DC's Chief Creative Officer Jim Lee is continuing to create sketches to benefit comic shops. Lee's latest sketch, which is entry 55 in a planned set of 60, features a black and white illustration of Green Lantern's John Stewart igniting his power ring in the air.Lee shared a photograph of his latest sketch on Twitter, along with stating that he's auctioning off the sketch on eBay, with all proceeds going to benefit the BINC (Book Industry Charitable Foundation). At the time of writing, the illustration has a current bid of $3,050.00.
John Stewart was a former Marine turned architect who was selected as the backup Green Lantern for Hal Jordan. When Jordan retired from active duty in the '80s, Stewart took up full-time Lantern duties and served a larger role in DC's Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline. The character has since appeared in multiple other forms of media and gained a massive boost in popularity thanks to 2001's Justice League animated series.
The BINC teamed up with Lee to financially support comic book shops during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other artists, including Philip Tan and J. Scott Campbell, have contributed sketches for the auction as well. Lee has drawn a multitude of characters for the auction including the Question and an aged Bruce Wayne from The Dark Knight Returns.
Currently, Lee has raised over $600,000 through auctioning his work.
Source: Twitter