Robert Corn-Revere Named CBLDF Legal Counsel

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund is pleased to announce the engagement of Robert Corn-Revere as the organization’s new legal counsel. Bob will lead the CBLDF’s legal program, serving as the first responder to First Amendment emergencies that come to the organization’s attention, as well as providing guidance and assistance to the comics community on legal issues that impact their First Amendment rights. He succeeds legendary First Amendment advocate Burton Joseph, who passed away earlier this year.

Corn-Revere is one of the country’s most prominent First Amendment experts, with extensive publications and litigation experience.

NYC Area Volunteers needed

The CBLDF is in need of a few volunteers this week to help with our inventory organization.

CBLDF Announces Changes To Board of Directors

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund announces changes to its Board of Directors made at the Board’s meeting at Comic-Con International. Chris Powell stepped down as President, citing successfully meeting the goals he set upon taking the presidency in April of 2009 as the reason for the change. Powell will remain on the Board as a director. Larry Marder, the creator of Beanworld, and editor of this CBLDF’s Liberty Annual 2010 was elected to succeed Powell as President. Dale Cendali, a nationally recognized leader in the field of intellectual property, joins the Board as a director.

Introducing CBLDF's Education & Outreach Initiative

Betsy Rosenblatt, the CBLDF’s Advisory Chair for Education & Outreach outlines some easy ways you can support the CBLDF’s mission, from creative fundraising to helping us improve our education program. Read on for full details!

A Word from CBLDF's Advisory Chair For Education & Outreach

Hello!

I’m Betsy Rosenblatt, the new CBLDF Advisory Chair for Outreach and Education. What does that mean? It means that I’ll be volunteering for the CBLDF—and, I hope, working with some of you—to get the word about the CBLDF out to new communities: lawyers, librarians, donors, readers, and everyone else.

CBLDF’s Comic-Con Auction Preview!

It’s here! The CBLDF’s biggest auction of the year! Saturday night, starting at 7:30 PM in Room 3 of the San Diego Convention Center, the CBLDF will be auctioning off one of the largest and most diverse arrays of original art ever contributed to benefit the organization! Read on for highlights including an original Dave McKean page contributed from Neil Gaiman’s personal collection, a rare Tony DiTerlizzi maquette, the TFAW.com Auction, the SeenAllOver.com auction, and much, much more! Read on for three slideshows previewing the art in this auction, a full listing of items and bidding rules!

CBLDF’s Massive Comic-Con

Comic-Con is here! CBLDF is celebrating the country’s largest gathering of comics and pop culture fans with massive slate of events! Three parties, Six Live Art Events, an unforgettable auction, the best selection of signed graphic novels at the convention, and amazing exclusives await! Read on to see what the CBLDF has in store for you at Comic-Con!

Announcing: CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2010!

What do Frank Miller, Jeff Smith, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Image Comics have in common? They all support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which protects your right to make, sell and read the comics you love. Image Comics is showing its continued support for the CBLDF with the publication of CBLDF Presents: LIBERTY COMICS 2010 this October.

The CBLDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians and readers. The CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice, assistance and education in furtherance of these goals.

CBLDF Presents: LIBERTY COMICS is the annual ensemble of comic book greats, all of whom have donated their time and energy to support the CBLDF. With two issues published to date, CBLDF’s LIBERTY COMICS has raised over $50,000 for the Fund.

The CBLDF wants you!

Help the CBLDF protect Free Speech by joining our team at Comic-Con! The Fund is seeking volunteers to assist us in our presence at SDCC!

Win Lunch With Geoff Johns At Comic-Con!

Make your Comic-Con unforgettable by bidding spend a one-on-one hour with DC Entertainments Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns in an auction benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!

A driving force in modern comics, Johns is the bestselling writer of the Green Lantern, The Flash, Blackest Night, and Brightest Day! As the Chief Creative Officer of DC Entertainment, Johns helps shepherd DC’s upcoming film and television projects.

This is your chance to ask all your questions about Johns’ unforgettable characters, stories, and behind the scenes insights! All proceeds from this event will benefit the First Amendment legal work of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! Bidding starts today at 3 PM and ends on Wednesday, July 21! Visit our eBay site for your chance to win!

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  When you join the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, you're standing at the front lines of the fight against censorship! Join today and receive our 2010 Member Card, featuring art from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plus a $10 gift certificate at TFAW.com!

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  • Announcing: CBLDF Presents Liberty Comics 2010!

    What do Frank Miller, Jeff Smith, Geoff Johns, Jim Lee and Image Comics have in common? They all support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which protects your right to make, sell and read the comics you love. Image Comics is showing its continued support for the CBLDF with the publication of CBLDF Presents: LIBERTY COMICS 2010 this October.

    The CBLDF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the protection of the First Amendment rights of the comics art form and its community of retailers, creators, publishers, librarians and readers. The CBLDF provides legal referrals, representation, advice, assistance and education in furtherance of these goals.

    CBLDF Presents: LIBERTY COMICS is the annual ensemble of comic book greats, all of whom have donated their time and energy to support the CBLDF. With two issues published to date, CBLDF’s LIBERTY COMICS has raised over $50,000 for the Fund.

  • Premium – Strangers in Paradise Omnibus, Lettered Edition!

    

    Terry Moore and Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab have teamed up to create an extraordinary donation reward for the CBLDF – The Strangers in Paradise Omnibus Lettered Edition!

    Limited to just 26 copies, with fewer than 10 left in the CBLDF’s stock, the SiP Omnibus Lettered Edition includes: One set of the strictly limited, and completely sold-out, three-volume hardcover SiP Omnibus edition, an original drawing by Terry Moore, and a bottle of “Parker Lily,” a fragrance based on the beloved series, created by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, and also limited to just 26 bottles! This extremely limited edition is available for a $500 donation to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Get Yours Now!

  • Premium – Who Killed Amanda Palmer Signed by Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer

    
    Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer, the first couple of modern misfit lit, present a unique collection of photography and stories. This beautiful, hardcover, full color book boasts photography by Kyle Cassidy, Beth Hommel, and others, and is signed by Gaiman and Palmer to benefit the CBLDF!

  • Premium – 100 Bullets Vol. 8 The Hard Way Softcover Signed by Brian Azzarello

    
    Outspoken CBLDF supporter Brian Azzarello signs this explosive 100 BULLETS collection! Reprinting 100 BULLETS #50-58, unraveling the tangled mystery of the Trust as Wylie Times becomes the latest Minuteman to be reactivated by the Trust’s one-time enforcer Agent Graves. But which side will he choose? Plus, an introduction by crime novelist Jason Starr (Twisted City, Tough Luck).

  • Premium – RASL Volume 1 The Drift Softcover Signed by Jeff Smith

    
    Jeff Smith launches an all-new adventure series, and signs this special oversized edition to benefit the CBLDF! RASL is a stark, sci-fi series about a dimension-jumping art thief, a man unplugged from the world who races through space and time searching for his next big score – and trying to escape his past. In this first of three graphic novels, Rasl faces an assassin’s bullet and stumbles across a mystery that not only threatens to expose his own illicit activities, but could also uncover one of the world’s most dangerous and sought after secrets!

• Auctions

  • DC:THE NEW FRONTIER # 6 CGC SS 9.8 HIGHEST GRADE! COOKE
  • MYSTERY IN SPACE 75 ADAM STRANGE JLA 1962 NICE SHAPE
  • DEADBEATS 7 8 9 10 13 16 17 18 20-27 29 32 33 UNREAD
  • INUYASHA TOYNAMI SESSHOMARU W TENSEIGA TOKUJIN MOC!
  • METAMORPHO # 3 CGC SIGNATURE SERIES 5.0 {RAMONA FRADON}
  • A PLAQUE FROM EA'S REDWOOD SHORES HQ! OWN A PART OF EA!
  • THE TROUBLE WITH GIRLS COLLECTION 30 ISSUES HAMILTON
  • USAGI YOJIMBO COLOR SPECIAL #1 – SAKAI
  • CBLDF PRESENTS LIBERTY COMICS #2 JIM LEE VARIANT
  • STAN LEE POW! ENTERTAINMENT FLYER *AUTOGRAPHED*
  • Deadpool #32 ~ Joe Kelly ~ Pete Woods
  • Neil Gaiman NEW POEM with art by Tony Harris- SIGNED ed
  • Hard Boiled #3- Signed by FRANK MILLER
  • Brave and the Bold #1 Batman Green Lantern Signed Waid
  • Steve Rude NEXUS, Signed DVD Promo!