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Submit Your Questions For Geoff Johns At Greenest Night!

May 22, 2013
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Submit Your Questions For Geoff Johns At Greenest Night!

Are you ready for this Friday’s GREENEST NIGHT?  Our event partner Comic Book Resources is getting in the spirit by asking fans like you to ask the questions you’d like to see Geoff Johns answer during the Q&A!  Ask your questions now! Greenest Night: A Celebration of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern benefits Comic Book Legal…

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CBLDF To Honor Geoff Johns’ Iconic Green Lantern Run With ‘Greenest Night’ Event on May 24 In Hollywood!

May 15, 2013
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On Friday, May 24, come celebrate the creativity of Geoff Johns at Greenest Night: A Celebration of Geoff Johns’ Green Lantern benefiting Comic Book Legal Defense Fund!  Join Johns’ at the Avalon Bardot Theater in Hollywood, CA for an intimate look back on his Green Lantern run with a revealing Q&A session kicked off with…

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Andy Diggle Immortalizes You In Dynamite’s Uncanny Resemblance CBLDF Fundraiser!

May 9, 2013
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Andy Diggle Immortalizes You In Dynamite’s Uncanny Resemblance CBLDF Fundraiser!

Andy Diggle will immortalize you in the next issue of Dynamite Entertainment’s Uncanny in a special auction benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! Starting now, until May 15, CBLDF is running a special eBay auction where the winning bidder will be named as a character in Diggle’s Uncanny #2, coming out this July. In…

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CBLDF Signs On To Protect Anne Frank’s Diary of a Young Girl

May 3, 2013
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Comic Book Legal Defense Fund joins nine other free speech organizations who signed a letter to Northville School District in Michigan urging them to keep the definitive edition of Anne Frank’s A Diary of a Young Girl in middle school classrooms. The book is currently under challenge after a parent complained about anatomical descriptions in…

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Revival Raises Money for CBLDF With New Liberty Variant at C2E2!

April 22, 2013
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Revival Raises Money for CBLDF With New Liberty Variant at C2E2!

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and Image Comics are thrilled to announce that Revival #9 will be the next issue joining the prestigious CBLDF Liberty Variant program! Premiering this week at C2E2, this CBLDF Liberty Variant edition of the latest installment of the rural noir hit boasts a gorgeous cover by Tim Seeley and…

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Jeffrey Brown Personalizes Vader’s Little Princess For CBLDF Donors!

April 12, 2013
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The best gift book in the galaxy is now personalized for you!  When you donate $25 to CBLDF by April 25, Jeffrey Brown will PERSONALIZE a copy of Vader’s Little Princess to you or the person of your choice!  Get yours! In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader…

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CBLDF’s Spring Harvest — Signed Comics From Great Creators Just for You!

April 11, 2013
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CBLDF’s Spring Harvest — Signed Comics From Great Creators Just for You!

CBLDF is back from the first round of spring conventions, and we’re proud to bring our supporters some spectacular signed comics from the creators who appeared at our tables to aid our efforts protecting the freedom to read! Check out amazing offerings from Matt Wagner, Brian Wood, Bob Fingerman, Joe Keatinge, and Sam Humphries, kicking…

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ComiXology Chief: “Apple Didn’t Ban Saga #12.” Comic Available on iOS

April 10, 2013
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ComiXology Chief: “Apple Didn’t Ban Saga #12.” Comic Available on iOS

After a day of controversy about Saga #12 being banned in the Apple iOS environment, word comes from comiXology CEO David Steinberger that the issue is now available and that Apple did not in fact ban the comic, but that comiXology did not make the issue available due to a misunderstanding of Apple’s policies. Steinberger…

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Why SAGA #12 Is Protected By the First Amendment

April 10, 2013
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Why SAGA #12 Is Protected By the First Amendment

Earlier this week controversy spread over the temporary ban of Saga #12 on comiXology’s iOS app because of two small depictions of gay sexual content within the context of a larger sequence of images. The images in question appear on the faceplate of the character Prince Robot IV, who possesses a television monitor for a…

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Apple Bans SAGA #12 Because of Gay Sexual Content

April 9, 2013
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Apple Bans SAGA #12 Because of Gay Sexual Content

Earlier today word spread that Apple is refusing to offer the most recent issue of SAGA by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples within iOS Apps.  Vaughan issued the following statement regarding the ban: As has hopefully been clear from the first page of our first issue, SAGA is a series for the proverbial “mature…

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