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There are two days to go… To raise money for Give Kids The World Spider-Man, signed by Rob Granito. Batman/Spider-Man signed by Rob Granito. For The Hero Initiative Wonder Woman signed by Rob Granito. Scarlet Witch signed by Rob Granito. Supergirl signed by Rob Granito. For the CBLDF Alien Vs Predator signed by Rob Granito. Buffy The Vampire Slayer  signed by Rob Granito. Harley Quinn signed[...]

The goal is not only to raise awareness and foster relationships, but thereby help curtail censorship through increased understanding. CBLDF Executive Director Charles Brownstein explains: Our hope is that it will become a useful, living resource that connects local creators with local community institutions in a way that helps prevent censorship by increasing understanding about comics. So, how[...]

Dynamite Entertainment and Groupees is teaming up again for another "Pay What You Want" deal that features over 75 digital comics. And portion of the

All month long they'll offer limited-time incentives to thank people for their support. So far this year, CBLDF has participated in the defense of more than a dozen school and library challenges, including attacks on The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and P Craig Russell, This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, and Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez[...]

No matter your age/grade, readers are also encouraged to go online and vote for their favorite books this year, as well as writers, artists, etc. I've personally reviewed many different children's comics over the past several years for Bleeding Cool, so I know how much fun these books can be, and tip my hat to the[...]

The graphic novel Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi tells her own story, living in Iran amongst the Westernised middle class, after the Shah revolution, and

The CBLDF raises money to support retailers, publishers, librarians, readers and creators who are dealing with first amendment rights while Girls Write Now has been helping inner city girls find their voice and purpose through mentoring programs and workshops for over fifteen years. StoryBundle will offer a fixed set of Dynamite comic books, graphic novel collections, and[...]

the interview comes from a podcast that the CBLDF has put up on their website where Neil talks about Charlie Hebdo, British censorship and more… To celebrate today's launch of CBLDF Defender, we've uploaded a bonus episode of the CBLDF Podcast! In this episode, we speak to author and CBLDF Advisory Board Co-Chair (as well as[...]

While at the ComicsPro meeting, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund had an auction and among the items put up was a Matt Wagner page and sketch to go along

Here are the demands, The Development Manager works with CBLDF staff in the development and implementation of CBLDF's fundraising program They report to the Deputy Director with a focus on procurement and marketing of CBLDF fundraising premiums, including but not limited to maintaining the online donation center, online and live auctions, crowd-funding campaigns, and convention booths[...]

 I look at my collection on a regular basis, as I love to appreciate the form, and I was looking at some of these pages by great artists including Mark Bagley, Patrick Zircher and one of my favorite contemporary art teams – Tom Raney and Scott Hanna, and thought that while I have a great[...]

This is Michael Cho's artwork for the new CBLDF membership card for 2015 The charity and activist organisation couldn't be any more timely, in the light of the Charlie Hebdo killings and subsequent discussions regarding free speech Which is why its a perfect time to talk about membership of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. "I[...]

Well, the CBLDF has put together some questions for a few of Dynamite's creators and we have permission to run the Q&A for our readers here. The Humble Mega Holiday Bundle is ending very soon, so if you want to grab it click here And remember, it can also be sent as a gift. Here is the[...]

Michael McDermott writes from NYCC: Hey, folks, Michael McDermott here.  I ran a rather successful Kickstarter for a little book called IMAGINARY DRUGS

Discount for attendees of Comic Book Club (7pm) Also for those brave adventurous souls who come in costume, a FREE portrait of you as your alter-ego to be featured in the comic book adaptation of the party!! Also, my Official Birthday Party!! Check out COMICBOOK ROCKSTAR RADIO, my weekly podcast recorded at SiriusXM! https://soundcloud.com/comicbookrockstar". Tuesday, October[...]

We mentioned the CBLDF Retailer Membership drive the other week, including a variety of CBLDF exclusive covers for retailer supporters. Well, it will also include Michael Cho's cover to Multiversity: Pax Americana, above And might make a nice counterpoint to his Before Watchmen cover for Minutemen, below…   We mentioned the CBLDF Retailer Membership drive the other week,[...]

Dynamite Entertainment is rounding out their 10th anniversary by offering up a 50 digital comic bundle for only $19.93 and 10% of the money goes to the

Valiant Entertainment is working with Humble Bundle now to offer up an amazing deal on digital comics with part of the proceeds going to Doctors Without

The CBLDF Liberty Annual 2014, supporting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, is publishing by Image Comics on the 8th October –  with the Final Order Cut-Off date set for Monday. The writers on the comic are Jeff Parker, Stan Sakai, Marc Guggenheim & Tara Butters, Jonathan Hickman, Brian Wood, Amy Chu, Al Ewing, Robin Furth, Luke[...]

Last week, Scott Snyder gave a little teaser of a Cliff Chiang Wytches #1 cover.... @cliffchiang Wytches #1 variant tease pic.twitter.com/1rYHQbczjv —

Chris Thompson writes, After last episode with Dark Engine's Ryan Burton & John Bivens (which you can listen to here), I'm finally back with Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF). Charles & I discuss his background in comics, how he ended up working for the Fund, what the organisation stands for, and[...]

Boom! Studios is teaming with Humble Bundle to offer up a bunch of digital comics to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The two-week program

Valiant, in a move to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) is offering up the HARBINGER #25 SDCC Liberty Variant, a limited edition release of July's 48-page anniversary issue that features a brand new cover by Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets, Marble Season, Sloth). Debuting this July exclusively at Comic-Con International[...]

We’ve been pushing this Humble Dynamite 10th Anniversary Bundle pretty hard over the last two weeks, mainly it’s because we not only feel that it’s for a

With the Humble Dynamite 10th Anniversary Bundle still going over here... Dynamite wanted to do a little more. So they've come up with this contest where

The CBLDF, or the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is putting out a CBLDF Banned Books leaflet, available in stores or at shows from July (in time for San Diego Comic Con) and also ahead of Banned Books Week in September. And it comes with a Bone cover by Jeff Smith as, surprisingly, Bone is one of[...]

Artist Rob Berry and lawyer Chad Rutkowski, of Throwaway Horse, join CBLDF executive director Charles Brownstein for a lively discussion of censorship, comics, and the public good" The event will be held in room 523 of the Butler Library, located at 116th Street and Broadway in New York. For further information on the exhibition and related[...]

In 2010, there was an attempt by a mother in Minnesota to get the all-ages comic Bone banned in state-run libraries due to scenes of smoking and drinking.

On Saturday, April 19th, the multi-Eisner Award winner Paul Pope will be rocking the launch of his graphic novel from Z2 Comics, Escapo, by DJing

Oh and it's got Spider-Man on the cover, our first Marvel cover. Other highlights include a new hardcover mini graphic anthology from Boom/Archaia, new Buck Rogers comics from Hermes Press, Fred Perry's Steam Wars, the story of Uber so far, two CBLDF comics, one for readers, one for teachers and parents, Okay, all items and images updated… DC[...]