Blogathon 2010

As I've done twice before in 2007 and 2009, this year, I'm doing another blogathon for charity. For those who don't know (or remember), a blogathon is where you post on your blog every 30 minutes for 24 hours straight. It's a geeky, fun sort of way to raise a little bit of money for charity. Like last year, the charity I'll be blogging for is the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, an organisation dedicated to free speech, particularly when it comes to comics. The blogathon will be happening on Saturday July 17 beginning at 9 am right here on GraphiContent. If you'd like to sponsor me, just head on over to the CBLDF's website and give whatever you'd like -- and tell me about it so I can keep track of all of the donations either via comment or via e-mail (my address is chevett13 [at] yahoo [dot] ca). If you can give, that's great, but it's okay if you can't.

For this year's blogathon, I will be writing about Hellblazer, a comic that I love and own more of than any other series. I've compiled a list of all of the trades/issue/graphic novels I will be reading and discussing (and the rough order I'll do them in, but that may change). I'll stick that below a cut just to save space at the end of the post.

Again, the blogathon will be here on Saturday July 17 beginning 9 am and you can sponsor me by donating to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. It should be fun and thank you in advance for any support you give.

Rare Cuts -- 11, 25–26, 35, 56, 84 -- Jamie Delano, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis -- "Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come" "Early Warning" "How I Learned to Love the Bomb" "Dead Boy's Heart" "This is the Diary of Danny Drake" "In Another Part of Hell"

31 -- Jamie Delano -- "Mourning of the Magician"

Dangerous Habits -- 41–46 -- Garth Ennis -- "Dangerous Habits"

Bloodlines-- 47-50, 52–55, 59–61 -- Garth Ennis -- "The Pub Where I Was Born" "Love Kills" "The Lord of the Dance" "Remarkable Lives" "Royal Blood" "Guys and Dolls"

Fear and Loathing -- 62–67 -- Garth Ennis -- "End of the Line" "Forty" "Fear and Loathing" "Dear John"

Tainted Love -- 68–71 plus Hellblazer Special and short story from Vertigo Jam -- Garth Ennis -- "Tainted Love" "Down All the Days" "Rough Trade" "Heartland" "Finest Hour" "Confessional"

Damnation's Flame -- 72–77 -- Garth Ennis -- "Damnation's Flame" "Act of Union" "Confessions of an Irish Rebel" "And the Crowd Goes Wild"

Rake at the Gates of Hell -- 78–83 plus the Heartland one-shot -- Garth Ennis -- "Rake at the Gates of Hell" "Heartland"

Son of Man -- 129–133 -- Garth Ennis -- "Son of Man"

Haunted -- 134–139 -- Warren Ellis -- "Haunted"

Setting Sun -- 140–143 -- Warren Ellis -- "Locked" "The Crib" "Setting Sun" "One Last Love Song" "Telling Tales"

Hard Time -- 146–150 -- Brian Azzarello -- "Hard Time"

Good Intentions -- 151–156 -- Brian Azzarello -- "Good Intentions"

Freezes Over -- 157–163 -- Brian Azzarello -- "...And Buried?" "Freezes Over" "Lapdogs and Englishmen"

Highwater -- 164–174 -- Brian Azzarello -- "Highwater" "A Fresh Coat of Red Paint" "Chasing Demons" "Ashes and Dust in the City of Angels"

All His Engines -- Mike Carey

Red Sepulchre -- 175–180 -- Mike Carey -- "High on Life" "Red Sepulchre"

Black Flowers -- 181–186 -- Mike Carey -- "The Game of Cat and Mouse", "Black Flowers" "Third Worlds"

Staring at the Wall -- 187–193 -- Mike Carey -- "Bred in the Bone" "Staring at the Wall"

Stations of the Cross -- 194–200 -- Mike Carey -- "Ward 24" "Out of Season" "Stations of the Cross" "Happy Families"

Reasons to be Cheerful -- 201–206 -- Mike Carey -- "Event Horizon" "Reasons to be Cheerful" "Cross Purpose"

The Gift -- 207–215 -- Mike Carey -- "Down in the Ground Where the Dead Men Go" "The Gift" "R.S.V.P."

Empathy is the Enemy -- 216–222 -- Denise Mina -- "Empathy is the Enemy"

The Red Right Hand -- 223–228 -- Denise Mina -- "The Season of the Zealot" "The Red Right Hand"

229 -- Mike Carey -- "With a Little Help from My Friends"

245-246 -- Jason Aaron -- "Newcastle Calling"

250 -- Dave Gibbons, Brian Azzarello, China Mieville, Jamie Delano, Peter Milligan -- "Happy New Fucking Year" "All I Goat for Christmas" "Snow has Fallen" "Christmas Cards" "The Curse of Christmas"