Under the Radar Magazine hopes to raise funds for the War Child Charity. Musicians have autographed signs for the magazine’s annual The Protest Issue which is on news stands now and are auctioning them off on eBay.

The Protest Issue photographed artists holding up individual signs that were personally painted and autographed.

According to their website www.warchild.us, “War Child works with war-affected communities to help children reclaim their childhood through access to education, opportunity and justice. War Child takes an active role in raising public awareness around the impact of war on communities and the
shared responsibility to act.”

The Protest Issue features two covers, one with Dan Deacon and another with Tegan and Sara. It includes major stories on the music of Occupy, musicians’ involvement in the Obama campaign and the election, the difficulties of writing good protest songs and more.

The artists who personally painted and autographed signs are:

Apparat

James Blake

Body Language

The Citizens Band (featuring Karen Elson, Nina Persson, and Zoë Kravitz)

Cymbals Eat Guitars

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.

Dan Deacon

Matthew Dear

Death Cab for Cutie

DIIV

The Drums

Dum Dum Girls

EMA

Fanfarlo

Hooray for Earth

Beth Jeans Houghton

Ladytron

La Sera

Liars

Lost in the Trees

The Love Language

Menomena

Janelle Monáe (her sign is a one of a kind painting)

Tom Morello (of Rage Against the Machine and The Nightwatchman)

The Mynabirds

Niki & The Dove

of Montreal

Okkervil River

Amanda Palmer

Poor Moon

Porcelain Raft

Laetitia Sadier

JD Samson (of Le Tigre and MEN)

Shabazz Palaces

Silversun Pickups

Slow Club

Summer Camp

Taken By Trees

Tegan and Sara

Corin Tucker

Reggie Watts

Youth Lagoon

Zambri

Zola Jesus

Start date of auction: Tuesday October 16, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m. EST

End date of auction: Tuesday October 23, 2012 @ 2:00 p.m. EST

Find the auction at eBay here: http://stores.ebay.com/Under-the-Radar-Protest-Auction