Renowned cartoonist Chris Ware and web retailer Woot! offer T-shirt to benefit 826 Michigan

Posted on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 : 2:21 p.m.

Online company Shirt.Woot! raises funds for 826 Michigan on Wednesday with the one-day sale of a special T-shirt. Every shirt sold, available for $10 (including shipping), benefits the nonprofit youth writing organization.

Designer of the shirt is Chris Ware, the Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist and cartoonist behind the "Acme Novelty Library" series and a frequent art contributor to 826 co-founder Dave Eggers' McSweeney's publishing house. The T-shirt will feature the robot from his graphic novel "Jimmy Corrigan: 'The Smartest Kid on Earth,'" though the actual design remains secret until available for purchase.

The shirt goes on sale at Shirt.Woot! at 12 midnight Central/1 a.m. Eastern on Wednesday. (Get it? 8/26.) If the shirt doesn't sell out during Wednesday, it will be available at The Shirt.Woot! Back Catalog but will cost $15 (including shipping).

Update: Check out the design below.

'Jimmy Corrigan' graphic novel cover photo by Flickr user Grave-digger.

Tags: books, 826michigan

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Chrysta Cherrie is the entertainment producer/copy editor for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at chrystacherrie@annarbor.com or 734-623-2526, and follow her on Twitter @chrystacherrie.