Chicago Loot Drop

Support Chicago Loot Drop and laugh your face off on Tuesday, 6/25! We're partnering with Democracy Burlesque, where "only the politics are naked," with proceeds from the show benefiting Chicago Loot Drop. If you like political satire, you'll love this show. Select Loot Drop Supporter at checkout to ensure they know that Chicago Loot Drop sent you! And the musical act will be our friends in Cover Stories!

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Schlock And Awe

Justin Bieber gets in touch with his feminine side. Secrets of the cultural illuminati are exposed. Puppets are violated and we can't stop talking about Game of Thrones either.

Democracy Burlesque, Chicago only political sketch comedy company is proud to present "Schlock & Awe: Uncultured Sketch Comedy About Pop Culture." It's a full frontal assault on the news we love to hate, and hate to admit we follow.

Assuage your guilt for knowing the sex of Kim & Kanye's baby but not your own Congressman. The Huffington Post is covering it, so it must be news right? So come out on a Tuesday night grab a Dirty Politick martini and join us for an evening of cultural schadenfreude and fun featuring musical guests, stand-up comedy and sketches performed by the Actors of Evil.

Democracy Burlesque

DB has set the standard for world-premiere political satire since 2006 producing comedy & variety shows that take on the issues; education, health care, food, elections and more! Democracy Burlesque’s mission remains to create riotous comedy while raising awareness, supplies and money for an ever lengthening list of Chicago Causes Célèbre: nonprofit grassroots organizations serving the interests of Chicago Communities. So far, we have helped more than 50 groups raise much-needed cash and awareness, and continue to do so during their 8th season.

We had a great weekend at C2E2. So many wonderful people came forth to contribute to our cause and help make the stays at Comer Children's Hospital a bit more enjoyable for all of the kids there. We collected numerous votes on designs from five of the children being treated at Comer. Each one of them will be receiving prizes, and the child with the most votes will be receiving a Nintendo 3DS! And now, without further ado…

And the winner is ... The Brainiac!

Drawn by Angela, Age 15
Re-interpreted by Heidi Foland

Our other entrants also did a fantastic job. Many thanks to both the children and our amazing artists for their contributions!

Trixie The Purple Pixie

Drawn by Miriam, Age 11
Re-interpreted by Jenny Frison

Sir Shapeshift

Drawn by Ryan, Age 15
Re-interpreted by Ryan Browne

SHOCKO

Drawn by Gabriel, Age 11
Re-interpreted by Tim Seeley

Ballerina

Drawn by Lindsay, Age 11
Re-interpreted by Jim Terry

Great news, Loot Droppers!

We’re planning some new activities for Chicago’s nerd mecca – the one and only C2E2 (the Chicago Comics & Entertainment Expo)! We spend much of the year just looking forward to April, when tens of thousands of nerds descend upon the mighty McCormick Place for one weekend, transforming it into a truly magical place full of comic book idols, cosplay heroes and entertainment icons too numerous to fathom. And this year, we have even more to be excited about. For within C2E2’s hallowed halls, we've got our own booth (Booth 1538!), from which we will be kicking off our most ambitious and exciting project yet. We’re calling it…

Drawing Dreams

For Drawing Dreams, we will work be working directly with Comer Children’s Hospital and a handful of their patients. These kids will submit their own written and/or hand-drawn response to these questions: “If you could be a super hero, what sort of hero would you be? What powers would you have and what would you use them for?” We will collect and review these submissions, displaying a selection of the most detailed and well-crafted responses at our C2E2 booth, where convention attendees can vote on their favorite submission, with each vote requiring a small donation. The child who gets the most votes wins a shiny new Nintendo 3DS! Each child’s submission will also be partnered with an artist, who will create their own rendering of the child’s submission. These one-of-a-kind pieces will be displayed alongside the children’s work, and will be available for purchase only to C2E2 attendees, via silent auction. You read that right, we’re going to have one-of-a-kind art from amazing local artists, which you can only get from Chicago Loot Drop! Here's a bit more about the fantastically generous artists who so graciously agreed to participate.

Tim Seeley

TIM SEELEY is one of those “slash” people…a writer-slash-artist. He has drawn a number of different comic book series including G.I JOE, HALLOWEEN, THE DARK ELF TRILOGY, EXILES, and WILDCATS. His writing work includes LOVEBUNNY & MR.HELL, LOADED BIBLE and ANT-MAN/WASP. He is most known for Revival & HACK/SLASH, which he considers a blessing/curse. There’s that slash again. He resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife Gina, and a closet full of MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE figures. Check out his blog at timseeleyart.blogspot.com.

Jenny Frison

Jenny Frison is a comic book cover artist and a member of Chicago's Four Star Studios. She has worked for Image, Dark Horse, DC, Marvel, Dynamite, Top Cow, IDW, and others! She is currently creating covers for Image's REVIVAL series.

Ryan Browne

Ryan Browne (pronounced Brown) is an American comic-bookmen who once used his own sock to wipe pizza from his face when no napkin was present. When not cleaning his face or his pizza stained socks, he writes and draws the questionable comics "God Hates Astronauts" and "Blast Furance: Recreational Thief". In addition, he co-created and drew the spaghetti and western free Spaghetti Western known as "Smoke and Mirrors" for IDW and is the often confused fill-in artist on "The Manhattan Projects" from Image Comics. Currently he is taking over as second banana artist of "Bedlam"—which coincidentally is also published by Image Comics. As of writing this his face is happily pizza free, but the day is young my friends. The day is young...

You can check out his highly questionable web-comic at www.godhatesastronauts.com and follow his wild swearing on Twitter and Instagram @ryanbrowneart.

Jim Terry

Jim Terry is a Chicago-based cartoonist/writer who has worked on THE CROW: SKINNING THE WOLVES and numerous independent titles including LIE DOWN LOW and COMA D. CLOWN. You can see his work at www.woundedbutdangerous.com.

Heidi Foland

An Illustration graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Heidi is currently working for the local Chicago game design industry as a freelance illustrator and professional lurker.

We’ll see you there! Find us at booth 1538.

Here's a touching letter from Comer Children's Hospital thanking our donors for their help and donations in 2012.

The Child Life and Family Education Program at Comer Children’s Hospital would like to thank you for your support this holiday season. Your contribution to our program through Chicago Loot Drop and Child’s Play Charity helped make the holidays magical for each of our hospitalized children and their families. We thought you would enjoy learning about the impact donations had during this holiday season.

The holiday season is a child’s most anticipated time of year. This time should be filled with excitement and joy. The challenges of having a hospitalized child during the holidays are unimaginable for most of us. Your generous donation helped to alleviate some of the pressures on our families during this holiday season as parents could focus more on their ill child, and less on worrying about how they will provide gifts for their children.

Whether celebrating Christmas or Hanukkah, your donation made it possible for children of all religions to enjoy the magic of the season. One parent took a deep sigh of relief at the offer to receive Hanukkah gifts for her hospitalized child and his siblings. She did not expect anything at all. When the gifts were delivered she became tearful and said words could not express her gratitude.

On Christmas day, Santa brought smiles to many as he delivered gift bags to every child; from the tiniest NICU babies to the teenagers. One mom had tears of joy as gifts were delivered for her new baby girl born prematurely on Christmas Eve. Another family later stated it was a Christmas they will never forget. Their little six-year-old girl was so excited to see Santa that she became speechless. Mom said, “I’ve never seen her so quiet!” As soon as Santa left the room, she exclaimed “Santa did find me!” She immediately began to open her gifts and as Santa was later leaving the unit she ran out to give him a big hug.

Your donations helped to make the holidays a reality for our hospitalized children and families. Many of our families are faced with additional emotional and financial challenges during the holiday season. Thank you for making a difference. We look forward to continuing our partnership with you in the future and welcome donations throughout the entire year.