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It’s the Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap Humble Bundle!

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Discover the manga that inspired some of the year’s new and most popular anime series with the Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap from Kodansha and Humble Bundle! Join the search for the world’s greatest striker in the football saga Blue Lock. Get caught up in the historical fantasy timeslip comedy of Ya Boy Kongming!. Follow the story of Nagi and Erika, two teens caught up in the switched-at-birth comedy of A Couple of Cuckoos, and much more, and help support BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation with your purchase!

Pay $1 or more to get:
A Couple of Cuckoos, Vol. 1
Police in a Pod, Vol. 1
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vol. 1
Ya Boy Kongming!, Vol. 1
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, Vol. 1

Pay $10 or more to get:
Blue Lock, Vols. 6-10
A Couple of Cuckoos, Vols. 2-3
Police in a Pod, Vols. 2-4
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vols. 2-3
Ya Boy Kongming!, Vols. 2-3
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, Vol. 2
Dawn of the Witch, Vol. 1

Pay $20 or more to get:
Blue Lock, Vols. 1-5
A Couple of Cuckoos, Vols. 4-5
Police in a Pod, Vols. 5-7
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vols. 4-5
Tokyo Mew Mew Omnibus, Vol. 1
Ya Boy Kongming!, Vols. 4-6
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, Vol. 3
Dawn of the Witch, Vols. 2-3

A $443 value, you can get it all for just $18.

It’s the Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap Humble Bundle!

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Pay $1 or more to get:
A Couple of Cuckoos, Vol. 1
Police in a Pod, Vol. 1
Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie, Vol. 1
Ya Boy Kongming!, Vol. 1
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?, Vol. 1

A $443 value, you can get it all for just $18.

It’s the Kodansha 2022 Anime Recap Humble Bundle!

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

A $443 value, you can get it all for just $18.

Binc’s Year End Campaign Begins with a Match!

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has announced that the Members of the Binc Foundation’s Board are offering a second matching donation for the year-end Read Love Support campaign. With the need for emergency financial assistance for medical care, housing, and utilities continuing to increase, their goal is to help Binc reach $100,000 or more in donations before December 31, 2022.

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation’s Board will be generously matching all gifts dollar for dollar, doubling the power and impact of donations received up to a total of $5,000.

All year long, Binc assists booksellers and comic retailers recovering from personal financial hardships like a cancer diagnosis, heating and electricity being shut off, and the devastation the recent hurricanes brought to so many.

Binc also works to give access to mental health therapy through its new Mental Health Wellness Program, connects people with local resources, and supports career advancement and professional development for booksellers and comic retailers across the country, with even more program expansions happening next year.

To donate and have your donation matched for greater impact, click here.

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Binc Announces a New Mental Health Wellness Program

Posted on November 27, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation has announced a new Mental Health Wellness program to provide short term support to any employee or owner of U.S. bookstores and comic shops.

Binc launched a Mental Health Wellness Pilot Program in February, 2022 in response to feedback on the need for mental health support via its biannual survey, with over 54% of survey participants stating that a program with the greatest value to the bookstore and comics communities would be mental health therapy assistance. The demand for anxiety, depression, and stress-related treatment is at a three-year high, according to the American Psychological Association’s 2022 Covid-19 Practitioner Survey, with 60 percent of psychologists at capacity and unable to accept new patients.

Participants personalize their program, matching with a therapist, communicating their way through web-based interaction, phone calls, text communication, and live online sessions. Participation in the program is completely confidential; Binc has no optics into the identity of participants, their therapy, or their personal data.

Binc encourages owners and managers of bookstores and comic shops to share the program information with their staff and has a poster available for download on their website. Getting free and confidential access to mental health wellness therapy can have a meaningful impact on a person, their family, their coworkers, and their community.

Those interested in supporting Binc and their programs can make a donation here.

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Binc announces the Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activist applications are open

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

The Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists gives an independent bookseller the opportunity to attend two bookselling events as well as receive a $1000 grant to make their community stronger. The community outreach component of this scholarship is focused on finding new readers and ensuring access to books that improve readers’ lives while integrating bookstores even more fully into their communities.

2023’s award will be the fourth Carla Gray Memorial Scholarship for Emerging Bookseller-Activists awarded by the Friends of Carla Gray Committee and the Binc Foundation. This professional development scholarship is intended to help a bookseller with fewer than five years of experience connect with other booksellers, publishers, and authors and establish the long-term relationships that keep the book industry thriving.

The winning bookseller will be awarded a year-long scholarship for professional development, which includes: travel and hotel for attendance to Winter Institute 2023, travel and hotel for attendance to their 2023 regional fall tradeshow, and a stipend to fund a community outreach project.

Interested booksellers can apply here.

The deadline to apply is October 15th, 2022 at 5pm EST.

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Binc to Offer Scholarships to the Diamond Summit

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

The Book Industry Charitable (Binc) Foundation announced the Foundation will be offering two $750 scholarships to comic book store owners and their employees to attend the Diamond Summit in Baltimore, Maryland on October 26th and 27th, 2022. The funds may be used for travel, replacement wages, lodging, and meals.

Binc’s communication and project manager, Judey Kalchik, will be attending the Summit this year. Kalchik encourages everyone to stop by Binc’s table to say hello, ask questions about emergency assistance and scholarships, and offer Binc suggestions and feedback. Binc is always looking to hear from comic shop owners and employees.

To apply for a scholarship to the Summit, applicants must meet the following criteria:

The applicant’s store must be in the U.S. and either a retail bricks-and-mortar store owned by an entity a substantial portion of whose revenue is derived from the bricks-and-mortar sale of books/comics, -or- a mobile or pop-up store with an ongoing overhead investment that is open to the general public and maintains an annual average of 30 hours per week with an employee present.
The applicant must be a regular part-time or full-time employee or owner of a comic shop.
Applicants must be currently employed and have 90 days of continuous employment with the comic shop.

Comic store owners and their employees can apply for a scholarship here.

Applications are now open. The deadline to apply is October 3rd, 2022 by 5:00 pm ET.

Celebrate 30 years of Image with the Image Comics The 2000s Comic Humble Bundle

Posted on August 18, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Image Comics turns 30 this year and we’re ready to celebrate! This bundle is all about Image in the 2000s, including the debuts of well-loved series like Invincible Volume 1: Family Matters, The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone By, and Fear Agent: Final Edition Volume 1! On top of the new heroes, villains, and sagas the decade brought, this bundle also includes the continuing adventures of fan-favorite Image characters Spawn,The Darkness, and Savage Dragon.

Grab this bundle and help support BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation)!

The bundle features a value of $1,064 but you can get it all for just $25!