Creators of a comic anthology about the Oct. 1 shooting will attend a signing Saturday.

Comic book creators, authors, illustrators contributed work for benefit collection

It’s a story that’s been unfolding for the past eight months. This weekend, readers will be able to meet some of its creators.

“Where We Live” (Image Comics, $19.99), a comic anthology centering around the Oct. 1 Route 91 Harvest festival shooting, was released Wednesday. From 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, more than a dozen of the book’s artists, writers and contributors will attend a book signing and launch event at Alternate Reality Comics on Maryland Parkway.

Among them will be J.H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-williams, the

Las Vegas couple who spearheaded and curated the project in the days

after the shooting, when a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds more.

The anthology includes more than 70 stories, illustrations, essays and poems by an all-star roster of comic book creators. Proceeds from its sale will go to Route 91 Strong, a nonprofit organization that “has been put together by people who were at the concert,” Williams says.

Wendy Wright-williams says more than $100,000 has been raised through presale orders, and that the first run of the book — which also is available as an e-book — totals about 10,000 copies.

“People we’ve heard from seem to be excited about this,” Williams says. “Everyone seems enthusiastic and supportive.”

Williams adds that Ralph Mathieu, owner of Alternate Reality Comics, will donate 20 percent of sales during Saturday’s launch event to the survivors fund.

The Williamses said the book fulfilled their hope of examining the shooting through issues including gun violence, mental health and community perseverance, and in literary forms including fiction, eyewitness accounts, poetry, prose and illustrations.

The couple also say the book reflects diverse points of view.

“It’s really wide-ranging,” Williams says, with “a lot of different, unique perspectives.”

Wendy Wright-williams adds: “It’s got such thoughtful work. No one phoned it in.”

Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-journal @chitosephoto The idea for “Where We Live” was the brainchild of J.H. Williams III, a comic artist, and his wife Wendy Wright-williams.

Wendy Wright-williams and J.H. Williams III say $100,000 has been raised in presale orders of “Where We Live.” Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-journal @chitosephoto

The couple’s home in Las Vegas was the inspiration for his cover design for the book.