enjoyable event for all attendees. By actively promoting access for all those with special needs and providing interpreters for its deaf members, Comic-Con guarantees an even wider audience who can appreciate all that comics and pop culture have to offer. The Art Auction helps defray the costs of these services, as well as the costs of Artists' Alley, where space is provided free to the participating artists.

Check your onsite Events Guide for the exact location of the Art Auction, and visit it often during Comic-Con. You just might catch your favorite artist creating a masterpiece!

Art Auction 2007 Recap

Over $24,000 raised for attendees with Special Needs in 2007

Over 100 artists contributed art to the Art Auction in 2007, which moved to the Sails Pavilion upstairs next to registration. Jim Lee's piece, which included Wonder Woman, Catwoman and Poison Ivy, brought in the highest price ever for the Auction at $5,100. This is the fourth year in a row that Jim's art has been the top seller. Comic-Con special guest Joe Jusko contributed a Batman painting -- one of the very few Batmans the artist has ever painted -- which brought in $2,700. New contributors to the auction included Jay Anacleto, (a piece from his book Aria), and Leinil Francis Yu, (a fully painted Hulk). Other contributing artists included Sue Dawe (a fully painted and color pencil Boromir-Sean Bean-from Lord of the Rings); and Matt Busch and Tom Hodges (an original Star Wars Clone Wars piece). Many licensed Star Wars artists (including Dave Seeley, Cat Staggs, and Jerry Vanderstelt) donated prints from Star Wars Celebration IV and Celebration Europe. Original sculptures were also donated by Brandon and Jarrod Shiflett (an Incredible Hulk piece), and Angela Talbot (a very lifelike Poltergeist piece titled "Cain").

Comic-Con wishes to thank all the artists and companies who donated to this year's Art Auction. Their generous contributions raised over $24,000, which is used to defray the costs of assistance to attendees with special needs. These services include our sign language interpreters for the deaf. Comic-Con deeply appreciates the contributions of the artists who donate both their valuable time and art and to the fans who bid on this work.

Want to Donate Art?

If you are interested in donating art by mail to the Art Auction we have for Comic Con International, please send your work to:

Donations should be postmarked by June 30, 2008 to ensure delivery before the convention. Please make sure to put your name, address, phone number, email address, title of work, and previous job experience so the auctioneer can read this at the podium.