LOS ANGELES, CA (December 19, 2016) – Hero Initiative, the charitable organization dedicated to helping veteran comic creators in medical or financial need, kicks off 2017 Louisiana-style at Wizard World New Orleans January 6-8 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Hero will be the ONLY place you can find special guest artist Ty Templeton!

Templeton, best known for his work on Batman Adventures and The Simpsons, will be at Hero’s booth, #347, all weekend, sketching and signing. Make sure you stop by!

And visit Hero’s creative Ambassadors on the floor! Arthur Adams, Howard Chaykin, Joyce Chin, Rob Guillory, Sam Humphries, Marat Mychaels, Pere Perez and Fred van Lente will all be collecting for Hero at their own booths. Stop by to grab a signature, and make a donation to our worthy cause!

Art attached: Ty Templeton Hellboy art

About The Hero Initiative

The Hero Initiative is the first-ever federally chartered not-for-profit corporation dedicated strictly to helping comic book artists and craftsmen in need. Hero Initiative creates a financial safety net for yesterday’s creators who may need emergency medical aid, financial support for essentials of life, and an avenue back into paying work. It’s a chance for all of us to give back something to the people who have given us so much enjoyment.

Since its inception, The Hero Initiative has had the good fortune to grant over $950,000 to the comics veterans who have paved the way for those in the industry today. For more information, visit www.HeroInitiative.org or call 626-676-6354.

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