# Google Chrome comic to be auctioned for charity

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/05/google-chrome-comic-be-auctioned-charity/
- Published: 2008-09-05T14:53:17+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**At the centre of the hype in the run-up to the launch of Google’s new web browser
[Chrome](http://www.google.com/chrome) was the distribution of a printed comic book
explaining the product’s technical merits in an easy-to-understand manner.**

Very few journalists received the comic book (although you can see an [online version](http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome)).
One lucky journalist is exploiting this rarity value by auctioning his copy on eBay
to benefit charity.

![Google Chrome comic screenshot (September 2008). Illustration of a man on a web
page, with a speech bubble.](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2023/10/google_chrome_screenshot_200809.
gif)

[Duncan Riley at The Inquisitr](https://www.fundraising.co.uk/www.inquisitr.com/2912/buy-a-google-chrome-comic-book-proceeds-going-to-charity)
will split the income between a charity chosen by nonprofits and social media expert
Beth Kanter and Australian charity [Beyond Blue](http://www.beyondblue.org.au).

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Bidding currently stands at AU $ 232.50.

_[Link to http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180286059012 no 
longer works]

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