Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics Jim Lee and fashion-brand HEX launched a crowdfunding campaign today in support of two new backpacks designed specifically for comics artists and collectors.
Now backable on Kickstarter, the first backpack, called HEX x Jim Lee Artist Backpack, is designed to allow artists to move their art supplies and portfolio safely. The second, dubbed the HEX x Jim Lee Collectors Backpack, provides convention goers and collectors with a safe way to haul their valuable loads around.
The backpacks have a lot of different features, which you can read and see below:
HEX x Jim Lee Artists Backpack Features:
- Removable 11” x 17” Artist Portfolio
- Art Supply Organizer
- Waterproof Ink Pocket
- Fleece Lined Laptop Pocket
- Padded Tablet Pocket
- Mesh Side Pocket
- Combo Phone Passport Pocket
- Charger Cable Pass Through
- Quick Access card/D Pocket
- Luggage Pass Through
- Custom Jim Lee Luggage Tag
- Custom Jim Lee Lining
- Water Resistant 400D Twist Dobby Polyester with PU Coating
HEX x Jim Lee Collectors Backpack Features:
- Individual Fleece Lined Comic Carrying Pockets
- Padded Laptop Sleeve
- Overstreet Price Guide Pocket
- Anti-theft Zipper Lock
- Poster Tube Holder
- Exterior Phone Pocket
- Organizer
- Custom Jim Lee Batman Lining
- Water Resistant 600D Polyester with PU Coating
- Limited Edition Only Features
- Jim Lee Front Pocket
- “Batarang” Zipper Pulls
Explaining the Batman nods present across both bags, Lee said, “the aim was to provide a subtle call out to the origins of the bag without it becoming a Batman bag.”
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Lee is famous for his work on such comics as Batman: Hush and Uncanny X-Men. His style was later used for X-Men: The Animated Series, and several of the characters he helped co-create remain to this day. Along with Todd McFarlane, Whilce Portacio, Marc Silvestri, Erik Larsen, Jim Valentino and Rob Liefeld, Lee is one of the founders of Image Comics.