Chicago Loot Drop

The Details:
Date: Sunday, February 10th, 2019
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Revolution Tap Room (3340 N Kedzie Ave)

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Comfort Kit Day For Comer Kids is back for its 4th year. We’re raising money for and assembling nerdy boxes of goodies for kids at University Of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital. Join us as we return to the Revolution Tap Room (3340 N Kedzie) on Sunday, February 10th at 2pm to help support these kids while drinking great local brews. Based on how much you raise, you’ll build or help create comfort kits filled with games, comic books, puzzles, coloring books, LEGO, and more.

Our goal: comfort kits for at least 120 different young patients at Comer Children’s. The materials for each kit cost roughly $20, so that’s the amount you need to raise for each kit you want to assemble.

Here’s how it works:

1. Register yourself or a team. We ask each individual or team to raise at least $100: enough for 5 comfort kits. Whomever raises the most kits will win a pair of 3-day passes to C2E2!

2. Share your fundraising page with family, friends, and arch nemeses asking them to contribute to your heroic, selfless efforts.

3. Join us at the Revolution Tap Room (3340 N Kedzie) in Avondale on Sunday, February 10th at 2pm to assemble the kits you raised money for! If you can’t attend comfort kit assembly in person, the rest of us there will put together the kits you raised money for on your behalf.

Chicago Loot Drop will provide all of the supplies, and our friends at Revolution will provide your first beer for everyone who registers and attends. When all comfort kits are assembled, everyone interested is invited to play party games!

Check out our participant guide for ways to share.

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The Details:
Date: Monday, Aug 27th, 2018
Time: 6:30 pm 
Location: Haymarket Pub & Brwery (2515 S Wabash)

Drawing Dreams 2018 at C2E2 was a great time! We got to meet a lot of Loot Droppers, make new friends, and raffle off awesome art. For those who missed it or want to relive it, here's the full roster of artwork from Drawing Dreams 2018!

The Invincible Bejas

Inspired by Anahii, Age 4
Drawn by Tony Moy

The Cheetah

Inspired by Chloe, Age 11
Drawn by Ashley Witter

Andrea Bell

Inspired by Bella, Age 8
Drawn by Andrea Bell

Mew

Inspired by Lauren, Age 7
Drawn by GABO

Wonder Girl

Inspired by Dayana, Age 5
Drawn by Cloverkin

Mad Ed

Inspired by Eduardo, Age 12
Drawn by Nicole Goux

The Healer

Inspired by Alex, Age 10
Drawn by JB Roe

For those of you that didn't win in our C2E2 ticket giveaway, there's still plenty of time to get your tickets.

Thanks to Reed Pop, we'll be back at C2E2 this year, in booth 641. For the 6th year in a row, Chicago Loot Drop will be running "Drawing Dreams"!

Once again, we’re partnering with local artists at C2E2 to bring to life the creative visions of seven very special patients from Comer Children’s Hospital. We’ve asked these children to describe themselves as a superhero: What sort of power(s) would you have? What would you do with those powers? What would your superhero name be?

We took their responses to the following artists, who are creating original artwork depicting the children’s ideas. We'll be taking a sneak peek at the art next week!

Tony Moy – Artist Alley Table U13

(Twitter, DeviantArt)

Tony is a Mixed Media artist (Pencils, Inks, Digital, Watercolors, etc) located in Chicago, IL. He has been published in comics such as X-Files, Dungeons and Dragons, Transfusion and Memory Collectors, among others.

Ashley Witter – Artist Alley Table S6

(Twitter, ashleywitter.com)

Ashley Witter is the interior artist for Squarriors, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice's Wolf Gift, and Bloodthirsty. She has also done variant covers for Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad, Darth Maul, Doctor Aphra, Street Fighter, Assassin's Creed, Red Sonja, and many others.

Andrea Bell – Artist Alley Table O4

(Twitter, Insta, Facebook, andreabelldraws.com)

Andrea is an illustrator and comic artist living in Chicago throughout the best and worst seasons. Her work reflects adventure, honesty, and strong relatable characters combined with an intriguing palette.

GABO – Artist Alley Table P5

(Twitter, gabo.brofu.com, Insta)

GABO (also known as Gabriel Bautista) is the artist for DEAD OF WINTER (Kyle Starks) and THE LIFE AFTER (Joshua Hale Fialkov)

Other works: Love is Love, Elephantmen, Albert The Alien, The Spirit, All-Star Western, Comic Book Tattoo

He is an avid Twitch streamer.

Cloverkin – Artist Alley Table G2

(Twitter, Instagram)

Cloverkin creates pet portraits, books, prints, original art, and commissions with fantasy flair!

A traditional fantasy artist selling original art, prints, books, and commissions! Stop by in person or online (bit.ly/cloverkin) for a major dose of good ol' fashioned whimsy!

New for 2018!

These two artists are joining us for the first time this year. Make sure to hunt down their tables and welcome them to the community!

Nicole Goux – Artist Alley Table J13

(nicolegoux.com, Tumblr, Insta)

Nicole Goux is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist living and working in Southern California. She earned her BFA in illustration at Cal State University Long Beach.

She has been published by such companies as IDW, Black Crown, Image, and Lion Forge.

The only thing she likes as much as drawing is traveling the world, seeing new places, and meeting new people. She likes to incorporate color, pattern, and the human form in her work.

JB Roe – Artist Alley Table D15

(jbroe.com, Insta)

JB Roe is a Chicago-based artist and writer. He has been published by Hidden Fortress Press, Really Easy Press, Black Mask Studios, American Nature Comics, Image, and Comicker. He also co-owns a clothing & apparel label, Hardway.

Come see the full drawings at booth 641. If you don't have your ticket yet, there's still time to get them!