I’ve mentioned a lot about the official giveaways and auctions for the Can’t Stop the Serenity events, but every one I’ve heard of is also holding raffles or other ways of getting cool, one-of-a-kind things. Some have props from The Prop Store of London. Some have QMx goodies, or collectible cards, or autographed pictures. And some, like the Arizona Browncoats, get cool stuff made, like this cute Kaylee plushie commissioned to go into a ‘verse gift basket for (I believe) the Phoenix screening on June 28.

Things From Another World has been a big supporter of Browncoats in general and Can’t Stop the Serenity since the beginning, and this year is no exception.

Any purchase you make over $25 (utilizing the CSTS1 code) over the next few months will receive FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING. But that’s just the start. 5% of your purchase will be donated to Equality Now by TFAW, in support of CSTS 2008. That’s right - you’ll not only get some great stuff at a great price, but also free domestic shipping, and Equality Now will receive 5% of your purchase to further their great cause. It’s that simple. Just make sure you place your order on or before September 30, 2008 and use this code.

Details here.

As part of the Can’t Stop the Serenity events, QMx - a longtime CSTS supporter and donator - is donating part of their profits between June 19 and September 20 to Equality Now.

“QMx Proudly Supports Can’t Stop The Serenity

Quantum Mechanix will donate 10 percent of the price, before taxes, of all purchases made at www.qmxonline.com between June 19th and September 30th to Can’t Stop The Serenity. Simply enter “CSTS” in the notes field when you check out to give 10 percent of your purchase to benefit Equality Now. Offer applicable to all products, except Artisan products.

Remember, you must enter “CSTS” in the notes field of the order when you check out for the donation to apply.

QMx – Bringing The ‘Verse to Life”

Been a while since I pointed you at a ‘versy T-shirt, but a) this one is pretty cool, and b) profits are going to benefit Can’t Stop the Serenity. Until Sepetmber, Ziraxia will donate 2 bucks from the sale of every Reynolds/Washburne shirt to Equality Now. Very cool.

Hmm.

UPDATED: Dark Horse hsa cancelled their proposed Serenity laser-etched lucite ornament. According to Dark Horse:

“The market didn’t show any significant support for the lucite ornament during the solicitation period, so we were forced to make the unfortunate decision to cancel production.”

TFAW has sent cancellations to early buyers and updated the product page.

Sorry folks, no paperweight yet.

Will Conrad has posted the last original pages from his work on “Serenity: Better Days,” the three-issue comic series from Dark Horse.

These are the original pages, on 11″ x 17″ art board, rendered in full pencils by the artist.

(Some pencillers do rough or less detailed artwork, for the inker to fill in; Conrad does complete and beautiful work.)

These are pages from #3, and like most original comic artwork you may see a detail or two that didn’t make it to the final printed work.  Check ‘em out!

More Can’t Stop the Serenity stuff!

The New England Browncoats are auctioning off this UK Serenity poster, signed by Nathan Fillion, to benefit Equality Now as part of the Boston screening.

The screenings are going on now, by the way, so be sure to check out cantstoptheserenity.com for details on upcoming events, and descriptions of all the great stuff and guest stars who have shown up already to raise money for Equality Now.

Did you know you can win free stuff from Universal HD on Saturday night while Firefly is airing on UNi-HD? Easy as lying!

Just head over to their forums and make a post in the door prize thread when it opens. The mods will choose a winner.

Recent prizes have included Done the Impossible DVDs and this way cool Jayne ornament.

And be sure to stop by and thank Uni for running Firefly as regulalry as they are. Keep ‘em flying!

When I mentioned AbbeyShot’s proposed Jayne hoodie, I also mentioned the replica of Jayne’s tattoo that AbbeyShot commissioned from fan-favorite Browncoat artist ArtCat. Thought you might like to take a peek.

This temporary tattoo is a recreation of the one on Jayne’s arm, and you don’t even have to get drunk or hit nobody to get it, neither (Drinking and brawling not included).

Measures 2.25″ wide, 2.75″ tall, just $3.00 each.

And don’t forget to go weigh in on AbbeyShot’s Jayne hoodie.  Do you want one? Would you want one? How much would you pay? And don’t neglect the vital pom-pom issue. Go!

SerenityStuff has moved to a new server. At least I hope it has - what with server speeds and DNS tables and whatnot, for the next few days it may look and react in a somewhat funky manner. But it should be good soon, and on a reliable and somewhat cheaper host :) Hey, gotta keep this boat in the sky.

After Monday or so, if you should notice any lingering problems like missing pictures or bad links, please let me know and I’ll send my mechanic right in.

Now to catch up on all the stuff I held off posting till now. Hang on…