CHARITY EVENTS/FUNDRAISING

• Wonder Woman Day - October 2006
Event produced entirely by Andy Mangels raised $16,405.33 for two women and children's shelters: Raphael House of Portland and Bradley-Angle House.

• The Perez Archives - July 2001
Benefit book produced entirely by Andy Mangels featuring the art of George Perez reaised almost $7,000 for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

• Broadway on Broadway - October 2001
Benefit event for 9-11 charities produced entirely by Andy Mangels

• Leather Archives & Museum (LAM)
$10,000+ contributor and Uniforms Room adoptee
member 2000-2006

• Oregon Leather History Project (OLHP)
founder, archivist, and curator, 2004-2006

• Check back for more information and history of charity events and fundraisers with which Andy has been involved.

ACTIVISM IN PUBLISHING

• The Best Of Gauntlet
(1994, Masquerade Books, essay)
• Gay Comics
• Quantum Leap (Innovation)
• Out In Comics
• Gays In Comics convention panels
• "Out of the Closet and Into the Comics" (Amazing Heroes article from 1988)

AWARDS

Pantheon of Leather: West Coast Regional Award (2005, The Leather Journal)

• Blackout Leather Productions Person of the Year 2002
"For your extraordinary support, efforts and extended contributions to the Oregon state leather community."

• National Leather Emerald Award 2001
"For your extraordinary continued support, efforts and extended contributions to the leather community."

• Pantheon of Leather: West Coast Man of the Year Award (1995, The Leather Journal)

• Comics Creators Guild "Best Anthology" for Gay Comics 1993

• National Leather Association: International — Order of Merit (1992, National Leather Association: International)