UPDATE: The auction will be extended another week until April 27th.

Read this post to participate in the online silent auction to benefit the Washington School for the Deaf!

Thanks for stopping by! We have lots of great art on auction until the 20th of April. All proceeds benefit the Washington School for the Deaf to put graphic novels in their library! If you’re wondering why the Washington School for the Deaf, and why graphic novels, the great Gina Gagliano over at First Second gave a great summary:

“Plain text tends to be hard for deaf children, as they don’t have the association hearing people do with the spoken word. Things like graphic novels (with value-added pictures included!) are a great way to get them excited about reading. Of course, state of public education in this country today, no one can afford all the classroom materials they’d like.”

Here is how it’s going to work:

Each piece has a corresponding number to it. To bid on a piece, simply leave a comment with the number of the piece you want to bid on and the amount you would like to bid. At the end of the auction, I will be contacting the people with the highest bid on each piece, sending them an invoice via Paypal for the amount they bid within 48 hours. And because I’ve had some problems with this the last time I did this: If someone else has bid on a piece that you want – don’t feel bad placing a higher bid. That’s how this whole auction thing works.

Now, there’s no legal obligation or what not, but I’m hoping that the people who bid are doing so for the art and to help the school, so it’s all based on an honor system. If for some reason the person with the highest bid is unable to pay, I will be contacting to the person with the next highest bid. All work has a minimum bid of $5.00.

$5.00 will be added to the final bid for shipping costs.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me at:

jonathan [at] oneofthejohns [dawt] com.

Enough talk! Here are the great pieces available:

# 1 – ink drawing, 11″ x 10″, donated by Meg Hunt

# 2 – print & ink drawing, 8″ x 9.75″ & 9″ x 11″, donated by Meg Hunt

# 3 – ink drawing, 14.75″ x 13.25″, donated by Alex Puvilland

# 4 – watercolor painting, 12″ x 14.5″, donated by LeUyen Pham

# 5 – photograph, 10″ x 8″, donated by Lori Pollack

# 6 – photograph, 10″ x 8″, donated by Lori Pollack

# 7 – mono print, 11″ x 14″, donated by Jeffrey Baker

# 8 – ink drawing, 11″ x 11″, donated by Jonathan Hill

# 9 – silkscreen print, 12.5″ x 17″, donated by Jonathan Hill

# 10 – ink drawing, 11″ x 15.25″, donated by Jonathan Hill

# 11 – ink & marker drawing, 8.5″ x 11″, donated by Jason Rainey

# 12 – ink & marker drawing, 8.5″ x 11″, donated by Jason Rainey

# 13 – green pencil & ink drawing, 11″ x 11″, donated by Jason Rainey

# 14 – green pencil & ink drawing, 11″ x 14″, donated by Jason Rainey

# 15 inked comics page, 8.5″ x 10.5″, donated Dustin Harbin.

Don’t forget, you only have a little over two weeks to bid! Auction ends April 20th! Happy bidding!